Central girls suffer 48-33 loss to Bluff

The Central girls basketball team fell behind 12-2 against Poplar Bluff and dropped a 48-33 SEMO Conference game at home on Thursday.

The Tigers tightened the gap to 16-11 after one quarter and trailed 25-17 at the half. Poplar Bluff (5-7) outscored Central 14-7 in the third to pull away.

Courtney Schuessler led the Tigers (2-8) with 10 points.

Kristen Ploetze finished with 15 points for the Mules.

POPLAR BLUFF 48, CENTRAL 33

Poplar Bluff 16 9 14 9 -- 48

Central 11 6 7 9 -- 33

POPLAR BLUFF (48) -- Ferguson 4, Ploetze 15, Fister 12, Pratt 7, Stonecipher 2, Whelan 6. FG 22, FT 3-9 (3-pointers: Ploetze 1. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (33) -- Dani Gross 2, Paige Rothenberger 2, Lauren Loftis 6, Wendi Zickfield 8, Courtney Schuessler 10, Tierra Walker 5. FG 15, FT 3-6 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Poplar Bluff 31, Central 24

Herculaneum 39, St. Vincent 28

St. Vincent managed just 12 points through three quarters and lost on the road.

Jessica Welker led St. Vincent (5-5) with 10 points.

St. Vincent 4 3 5 14 -- 28

Herculaneum 4 6 15 14 -- 39

ST. VINCENT (28) -- Jessica Welker 10, Hannah Schremp 9, Brooke Brown 4, Lacey Siegmund 2, Miranda Holmes 1. FG 9, FT 9-14, F 19 (3-pointers: Welker 1. Fouled out: Welker, Siegmund)

HERCULANEUM (39) -- Farmer 18, Gerard 8, Kaletnbach 5, Steffens 2, Greenlee 2, Clifton 2, Storz 2. FG 13, FT 13-21, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- St. Vincent 45, Herculaneum 23; Freshman -- St. Vincent 30, Herculaneum 12

Perryville 72, Festus 47

The Pirates sprinted to a 41-17 halftime lead to open Jefferson County Conference play with a road win.

Krista Meisner scored 30 points, including 24 in the first half. Amber Hacker, Annette Weibrecht and Becky Bachmann each had eight points for the Pirates (4-5).

Perryville 22 19 14 17 -- 72

Festus 6 11 17 13 -- 47

PERRYVILLE (72) -- Meghan Roth 6, Krista Miesner 30, Amber Hacker 8, Beth Steffens 6, Annette Weibrecht 8, Chastity Marr 6, Becky Bachmann 8. FG 28, FT 10-13, F 23 (3-pointers: Miesner 2, Hacker 2, Marr 2. Fouled out: Steffens)

FESTUS (47) -- Wolk 4, Hahn 10, Flagg 4, Schmitz 9, Borman 2, Colton 8, Ecker 8, Weber 2. FG 15, FT 15-23, F 15 (3-pointers: Hahn 2. Fouled out: none).

Sikeston 62, Kelly 58

Katee Moore finished with a game-high 26 points, including six 3-pointers, but could not help the visiting Hawks past Sikeston.

Debra Hall added 12 points for Kelly (5-4), which lost to Sikeston for the third time this season.

Kelly 10 16 14 18 -- 58

Sikeston 21 18 11 12 -- 62

KELLY (58) -- Brittany Ponder 7, Sarah Ruff 1, Leigh Ann Buchheit 2, Mindy Robert 4, Nikki Weiny 2, Summer Proctor 4, Katee Moore 26, Debra Hall 12. FG 20, FT 11-16, F 17 (3-pointers: Moore 6, Ponder 1. Fouled out: none)

SIKESTON (62) -- Minner 8, Blisset 4, Blurton 19, J. McCray 3, Gibson 15, Davis 8, W. McCray 5. FG 24, FT 10-17, F 12 (3-pointers: Minner 2, Blurton 2. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Kelly def. Sikeston

BOYS BASKETBALL Scott City 56, Richland 42

Scott City won its fifth straight game. Alex King led the Rams (7-4) with 15 points.

Richland 6 6 11 19 -- 42

Scott City 8 10 19 19 -- 56

RICHLAND (42) -- Cameron Whittaker 10, Matt Ritch 14, Jackie Smith 9, Tommy Harlan 9. FG 17, FT 3-4, F 8 (3-pointers: Ritch 4, Harlan 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (56) -- Ethan Watkins 4, Rynn Eskew 6, Andy Stephens 7, Jamie Pinkston 6, Farrell Wasson 8, Ryan Modglin 8, Landon Hill 2, Alex King 15. FG 25, FT 6-8, F 8 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Scott City 59, Richland 40

Saxony Lutheran 80, Oran 63

Saxony Lutheran scored 45 first-half points and cruised to a road win.

Alex Jauch led Saxony Lutheran (9-2) with 29 points, Trey Maevers had 16 and Tim Lorenz added 13.

Steven Mock led Oran with 14 points, and Kody Campbell and Chris Asmus had 11 apiece.

Saxony 19 26 21 14 -- 80

Oran 14 17 14 18 -- 63

SAXONY LUTHERAN (80) -- Lauren Lueders 8, Trey Maevers 16, Casey Petzoldt 6, Alex Jauch 29, Ben Courtois 8, Tim Lorenz 13. FG 28, FT 19-30, F 9 (3-pointers: Lueders 2, Maevers 1, Courtois 2. Fouled out: none)

ORAN (63) -- Steve Mock 14, Kody Campbell 11, Robert Lange 7, Jordon Mason 4, Chase Seyer 16, Chris Asmus 11. FG 25, FT 6-11, F 24 (3-pointers: Mock 4, Campbell 2, Asmus 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Saxony Lutheran def. Oran

-- From staff reports

OTHER EVENTS

• The Central boys freshmen basketball team fell to 3-4 with a 53-25 home loss to Sikeston. The Central eight-grade team also lost to Sikeston, 49-34. Dylan Thomas led Central (3-4) with 19 points.

-- From staff reports