Central's upset bid falls short vs. De Soto

The Central boys basketball team nearly pulled off an upset Friday night, falling 66-56 at De Soto.

The Dragons (24-2) are ranked No. 1 among small schools in the Post-Dispatch's top 10 poll. The game went back and forth throughout the second half, with Central building a seven-point lead early in the fourth quarter. De Soto shot 13 free throws late to clinch the win.

Ryan Delph led Central (17-8) with 14 points, and Jake Knepp and Eli Harris added 10 apiece.

"We came out and played extremely hard in a hostile environment,"Central coach Derek McCord.

DeSoto has not lost a home game at "The Pit" since the 2001-02 season opener against Central.

The Tigers outrebounded the Dragons 37-27 despite the presence of 6-foot-8 Tony Boyle and 6-foot-7 Anthony Thebeau.

Boyle was held to seven points, including just one field goal. Thebeau led De Soto with 20.De Soto 66, Central 56

Central 10 13 21 12 -- 56

De Soto 15 12 12 27 -- 66

CENTRAL (56) -- Ryan Delph 14, Jake Knepp 10, Eil Harris 10, Tyrone Reece 3, Xavier Delph 4, Garrett Ozbun 9, Gabe Edwards 6. FG 17, FT 22-33, F 21 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Harris)

DE SOTO (66) -- Owen 9, McCullough 6, Henry 12, Clark 9, Boyles 7, Pratt 3, Thebeau 20. FG 21, FT 17-23, F 21 (3-pointers: Owen 1, McCullough 2, Clark 3. Fouled out: none)

Notre Dame 61, Perryville 50

Notre Dame won at home on senior night.

Bryce Willen led the Bulldogs (5-19) with 24 points and John Eric Klein scored 16.

Jared Obendorfer and Chad Stelling each scored 10 points for Perryville (5-17).

Perryville 10 12 16 12 -- 50

Notre Dame 15 16 11 19 -- 61

PERRYVILLE (50) -- Jared Obendorfer 10, Nick Hayden 12, Chad Ozark 6, Andrew Norman 8, Chad Stelling 10, Andrew Bachman 3. FG 15, FT 15-21, F 17 (3-pointers: Obendorfer 1, Norman 2, Stelling 2. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (61) -- Frankie Ellis 4, John Eric Klein 16, Mark Unterreiner 4, Alex Ressel 9, Bryce Willen 24, Steven Eftink 2, Blake Fisher 2. FG 23, FT 12-18, F 16 (3-pointers: Klein 2, Willen 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Notre Dame 61, Perryville 53

Poplar Bluff 100, Charleston 90

Poplar Bluff won a shootout at home in front of a sold-out gym in a battle of Southeast Missouri heavyweights.

Six-foot-9 junior Tyler Hansbrough led the Mules (19-8) with 35 points.

Marcus Biles led the Blue Jays (20-3) with 23 points.

Charleston trailed 23-8 after the first quarter but got back into the game with the help of 12 3-pointers.

Scott County Central 78, Advance 62

Chris Pullen poured in 32 points to lead Scott County Central to a home victory over Advance.

Jeremy Johnson added 15 points for the Braves (12-11) and Daniel Holman netted 13.

Daryl Wade and Tyler Bowman had 19 and 11 points, respectively, for Advance (15-9).

Advance 12 12 11 27 -- 62

Scott County 18 21 19 20 -- 78

ADVANCE (62) -- Daryl Wade 19, Tyler Bowman 11, Jeremy Limbaugh 7, Drew Sherman 4, Rylan Dunivan 4, Dustin Kalinski 7, James Masters 9, Josh Bailey 1. FG 25, FT 5-8, F 16 (3-pointers: Bowman 1, Wade 3. Fouled out: Bowman)

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (78) -- Chris Pullen 32, Daniel Holman 13, Jeremy Johnson 15, Josh Boley 6, Chris Monroe 8, Andrew Pullen 4. FG 28, FT 14-18, F 12 (3-pointers: Boley 2, Johnson 3, Holman 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Scott County Central 90, Advance 70

Bell City 78, Kelly 57

Bell City hit 11 3-pointers and pulled away late to knock off host Kelly.

Dominitrix Johnson made four 3-pointers and paced the Cubs (21-4) with 32 points. Zak McIntyre nailed five 3-pointers and scored 19 points.

The Hawks (9-13) were led by Chris Romas' 18 points and Kendal Deason's 14.

