Harlan claims third place with 76-70 win in the boys bracket of WYMT Food City Mountain Classic

HINDMAN, Ky. (WYMT) - The Breathitt County Bobcats play the Harlan Green Dragons in the boys third place game in the 35th annual WYMT Food City Mountain Basketball Classic presented by Kentucky Farm Bureau and sponsored by ARH.

The game was neck and neck in the first half. Harlan managed to build a small lead in the third quarter, eventually leading by as many as 12 points.

In the early minutes of the fourth quarter, Harlan kept an eight-point lead.

With three minutes left on the clock, the Harlan Green Dragons led 62-54.

As the clock hit its last minute, Breathitt County trailed 67-60.

Breathitt was not done yet, though, and managed to make it a six-point game with 27 seconds left.

Breathitt could not mount a comeback, though, and fell 76-70 to the Green Dragons.

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