The Pineville Mountain Lions overcame a frigid first half shooting performance and a one point halftime deficit to defeat the Trimble County Raiders 81-66 in the opening round of the Grace Health Chain Rock Classic.
The Lions trailed the Raiders 31-30 at the half, but came out in the third quarter and outscored Trimble 24-13 to take control of the game.
Sawyer Thompson led the 6-4 Lions with 33 points. Ashton Moser added 19. Sam Caldwell had 12.
Hayden Webster led the Raiders with 22 points.
Pineville advances to the semifinals and will play Somerset Christian at 7:45 Friday night.
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Pineville (81) — Sawyer Thompson 33, Ashton Moser 19, Kaiden Robbins 6, Zander Garrison 4, Wyatt Caldwell 6, Preston Zachery 1, Sam Caldwell 12.
Trimble County (66) — Colton Humphreys 15, Brayden Wilson 7, Hayden Webster 22, Ethan Keller 9, Charlie Liter 6, Dylan Penick 5, Briar Rucker 2.

Trimble County 11 20 13 22 — 66
Pineville 14 16 24 27 — 81
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The Pineville Lady Lions ran their record to 9-1 with a 58-36 victory over the Claiborne (TN) Lady Bulldogs in the opening round of the Grace Health Chain Rock Classic at Pineville.
The Lady Lions broke open a close first quarter and outscored CHS 18-7 in the second quarter to take control of the game with a 37-20 lead at the half.
Pineville was led by Nadine Johnson’s 20 points. Ava Arnett scored 12, and Rachel Howard added 10.
Claiborne was led by A. Jones’ 14 points.
Pineville will continue tournament play on Friday afternoon against Harlan County at 4:15.
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Pineville (58) — Nadine Johnson 20, Ava Arnett 12, Rachel Howard 10, Malley Smith 3, Kamryn Biliter 5, Baleigh Bargo 3, Madison Johnson 5.
Claiborne (36) — G. Bailey 6, R. War 4, I. Bussell 5, H. Cole 3, A. Jones 14, M. Short 4.