The Delta girls basketball team advanced to the finals of the Delta New Year's Tournament with a 49-35 victory against Oran on Wednesday.
Kaci Menz led the top-seeded Bobcats (7-2) with 18 points. Rachel Ware and Shea Smith scored 10 apiece for Delta.
Tiffany Glastetter led No. 5 Oran (1-4) with 10 points.
Delta will face No. 2 Greenville in the final at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Greenville defeated No. 3 St. Vincent 40-26. Kelsey Kutz led the Squaws in a losing effort with 10 points.
No. 4 Chaffee will meet No. 6 Woodland in the consolation final. Chaffee (3-7) beat East Prairie 57-21 on Wednesday, and Woodland beat Puxico 45-26.
Chaffee had three scorers in double figures, led by Kegan Orr's 16 points. Suzanne Reischman added 12, and Mindy Hendrix had 11.
Elisha Glastetter led Woodland with 16 points in its win, and Sasha Hutson and Amanda Abner scored 10 apiece.
DELTA 49, ORAN 35
Oran 10 8 5 12 -- 35
Delta 16 15 8 10 -- 49
ORAN (35) -- Callie Kielhofner 2, Tori St. Cin 2, Tiffany Glastetter 10, Erica Michelsen 9, Mandi Wood 3, Amanda Eftink 9. FG 14, FT 6-8, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
DELTA (49) -- Shea Smith 10, Ashley Deprow 5, Rachel Ware 10, Kaci Menz 18, Kacie Seabaugh 6. FG 18, FT 13-14, F 13 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
GREENVILLE 40, ST. VINCENT 26
St. Vincent 6 10 8 2 -- 26
Greenville 15 7 8 10 -- 40
ST. VINCENT (26) -- Kelsey Kutz 10, Joy Donze 2, Lauren Schumer 1, Sierra Paulus 8, Lisa Abbott 5. FG 11, FT 4-8, F 14 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
GREENVILLE (40) -- Fisher 5, Osbourn 4, Condray 9, Wilkinson 4, Woodgeard 18. FG 15, FT 6-8, F 11 (3-pointers: Condray 3, Fisher 1. Fouled out: none)
CHAFFEE 57, EAST PRAIRIE 21
East Prairie 0 8 6 7 -- 21
Chaffee 16 6 15 20 -- 57
EAST PRAIRIE (21) -- Witherspoon 2, Cook 6, Redman 2, Smith 2, Blooms 3, Britt 6. FG 8, FT 3-4, F 19 (3-pointers: Cook 2. Fouled out: none)
CHAFFEE (57) -- Suzanne Reischman 12, Mindy Hendrix 11, Kegan Orr 16, Whitney Schlosser 5, Torie Keys 7, Nikole Johnson 2, Rachel Hendrix 4. FG 23, FT 10-24, F 11 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
WOODLAND 45, PUXICO 26
Puxico 8 6 6 6 -- 26
Woodland 12 12 10 11 -- 45
PUXICO (26) -- Woodgeard 16, Hardy 2, Henson 2, Wheetley 6. FG 12, FT 0-2, F 12 (3-pointers: Woodgeard 2. Fouled out: none)
WOODLAND (45) -- Sasha Hutson 10, Amanda Abner 10, Francee VanGennip 1, Elisha Glastetter 16, Chelsea Martin 8. FG 19, FT 6-13, F 12 (3-pointers: Abner 1. Fouled out: none)
St. Vincent converted two steals into two layups in the final minute to come from behind for a win at the Ste. Genevieve Tournament.
Waylon Richardet led the Indians (4-4) with 16 points. Jacob DeWilde had 11 and Danny Rellergert scored 10.
St. Vincent will face St. Pius at 6 tonight in the round-robin tournament.
St. Vincent 16 16 7 11 -- 50
Ste. Genevieve 12 18 10 7 -- 47
ST. VINCENT (50) -- Waylon Richardet 16, Jacob DeWilde 11, Danny Rellergert 10, Alex Armbruster 9, Ben Buchheit 4. FG 21, FT 6-17, F 16 (3-pointers: Rellergert 1, Armbruster 1. Fouled out: none)
STE. GENEVIEVE (47) -- Garrett Ditch 17, Mitch Meyer 10, Kyle Faulkner 8, Jake Donze 6, Mike Schleuter 4, Cody Vogt 2. FG 18, FT 11-19, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
Kent Deason scored a layin with two seconds remaining to pull out a comeback win on the road on Tuesday night.
Trailing 59-46 after three quarters, Kelly outscored Advance 31-17 in the final period. Kelly had to go the length of the quarter trailing 76-75 with six seconds remaining for the winning basket.
Kent Deason led the Hawks with 21 points, and Kendal Deason added 17. Michael Glastetter had 15.
Jeremy Limbaugh led Advance with 22 points, James Masters scored 19 and Jordan Seabaugh had 13.
Kelly 13 18 15 31 -- 77
Advance 21 15 23 17 -- 76
KELLY (77) -- Kendal Deason 17, Derek Felter 8, Jordan Felter 3, Kent Deason 21, Brandon Ayers 7, Michael Glastetter 15, Jacob Glastetter 4, Thomas DeBrock 2. FG 28, FT 16-23 (3-pointers: Kent Deason 2, Kendal Deason 1, D. Felter 1, Glastetter 1. Fouled out: J. Felter)
ADVANCE (76) -- Jordan Seabaugh 13, Jeremy Limbaugh 22, Daryl Wade 8, Drew Sherman 3, Josh Bailey 6, Dustin Kalinski 3, James Masters 19, Bryan Birkman 2. FG 28, FT 16-27 (3-pointers: Seabaugh2, Limbaugh 1, Wade 1. Fouled out: none)
JV: Advance 49, Kelly 45
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