Bell City claims conference title with OT victory

Bell City lost a seven-point lead in the closing minutes of regulation, but recovered to defeat host Dexter 64-62 in overtime to win the Stoddard County Conference title Tuesday night.

With the game tied 62-62 with 2.7 seconds left in overtime, Bell City (19-3, 7-0) inbounded the ball to point guard Dominitrix Johnson, who hit Jeff Liggins with a 25-foot no-look pass for a lay-in at the buzzer.

Johnson led Bell City with 20 points, Randy Conn had 17, including four 3-pointers, and Tyler Victor and Liggins each finished with 10.

Josh Miller hit several big baskets in the final minutes of regulation and led Dexter (17-6, 6-1) with 20 points. Chris Guethle added 16 points.

Dexter 62, Bell City 64, OTBell City 12 18 7 19 8 -- 64

Dexter 11 15 13 17 6 -- 62

BELL CITY (64) -- Dominitrix Johnson 20, Derek Pobst 3, Kyle Robinette 2, Jeff Liggins 10, Zak McIntyre 2, Randy Conn 17, Tyler Victor 10. FG 20, FT 19-30, F 19 (3-pointers: Johnson 1, Conn 4. Fouled out: none)

DEXTER (62) -- Scott Admire 8, Derek Roberts 5, Josh Miller 20, Chris Guethle 16, James Ford 3, Kyle Espy 2, Anthony Elfrink 4, Levi Rawson 4. FG 21, FT 17-20, F 18 (3-pointers: Miller 2, Guethle 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Dexter 55, Bell City 39

Scott City 71, Kelly 68

Scott City, ranked No. 4 in Class 3, put four players in double-figures to defeat Kelly on the road and win its eighth straight.

Mark Dannenmueller led the Rams (17-3) with 27 points. Jeremy Schlosser had 10, Ryan Glastetter had 11 and Tyler Ward added 10. Kendal Deason led Kelly (8-10) with 18.

Scott City 12 18 18 23 -- 71

Kelly 16 16 17 19 -- 68

SCOTT CITY (71) -- Jeremy Schlosser 10, Ryan Glastetter 11, Darren Willey 2, Steve Sanford 3, Mark Dannenmueller 27, Mark Johnston 8, Tyler Ward 10. FG 23, FT 13-17, F 15 (3-pointers: Schlosser 2, Dannenmueller 2. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (68) -- Brooks Edmonds 6, Kendal Deason 18, Trey Simmons 8, Kent Deason 6, Michael Romas 3, Michael Glastetter 6, Clay Mothershead 9, Josh Jones 9. FG 23, FT 7-12, F 17 (3-pointers: Deason 3, Simmons 2. Fouled out: none)

JV: Kelly 40, Scott City 38

Woodland 63, Advance 52

Woodland won at home over Advance after suffering two losses to the Hornets earlier this season by a combined four points.

Woodland (10-9, 2-2) took a 44-29 lead into the fourth quarter and held off the Hornets. Travis Benfield and Cody McCraw paced the Cardinals with 22 and 21 points, respectively. Daryl Wade scored 16 to lead Advance, which also got 11 from Jeremy Limbaugh.

Woodland will play at Zalma Friday at 6:30 instead of 7 p.m.

Advance 9 6 14 23 -- 52

Woodland 10 13 21 19 -- 63

ADVANCE (52) -- Jeremy Limbaugh 11, Tyler Bowman 4, Daryl Wade 16, Drew Sherman 8, Ryland Dunivan 1, Dustin Kalinski 8, James Masters 4. FG 16, FT 17-26, F 16 (3-pointers: Limbaugh 1, Wade 2. Fouled out: none)

WOODLAND (63) -- Brandon Cowell 3, Ben Martin 1, Anthony Grojean 4, Seth Gaines 3, Cody McCraw 21, Chad Hulvey 8, Brandon Masters 1, Travis Benfield 22,. FG 26, FT 7-12, F 21 (3-pointers: McCraw 3, Gaines 1. Fouled out: Scott Crader)

JV: Advance 45, Woodland 26

Leopold 60, Chaffee 46

Leopold connected for nine 3-pointers as it kept host Chaffee winless.

Lucas Horrell had 24 points to lead Leopold (9-10). Brandon Bueter added 12 points and Nathan Thiele had 11.

Brandon Davis finished with 24 points for the Red Devils.

Leopold 13 16 13 18 -- 60

Chaffee 7 13 8 18 -- 46

LEOPOLD (60) -- Michael Vandeven 4, Nathan Thiele 11, Lucas Horrell 24, Brandon Bueter 12, Anthony Seiler 9. FG 22, FT 7-10, F 19 (3-pointers: Thiele 3, Horrell 3, Bueter 2, Seiler 1. Fouled out: none)

CHAFFEE (46) -- Brad Urhahn 3, Brandon Davis 24, Cory Slinkard 3, Tyler Graham 9, Bret Whitaker 2, Gabe Walter 2, Bayless 3. FG 18, FT 7-17, F 13 (3-pointers: Davis 3. Fouled out: none)

JV: Leopold45, Chaffee 39

Perryville 49, Herculaneum 44

Perryville scored 23 of its points in the fourth quarter for a victory at home.

