PIKEVILLE, Ky. - The Belfry Lady Pirates move on to the semifinals of the 15th Regional Tournament after defeating South Floyd”s Lady Raiders at the Pikeville Expo Center Monday. The Lady Pirates didn”t hold such a large lead over earlier in the game with only a 3 point lead going into halftime.

“We came out flat I think,” said Belfry Head Coach Rick Mounts about their first two quarters of play. “I told them at halftime that we were playing to lose and everyone comes here for the same reason: to win.”

Coach Mounts” halftime talk must have worked

“We”ve not seen that sort of range in three-point shooting until now.”

J.J. Bevins scored the game high for Belfry with 17 points and sank 8 of her 9 free throws. Amy McCoy scored 15 points for the Lady Pirates, grabbed 8 rebounds, and sank 70 percent of her field goals. Caitlyn Woolum came off the bench to score 10 points and grab 6 rebounds. Alexis Howard sank 8, Kelsey Napier scored 4 points, Jackelyn Stack scored 2, and Meghan Staten had 2 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.

South Floyd”s Kayla Hall led her team in scoring with 15 points. Other scorers for the Lady Raiders were: Ashley Castle with 10 points, Chelsie Tuttle with 7 points, Gabrielle Hall and Amanda Conn with 6 points each, and Kiana Hall with 5 points.

Belfry (21-7) will play in the winner of the East Ridge-Lawrence County game Friday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Expo Center.

SFHS 8 16 7 18-49

BHS 13 14 17 14-58