(Photo by Doc Smith) Panthers senior guard, Koby Greene driving to the basket a gainst T.K. Gorman in Bullard’ s opening r ound win o ver the Crusaders in the W agstaff Holiday Basketball Classic. Greene joined in on a 3- point exhibition by the Panthers, making tw o of the ten treys in the game for Bullard. TYLER - The Bullard Panthers woke up runnin’-and-gunnin’ on Monday morning, to take a 75-57 win over T.K. Gorman in the opening game of the Tyler Junior College, Wagstaff Holiday Classic.

Led by Josiah Rosebury with 18 points, the senior guard nailed three 3-pointers and Gorman never could recover from Bullard blasting out to a 22-6 lead after one period.

Bullard’s Lance Anding hit his first of two 3-pointers to make it a 11-1 game at the 5:13 mark.

Tenacious defense and a five-man rotation, kept the pressure on Gorman as Brandon Beavers and Anding added 11 points apiece for the Panthers.

(Banner Staff Photo by Doc Smith) Bullard post Scott Starwalt goes up for two-points, in the Panthers 75-57 runaway win over T.K. Gorman in the opening round of the Floyd Wagstaff Holiday Basketball Classic, at Tyler Junior College this past Monday morning. The Panthers will play district rival, Tatum in the second round of the tournament. For the tournament results, see the next edition of the BBN Sports Gorman (9-8) finally scored their first field goal with 25-seconds left in the opening stanza, for a 22-6 cushion.

Koby Greene and Jace Deece each had two second quarter 3’s to highlight a Bullard stretch, for a 43-23 halftime advantage.

Panther Daniel Howard made an oldfashioned 3-point play with a freethrow, for the first 26-point lead.

The Crusaders (9-8) did finally warm up, as Stephen Ray scored 15 of his game high 20-points in the second half, and Ani Umana scored seven of his 14-points.

Leading the fourth quarter surge for Gorman was Kyle Buzbee, scoring fivestraight points and finishing with 14-points, as well.

The possibility of an all-Bullard Apache-bracket championship game could be in the making for the Panthers and the Brook Hill School.

Bullard (12-7) plays Tatum in second round action on day two, and Brook Hill will matchup against Grace Community. Both winning would set the table for the showdown.

Floyd Wagstaff Holiday Basketball Classic at Tyler Junior College, Wagstaff Gymnasium, Tyler, TX.

APACHE BRACKET
Game One
Bullard 75, T.K. Gorman 57
TKG 6 17 11 23 - 57
Bullard 22 21 15 17 - 75

GORMAN – Ani Umana, 14; Caleb Williams, 1; Taylor Turman, 1; Alex Ferguson, 2; Kyle Buzbee, 14; Eric Carter, 2; Brent Corley, 2; Hunter Matzke, 1; Stephen Ray, 20.

BULLARD – Daniel Howard, 7; Jace Deece, 6; Koby Greene, 7; Josiah Rosebury, 18; Brandon Beavers, 11; Marquez Franklin, 3; Scott Starwalt, 3; Lance Anding, 11; Sydney Lawson, 5; R.J. Horton, 3.

THREE POINT GOALS – TKG: Buzbee (3), Ray (2). B: Rosebury (3), Anding (2), Greene (2), Deece (2), Lawson.