Anna-Jonesboro hands home loss to ND girls

Notre Dame's girls basketball team fell behind by 12 points at halftime and could not close the gap in a 57-52 loss against state-ranked Anna-Jonesboro (Ill.) at home on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs (6-4) trailed 36-24 at halftime before rallying in the second half. Anna-Jonesboro scored only 21 points in the second half.

"We played a zone defense in the second half, which they had a little trouble to begin with," Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim said.

Another key to Notre Dame's comeback was its ability to contain Anna-Jonesboro star Kassie Drew. Drew finished with 30 points, including eight 3-pointers, but had only nine points in the second half.

Sommer McCauley led Notre Dame with 19 points and Laura Weissmueller had 10.

Sammy Pitts added 21 points for Anna-Jonesboro.

Anna-Jonesboro (Ill.) 57, Notre Dame 52AJ 20 16 9 12 -- 57

Notre Dame 13 11 15 13 -- 52

ANNA-JONESBORO (57) -- Kassie Drew 30, Sammy Pitts 21, Heather Musgrave 4, Jenny Vincent 2. FG 21, FT 6-9, F 10 (3-pointers: Drew 8, Pitts 1. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (52) -- Sommer McCauley 19, Laura Weissmueller 10, Sierra Ellis 9, Alana Weissmueller 6, Amanda Dirnberger 4, Katie Palmer 2, Amber Karnes 2. FG 21, FT 8-14, F 12 (3-pointers: McCauley 2. Fouled out: none)

JV: Notre Dame 50, Anna-Jonesboro 26

Poplar Bluff 54, Central 29

Central managed only nine first-half points in a home loss.

Lauren Loftis led the Tigers (2-9) with nine points. Loftis scored all nine of her points in Central's nine-point fourth quarter.

Poplar Bluff 13 12 14 13 -- 54

Central 8 3 9 9 -- 29

POPLAR BLUFF (54) -- T. Johnson 14, Kalich 18, Ploetze 6, N. Johnson 3, Pratt 2, Shelton 11. FG 24, FT 5-5 (3-pointers: N. Johnson 1. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (29) -- Meg Yates 3, Dani Gross 3, Lauren Loftis 9, Erica Schabbing 7, Megan McDonald 7. FG 12, FT 1-2 (3-pointers: Yates 1, Gross 1, Loftis 1, McDonald 1. Fouled out: none)

St. Vincent 53, Grandview 23

St. Vincent routed Grandview on the road.

The Squaws led 19-11 at halftime but outscored Grandview 34-12 in the second half.

Sierra Paulus led St. Vincent (4-6) with 18 points and Allison Prost added 10.

St. Vincent 9 10 15 19 -- 53

Grandview 5 6 4 8 -- 23

ST. VINCENT (53) -- Sierra Paulus 18, Allison Prost 10, Whitney Guth 8, Amanda Caron 7, Laura Gremaud 4, Rachel Hadler 3, Joy Donze 2, Ashley Richardet 1. FG 20, FT 13-30, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

GRANDVIEW (23) -- Wegeshide 10, Hill 6, Hardy 3, Fiedler 2, Dugan 2. FG 7, FT 9-15, F 23 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Fielder, Wegeshide)

JV: St. Vincent 42, Grandview 7

Perryville 65, Crystal City 33

Perryville cruised on the road.

Perryville jumped out to a 27-7 lead after the first quarter and didn't look back.

April Lorenz led Perryville (7-4) with 19 points and Samantha Lankford had 16.

Perryville 27 17 12 9 -- 65

Crystal City 7 12 11 3 -- 33

PERRYVILLE (65) -- Danielle Shremp 2, Krista Miesner 4, Amber Hacker 7, Bethany Steffens 2, Annette Weibrecht 2, April Lorenz 19, Danielle Hagan 5, Samantha Lankford 16, Kate Lowry 7. FG 26, FT 10-21, F 22 (3-pointers: Lowry 1. Fouled out: none)

CRYSTAL CITY (33) -- Gevero 5, Tessereau 4, Hudson 5, Helwig 5, Hutto 6, Marler 8. FG 10, FT 10-22, F 18 (3-pointers: Hudson 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Perryville defeated Crystal City

Sikeston 51, Kelly 39

Kelly trailed 28-20 at halftime and fell on the road.

Mindy Robert and Kelly Essner led the Hawks with 10 points apiece. Mia Welch led Sikeston with 15 points, Allison Blurton had 14 and Whitney McCray had 11.

Kelly 7 13 9 10 -- 39

Sikeston 15 13 13 10 -- 51

KELLY (39) -- Ashley Kern 4, Monica Senciboy 4, Jessica Burnett 3, Kelly Essner 10, Stephanie Hency 2, Rachel Kline 2, Leigh Ann Bucheit 2, Mindy Robert 10, Brittney Ponder 2. FG 10, FT 13-28, F 22. (3-pointers: Kern 1, Essner 1. Fouled out: Kern).

