The Smith-Cotton boys basketball team saw Nevada’s Silas Smith erupt for 31 points in Nevada’s 69-49 win on Tuesday at Smith-Cotton.
Five days after scoring his 1,000th career point, Smith got off to a slow start, missing his first two shots from the field, then knocked down a 3-pointer to extend Nevada’s lead to 12-2. He had 12 points by halftime and added eight in the third and 11 in the fourth.
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