Melick Scores 1,000th Point As Bulldogs Beat Scots

HOWARD -- The East Knox Bulldogs used a career game from Weston Melick to down Highland 50-33.

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Melick scored four of the Bulldogs seven points in the opening quarter putting him at the 1,000 point mark for his career, but Highland (4-7, 2-4 KMAC) led 9-7 after eight minutes.

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East Knox (7-5, 5-3 KMAC) then used a strong second stanza to take a 26-11 lead into the break, but once again Highland fought back with an 11-7 third to trail by 11 heading into the fourth. The Scots then had the lead down to 9 before Melick took matters into his own hands scoring nine-straight points and assisting on another bucket to put the game away.

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Melick led all scorers with 22 points for the Bulldogs while Peyton Lester (13 points) and Shane Knepp (12 points) also scored in double figures.

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The Scots were led by Brock Church's 8 points while Jordan Bellamy followed with 7 points.

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You can watch the full game above with Travis Berardi on the call.