No. 6 seed Morrisville used a big third quarter to come from behind and beat 11th seeded Billings 54-38.
The underdog Wildcats outscored Morrisville 11-10 in the first quarter and 16-15 in the second quarter to take a 27-25 lead into the break.
In the third quarter, Morrisville cam alive on both ends of the floor outscoring Billings 20-2 in the quarter to turn a two-point deficit into a 16-point advantage at 45-29. The teams matched each other with nine points apiece in the fourth quarter to make the final score 54-38.
Jacob Presley lit it up in the third quarter scoring 10 of his game-high 20 points in the decisive frame. Landon Burrow was just behind Presley with 16 points.
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Billings was led by Grant Heimer’s 16-point output.
Morrisville advances to face No. 3 seed Seymour in the quarterfinals at 4:30 pm on Saturday in Walnut Grove. Billings will face No. 14 seed Hurley at 7:30 pm on Saturday at Morrisville.
(6) Morrisville 54, (11) Billings 38
Billings – 11-16-2-9 – 38
Morrisville – 10-15-20-9 — 54
B: Grant Heimer 16, Justin Bos 9, Chance Shaffer 8, Brock Harter 3, Dylan Edwards 2
M: Jacob Presley 20, Landon Burrow 16, Benjamin Lewis 7, Gavin McKinney 6, Wyatt Mitchell 3, Coltin Jett 2