Andrew Norman scored 14 points for Perryville (5-15), which trailed 27-26 after three quarters. Jared Oberndorfer added 13 points and Nick Hayden netted 11.

Herculaneum 2 21 4 17 -- 44

Perryville 14 9 3 23 -- 49

HERCULANEUM (44) -- Jay Emmons 2, Alexander 4, Josh Taylor 3,Mitchell 8, Ryan Dickerman 10, Kyle Brown 4, Kelly 10, Tim Jones 3. FG 16, FT 9-19, F 17 (3-pointers: Taylor 1, Dickerman 2. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (49) -- Jared Oberndorfer 13, Nick Hayden 11, Scott Ozark 1, Andrew Norman 14, Tyson Schilling 2, Chad Stelling 4, Andrew Bachmann 2, Ricky Dunn 2. FG 14, FT 16-30, F 18 (3-pointers: Oberndorfer 2, Norman 3. Fouled out: Ozark)

JV: Perryville 49, Herculaneum 26

Delta 72, Shawnee (Ill.) 59

Brent Menz scored 25 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead Delta past Shawnee at home.

Zack Kelley had 16 and Cody Crowden added 13 for Delta (14-6).

Shawnee 10 19 8 22 -- 59

Delta 15 9 24 24 -- 72

SHAWNEE (59) -- Pulley 4, Pinion 10, Climber 6, MacMahon 17, Taylor 12, Lambden 4, Levan 2. FG 23, FT 2-5, F 19 (3-pointers: MacMahon 3. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (72) -- Derek Helderman 4, Cody Crowden 13, Brent Menz 25, Daniel Cook 5, Zack Kelley 16, Terrence Below 4, Dustin Anglin 5. FG 17, FT 10-17, F 12 (3-pointers: Menz 5, Crowden 3, Anglin 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Delta 59, Shawnee 18

Sikeston 53, Oran 38

Sikeston outscored Oran 24-12 in the second and third quarters as the Eagles dropped their third straight.

Garrett Roslen led Oran (3-12) with 14 points in the loss.

Sikeston 13 10 14 16 -- 53

Oran 13 4 8 13 -- 38

SIKESTON (53) -- McCaster 8, Moore 4, Woodson 11, Bratcher 2, Lincoln 5, Cole 10, Spence 10, Wiggins 3. FG 18, FT 8-14, F 9 (3-pointers: McCaster 1, Lincoln 1, Cole 1. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (38) -- Garrett Roslen 14, Ryan Bouge 8, Matt Seyer 9, David Asmus 1, Trevor Irwin 6. FG 13, FT 3-6, F 11 (3-pointers: Irwin 2, Seyer 1. Fouled out: Asmus)

JV: Sikeston 38, Oran 25

Lesterville 69, Marquand 51

Marquand scored just five points in the second quarter and fell at home to Lesterville.

Josh King scored 22 points in a losing effort for Marquand (7-12). Carlos Day led Lesterville with 29, Bruce Hunter had 13 and Justin Debb added 11.

Lesterville 13 17 14 25 -- 69

Marquand 16 5 14 16 -- 51

Marquand (51) -- Adam Statler 9, Chris Roman 2, Levi Lakies 9, Robert Sutton 3, Keith Proctor 4, Josh King 22, Jay Francis 2. FG 15, FT 6-9, F 9 (3-pointers: Statler 2, Sutton 1, King 2. Fouled out: none)

Lesterville (69) -- Carlos Day 29, Will Collins 6, Justin Debb 11, Bruce Hunter 13, Larry Madison 2, Caleb Stewart 8. FG 30, FT 5-9, F 9 (3-pointers: Day 1, Hunter 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Lesterville 60, Marquand 48

Puxico 57, Saxony Lutheran 56 3OT

Saxony Lutheran fell to 14-3 with a road loss.Tim Lorenz scored 18 to lead Saxony, and Casey Petzoldt had 14.

Saxony 12 10 11 8 2 2 10 -- 56

Puxico 6 8 17 10 2 2 11 -- 57

SAXONY LUTHERAN (57) -- Peter Winningham 6, Lauren Lueders 6, Trey Maevers 9, Casey Petzoldt 14, John Volkerding 2, Tim Lorenz 18. FG 19, FT 11-16, F 21 (3-pointers: Winningham 2, Lueders 2, Maevers 2. Fouled out: Lueders, Maevers and Petzoldt)

PUXICO (56) -- Hale 2, Jesse Townsend 11, Justin Townsend 4, Creasy 8, Tettleton 4, Ramsey 19, Clark 1, Helm 7. FG 24, FT 5-19, F 19 (3-pointers: Ramsey 3. Fouled out: Ju. Townsend)

-- From staff reports