CULLMAN COUNTY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT (9TH-GRADE BOYS): West Point defeats Vinemont 33-14 to advance to title tilt

Published 6:19 pm Wednesday, January 23, 2019

HANCEVILLE — West Point’s ninth-grade boys put together a solid second-half performance on Wednesday, defeating Vinemont 33-14 at the Cullman County Basketball Tournament. 

The top-seeded Warriors possessed a 13-7 lead at halftime but opened the third quarter on a 13-0 run to put some space between them and the No. 4 Eagles at Tom Drake Coliseum.

From there, coach Jimmy Harbison’s squad was able to run out the clock.

West Point will play No. 2 Fairview in the championship game on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sam Wheeler paced the Warriors with 17 points, while Cade Simmons added seven. Jayden Laney tossed in five.

Gabe Friedrich and Colby Miller each scored seven points for Vinemont.

% Coach Speak: “We got after it and brought a little more intensity in the second half. And to be honest, I’m going to give all the compliments to Vinemont. They came out ready to play and got after us. They took it to us, but we responded in the second half and pulled away a little bit. Any time you can play on Saturday at the county tournament, you’re blessed. We’ll see what happens.” — West Point’s Jimmy Harbison