The Harlan County Black Bears traveled to Bristol, Tenn., this week for the Arby’s Classic to face some of the nation’s best high school basketball teams.
They did just that Friday in a 93-68 loss to Kell, the defending 5A champions in Georgia.
Harlan County took a 20-18 lead after one quarter, but Kell built an eight-point lead by halftime and extended it to 64-43 after three quarters.
C.J. Brown led Kell with 28 points.
Maddox Huff scored 23 and Trent Noah added 19 for the 11-2 Bears, who will play George Wythe, Va. on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
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Kell, Ga. (93) — Chris McLavish 14, Jaylen Colon 10, King Jones 4, C.J. Brown 28, Canatu Richards 15, Landon Duncan 6, Zach Graves 11, Connor Staphylaris 3, Daniel Brown 2.
Harlan County (68) — Trent Noah 19, Maddox Huff 23, Jaycee Carter 8, Caleb Johnson 8, Reggie Cottrell 4, Brody Napier 4, Brennan Blevins 2.

Kell 18 28 18 29 — 93
Harlan County 20 18 15 15 — 68