Bell City 23 12 19 23 -- 78

Kelly 11 19 15 12 -- 57

BELL CITY (78) -- Dominitrix Johnson 32, Kerry Lasters 3, Jeff Liggins 8, Garrett McIntyre 3, Zak McIntyre 19, Randy Conn 3, Tyler Victor 8, A.J. Henry 2. FG 26, FT 13-14, F 18 (3-pointers: Johnson 4, Lasters 1, Z. McIntyre 5, Conn 1. Fouled out: Victor)

KELLY (57) -- Brooks Edmond 4, Kendal Deason 14, Trey Simmons 8, Chris Romas 18, Michael Glastetter 2, Josh Jones 9. FG 15, FT 21-28, F 14 (3-pointers: Deason 3, Romas 1. Fouled out: Jones)

JV: Kelly 56, Bell City 36

Oran 44, Chaffee 28

Oran used a big fourth quarter -- scoring half of its total points -- to win at home.

Garrett Roslen led Oran (4-12) with 13 points. Matt Seyer added 12 and Ryan Bouge had 11.

Brad Uhrhan led Chaffee (1-18) with 12 points, and Brandon Davis had 10.

Chaffee 4 7 10 7 -- 28

Oran 7 5 10 22 -- 44

CHAFFEE (28) -- Brad Uhrhan 12, Brandon Davis 10, Richard Hinkebein 2, Tyler Graham 2, Bret Whitaker 2, Cory Slinkard 2. FG 9, FT 8-16, F 15 (3-pointers: Davis 2. Fouled out: Graham)

ORAN (44) -- Garrett Roslen 13, Matt Seyer 12, Ryan Bouge 11, Craig Friga 5, Trevor Irwin 1, David Asmus 2. FG 16, FT 6-12, F 14 (3-pointers: Bouge 2, Seyer 4. Fouled out: none)

JV: Oran 63, Chaffee 27

Delta 57, Leopold 53, OT

Brent Menz hit two free throws at the end of regulation and Delta won in overtime on the road.

Zack Kelley led Delta (17-7) with 18 points. Menz had 14, and Kevin Bartels added 11.

Lucas Horrell led Leopold (11-11) with 18 points and Kelly Stause had 16.

Delta 9 13 6 19 10 -- 57

Leopold 11 8 10 18 6 -- 53

DELTA (57) -- Zack Kelley 18, Brent Menz 14, Kevin Bartels 11, Derek Helderman 6, Daniel Cook 4, Cody Crowden 2, Aaron Kinder 2. FG 20, FT 14-24, F 19 (3-pointers: Menz 1. Fouled out: Crowden)

LEOPOLD (53) -- Lucas Horrell 18, Kelly Stause 16, A.J. Seiler 9, Brandon Bueter 5, Michael Vandeven 5. FG 15, FT 14-21, F 18 (3-pointers: Horrell 2, Vandeven 1. Fouled out: Bueter)

JV: Delta defeated Leopold

St. Vincent 84, Meadow Heights 59

St. Vincent took the lead early and defeated Meadow Heights at home.

St. Vincent led 41-24 at halftime and 69-35 after three.

Danny Rellergert led St. Vincent (12-9) with 22 points.

Jacob DeWilde scored 21, Alex Armbruster had 17 and Pat Siegmund added 10.

Terry Wagner led Meadow Heights (12-10) with 16 points. Brian Thompson and Heath Fulton each had 14.

Meadow Heights 10 14 11 24 -- 59

St. Vincent 18 23 28 15 -- 84

MEADOW HEIGHTS (59) -- Terry Wagner 16, Heath Fulton 14, Brian Thompson 14, Anthony Bollinger 5, Joel Hahs 4, Matt Kight 3, Michael Collier 3. FG 20, FT 10-16, F 19 (3-pointers: Wagner 4, Thompson 2, Bollinger 1, Knight 1, Collier 1. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (84) -- Danny Rellergert 22, Jacob DeWilde 21, Alex Armbruster 17, Pat Siegmund 10, Scott Prost 7, Luke Guyot 3, Whalen Richardet 2, Adam Sipple 1, Justin Ruessler 1. FG .35, FT 10-18, F 18 (3-pointers: Rellergert 2, Armbruster 1, Guyot 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: St. Vincent 57, Meadow Heights 49 OT

Oak Ridge 62, Zalma 50

Oak Ridge had three scorers in double figures in a home win.

Austin Morrison scored 17 points, Austin Hahs had 15 and Brian Ruesler added 14 for the Blue Jays (4-17).

David Hovis led Zalma (2-18) with 19 points and Curt Wiseman had 12.

Zalma 11 13 10 16 -- 50

Oak Ridge 22 17 13 16 -- 62

ZALMA (50) -- Kyle Conley 2, Trevin Tayler 3, David Hovis 19, Curt Wiseman 12, Tim Landing 8, Daniel Goolsby 2, Daniel Schrader 2. FG 18, FT 12-22, F 12 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

OAK RIDGE (62) -- Tyler Myers 2, Jared Schoen 3, Brian Ruesler 14, Austin Morrison 17, Terry Bogenpohl 6, Ben Hahs 2, Austin Hahs 15. FG 19, FT 7-11, F 15 (3-pointers: Ruesler 4, Morrison 2, Schoen 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports