By Cort Reynolds
McCOMB__The visiting Bluffton High School boys basketball team used a huge third quarter to pull away and beat McComb 67-44 in a non-conference contest Saturday night, January 27.
Bluffton improved to 14-1 with the blowout win that extended their win streak to 12 games. The Panthers fell to 2-12 after the defeat.
The Pirates raced to a 16-6 lead after the first period. But McComb rallied with an 18-7 second stanza to take a 24-23 edge at intermission.
Yet Bluffton seized control with a dominating 25-4 third quarter. Blake Sommers poured in 14 points in what proved to be the decisive period. Bluffton canned four triples in the third quarter.
Sommers netted 21 of his game-high 24 points in the second half. The Pirates won the final period 19-16 to outscore the Panthers 44-20 after halftime. Sommers tallied seven more markers in the final stanza.