Rice hits 75-footer as Bloomfield rolls past Kelly

Mike Buhler photo Bloomfield's Jacob McNeil (front) goes for a layup during the third quarter of Tuesday's game against Kelly.

It was just that kind of night for the Bloomfield Wildcats, who took the momentum from Rice's long-distance 3-pointer and never looked back in an 80-33 rout of the Kelly Hawks here Tuesday night.

"It was a really good cap on the first quarter," Bloomfield coach Dustin Hicks said. "It gave us good separation and the boys fed off of that (going into) the second quarter."

The win was the ninth straight for the Wildcats (19-6), who have ran off several victories since losing Leighton Hensley to an injury.

"We're really happy with where we are," said Hicks. "It's no secret that we lost Leighton Hensley for the year...but we've done a good job of picking up the pieces."

Tuesday night, Bloomfield rolled from start to finish, taking a 27-9 to the second period after Rice's 3 to end the opening quarter and leading 49-15 at the intermission.

"I was really pleased with our effort because you can get complacent against teams that are having a down year ..." Hicks said. "(Tuesday) is a testament to the boys and how hard they work."

Rice led all scorers with 21 points -- all in the first half, while Seth Hill added 12 and Matt Merick finished with 10 for the Wildcats.

Michael Fisher paced Kelly woth 12 points.

Bloomfield hosts Woodland to finish the regular season on Thursday night.

Bernie 61, Holcomb 30

At Holcomb, the Mules got big games from their three Jakes as they rolled to their 21st win of the season.

Jake Smith led Bernie (21-4) with 15 points and seven rebounds, while Jake Welch added 14 points, six assists and six steals and Jake Owens finished with 12 points.

The Mules broke the game open with a big second quarter, outscoring Holcomb 24-9 in the period to take a 38-16 lead to the break.