HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: TWIN RIVERS TRIMS ND IN FINAL OF ORAN TOURNEY

ORAN, Mo. -- Considering that the teams were the top two seeds, it seemed only fitting that Twin Rivers and Notre Dame would battle to the wire Friday night in the championship game of the Oran Invitational boys basketball tournament.

Top-seeded Twin Rivers wound up emerging with the title by holding on for a 54-53 victory over the second-seeded Bulldogs.

In other tournament games Friday, fifth-seeded Scott County Central nabbed third place with an 82-74 win over No. 6 Bell City and No. 7 Oran concluded an impressive tourney by claiming consolation honors (fifth place) with a 75-63 victory over No. 8 Richland.

Notre Dame, which fell to 2-1, got a game-high 27 points from Jonathan Ressel, but that performance was not enough to lift the Bulldogs in a game that was extremely tight throughout.

Jason Jenkins hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points to pace Twin Rivers, which led 33-32 at halftime and 45-43 entering the fourth quarter.

Scott Central (2-1) had five players score in double figures, led by Terrance Williams with 17 points. He was followed by Todd Blissett with 16, Desman Johnson and Chris Johnson with 13 each and Tim Carlisle with 11.

Bell City (1-2) got 30 points from Eric Henry. Jason Rampley scored 18 and Gabe Scherer added 15.

Oran (2-1) was led by Ryne Wood with 22 points. Adam Friga followed with 17 and Nathan Seyer had 12.