Bell City nips Notre Dame at the wire

Dominitrix Johnson hit a tie-breaking basket with two seconds to lift Bell City to a 61-59 victory over Notre Dame on Monday in a fifth-place semifinal game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center.

Johnson, who scored a combined 90 points in the first two tournament games, finished with 18 points. Sophomore Blaine Stewart added 17 points and Randy Conn had 13.

Notre Dame trailed 31-26 at halftime but starting mounting a comeback early in the fourth quarter, even taking a brief lead 45-44.

The Cubs gained a seven-point lead, but poor foul shooting by the Cubs enabled the Bulldogs to tie the game at 59. Johnson, a 5-foot-11 senior guard, then hit the winning shot.

Bryce Willen paced Notre Dame with 21 points, while John Klein had 14 and Alex Ressel added 13.

Notre Dame 11 15 13 20 -- 59

Bell City 18 13 11 19 -- 61

NOTRE DAME (59) -- Bryce Willen 21, Alex Ressel 13, John Klein 14, Blake Fisher 7, Mark Unterreiner 4, Jeremy Brinkmeyer.

FG 21, FT 14-23, Fouls 14 (3-pointers: Willen 1. Fouled out: none)

BELL CITY (61) -- Dominitrix Johnson 18, Blaine Stewart 17, Randy Conn 13, Jeff Liggins 4, Zak McIntyre 3, Derek Pobst 3, Tylor Victor 2, Kerry Lasters 1

FG 20, FT 8-15, Fouls 18 (3-pointers: Conn 3, Stewart 2, Pobst 1, McIntyre 1. Fouled out: none)

Advance 59, Scott County Central 54

Guard Daryl Wade paced Advance with 18 points as the Hornets used strong free-throw shooting in the final minute to prevail.

Advance (5-3) went on a 12-0 run to build a nine-point lead after the first quarter.

Scott Central (5-4), which managing only 3 points in the fourth quarter, got 16 points from Chris Pullen and 10 from Ray Rogers.

Scott Central 11 15 25 3 -- 54

Advance 20 13 14 12 -- 59

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (54) -- Avis White 6, Andrew Pullen 2, Chris Pullen 16, Ray Rogers 10, Josh Boley 6, Isaac Porter 5, Jeremy Johnson 5, Daniel Holman 4. FG 19, FT 10-21, Fouls 17 (3-pointers: Avis White 1, Jeremy Johnson 1. Fouled out: Holman)

ADVANCE (59) -- Drew Sherman 8, Dustin Kalinski 6, Daryl Wade 18, Tyler Bowman 9, Jeremy Limbaugh 16, Alex Sample 2.

FG 17, FT 13-23, Fouls 16 (3-pointers: Wade 2, Bowman 1, Sherman 1. Fouled out: none)

Delta 90, Meadow Heights 83, OT

Zack Kelley had 27 points to lead four Bobcats in double figures.

Kevin Bartels added 23 points for Delta (5-4), Brent Menz had 21, and Cody Crowden tallied 13.

Senior Brad Adams led Meadow Heights (6-4) with 37 points.

Meadow Heights 20 20 10 26 7 -- 83

Delta 18 16 17 25 14 -- 90

MEADOW HEIGHTS (83) -- Heath Fulton 4, Anthony Bollinger 13, Brad Adams 37, Joel Hahs 7, Matt Kight 5, Evan Kamp 2, Terry Wagner 2, Brian Thompson 9.

FG 32, FT 17-36, Fouls 21(3-pointers: Adams 3, Bollinger 1, Hahs 1, Thompson 1. Fouled out: Hahs)

DELTA (90) -- Aaron Kinder 6, Cody Crowden 13, Brent Menz 21, Zack Kelley 27, Kevin Bartels 23.

FG 26, FT 13-21, Fouls (3-pointers: Menz 2, Crowden 1. Fouled out: none)

Woodland 51, Kelly 49

Woodland got 19 points from Chad Hulvey on its way to a two-point victory.

Travis Benfield added 10 points for Woodland (8-2). Kendal Deason led Kelly (3-6) with 16 points.

Woodland 8 10 12 19 -- 51

Kelly 12 11 8 18 -- 49

WOODLAND (51) -- Brandon Cowell 7, Anthony Grojean 8, Cody McCraw 7, Chad Hulvey 19, Travis Benfield 10. FG 17, FT 8-16, Fouls 10 (3-pointers: Cowell 1, Grojean 1, McCraw 1. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (49) -- Brooks Edmond 8, Trey Simmons 3, Kendal Deason 16, Chris Romas 11, Derek Felter 3, Josh Jones 8. FG 15, FT 1-6, Fouls 14 (3-pointers: Kendal 4, Simmons 1, Romas 1. Fouled out: none)

-- Daniel Winningham