SIKESTON (51) -- Paige Silverthorn 2, Nyketia Johnson 7, Ebony Collins 2, Allison Blurton 14, Mia Welch 15, Whitney McCray 11. FG 17, FT 8-16, F 21. (3-pointers: Blurton 2, Johnson 1. Fouled out: Collins).

New Salem Baptist 52, Southern Missouri 31

New Salem climbed to .500 with a home win.

Sarah Green led New Salem (9-9) with 21 points and Mary Poole added 11.

So. Missouri 8 6 5 12 -- 31

New Salem 15 6 20 11 -- 52

SOUTHERN MISSOURI (31) -- Rachel Whalen 8, Jessica Meadows 11, Misty Demming 4, Megan Wolf 2, Rachel Moorison 4, Kayla Hewitt 2, Shyla Brooks 2. FG 13, FT 4-6, F 10 (3-pointers: Meadows 1. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (52) -- Sarah Green 21, Holly Jordan 7, Mary Poole 11, MacKenzie Jones 6, Laura Poole 3, Kelsey Cook 3. FG 19, FT 5-9, F 11 (3-pointers: Green 3. Fouled out: L. Poole)BOYS BASKETBALL

St. Vincent 60, Crystal City 53, 2 OT

St. Vincent improved to 2-0 in round-robin play at the Ste. Genevieve Tournament with a double-overtime win.

The Indians (4-3) have won three straight after losing three in a row. St. Vincent trailed 21-18 at halftime but used a strong fourth quarter to send the game to overtime.

Alex Armbruster led St. Vincent with 24 points, Jacob DeWilde had 15 and Danny Rellergert had 11. Rellergert, St. Vincent's point guard, added 12 rebounds.

St. Vincent 60, Crystal City 53 (2OT)Crystal City 11 10 13 12 5 2 -- 53

St. Vincent 11 7 11 17 5 9 -- 60

CRYSTAL CITY (53) -- Brad Link 20, Mike Tullock 12, Nate Strohkirch 8, Wade Townsend 6, Matt Bova 4, Brent Vaughn 3. FG 19, FT 8-15, F 24 (3-pointers: Link 5, Townsend 1, Vaughn 1. Fouled out: Tullock and Bova)

ST. VINCENT (60) -- Alex Armbruster 24, Jacob DeWilde 15, Danny Rellergert 11, Zach Moll 6, Chris Herzog 2, Luke Guyot 1, Scott Prost 1. FG 19, FT 20-32, F 17 (3-pointers: Armbruster 1, Rellergert 1. Fouled out: none)

Saxony Lutheran 58, Oran 50

Saxony Lutheran picked up its eighth straight victory against struggling Oran on the road.

Tim Lorenz led the Crusaders (8-0) with 21 points. Casey Petzoldt had 15 and Trey Mavers added 12. Garrett Roslen led Oran (1-8) with 14.

Saxony Lutheran 15 11 19 16 -- 58

Oran 6 9 10 25 -- 50

SAXONY LUTHERAN (58) -- Peter Winningham 4, Lauren Lueders 2, Trey Maevers 12, Casey Petzoldt 15, John Volkerding 4, Tim Lorenz 21. FG 19, FT 14-25, F 7 (3-pointers: Winningham 1, Maevers 1. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (50) -- Garrett Roslen 14, Craig Friga 6, Ryan Bouge 9, Matt Seyer 8, David Asmus 1, Trevor Irwin 12. FG 16, FT 3-9, F 22 (3-pointers: Seyer 2, Irwin 2, Bouge 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Oran 51, Saxony Luthern 42

New Salem Baptist 81, Southern Missouri 71

John DeVault had 38 points and led New Salem to a victory at home.

Andrew Conway had 16 and Joe DeVault added 13 for New Salem (12-6).

So. Missouri 11 20 18 22 -- 71

New Salem 14 16 23 28 -- 81

SOUTHERN MISSOURI (71) -- Chad Jorhs 28, Ben Miller 23, John Miller 8, Hall Herbert 8, Michael Biri 2, Todd Fowler 2. FG 21, FT 7-18 (3-pointers: Johrs 2, Miller 5. Fouled out: none)

NEW SALEM (81) -- John DeVault 38, David Green 4, Andrew Conway 16, Joe DeVault 13, Boone Gaines 8, Seth Deck 2. FG 30, FT 18-29, (3-pointers: John DeVault 1. Fouled out: Green)

OTHER EVENTS

Central's eighth-grade boys basketball team beat Sikeston at home 43-33. Ryan Willen led the Tigers (6-1) with 13 points and Shane Nolen had 10.

Central's freshmen boys basketball team defeated Sikeston 40-38 on a last second shot from Anwar Glen. Blake Slattery led the Tigers (5-3) with 11 points.

-- From staff reports