High school roundup: ND boys turn back SCC 69-59

Quinn Poythress scored a season-high 31 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as Notre Dame defeated visiting Scott County Central 69-59 on Monday in boys high school basketball action.

Notre Dame hit 10 3-pointers in the game as the Bulldogs overcame the loss of senior Derek Hulshof, who likely tore an ACL in the first half.

"Hulshof, I would say he's like our team leader as far as effort and energy," Notre Dame coach Paul Unterreiner said. "The kids knew something was up at halftime, and I called them together at the start of the second half and said, 'I know you guys are all wondering and talking about it -- most likely he tore his ACL.' I just challenged the guys to get on the glass and just dominate the boards, and they did so. I thought they executed a lot better in the second half. Different players stepped up."

Hulshof had five rebounds before departing, and the Bulldogs finished with 38 on the game.

Notre Dame led 28-27 at halftime and extended the margin to 47-40 by the start of the fourth quarter.

"I thought Quinn, the best part about his game tonight is he played a complete game," Unterreiner said about the 6-foot-7 senior. "He crashed the boards and he blocked and altered a lot of shots at the rim, which I thought carried straight over into his offensive game. He just kind of took control tonight."

Brendan Boswell finished with 12 points -- all on 3-pointers.

"Those were his first points of the year," Unterreiner said. "He stepped up big for us tonight."

Jeffery Porter scored 23 points for the Braves before fouling out.

Notre Dame improved to 4-3.

Scott County 19 8 13 19 -- 59

Notre Dame 17 11 19 22 -- 69

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (59) -- Drake Kesler 4, Jeffery Porter 23, Tre Moore 8, Javonta Daniel 15, Matt Blissett 7, Skylar Lemons 2. FG 22, FT 11-15, F 16 (3-pointers: Porter 3, Moore. Fouled out: Porter.)

NOTRE DAME (69) -- Blake Bauwens 5, Brendan Boswell 12, Chase Urhahn 2, Quinn Poythress 31, Thomas Himmelberg 6, Derek Hulshoff 2, Dean Crippen 8, Nick Bradshaw 3. FG 25, FT 9-15, F 19 (3-pointers: Bauwens , Boswell 4, Poythress 3, Himmelberg 2. Fouled out: none.)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Central 66, Meadow Heights 36

Sydney Tollison scored 19 points as the Tigers claimed fifth place in the Kelso Supply Holiday Classic at the Show Me Center.

Tramonee Stewart added 10 points for Central, which led 35-18 at halftime.

Meadow Hts. 13 5 12 6 -- 36

Central 21 14 14 18 -- 66

MEADOW HEIGHTS (36) -- Erika Richmond 10, Kiana Hotop 9, Emma Cook 7, Kylee Whitener 4, Abi Bristow 2, Sarah Bristow 2, Hope Dietiker 2. FG 13, FT 10-15, F 14 (3-pointers: none, Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (66) -- Sydney Tollison 19, Tramonee Stewart 10, Madison Daum 6, Katherine Morton 6, Moriah Terry 5, Abbie Reece 4, Sarah Boerboom 4, Abby Shupert 4, Kassidy Pannier 3, Queteja Martin 3, Mary Boerboom 2. FG 24, FT 9-18, F 14 (3-pointers: Tollison 2, Pannier 1. Fouled out: none)

Perryville 63, Scott City 19

Kylie Bilek scored 17 points, had 10 steals and dished four assists to help lead the Pirates to victory in the seventh-place game at the Kelso Supply Holiday Classic.

Ahnie Hoff and Emma Nelson each had 11 points for Perryville, which improved to 2-5. Hoff also had 10 rebounds and six steals.

Natalie Wood paced Scott City with six points.

Scott City 5 10 0 4 -- 19

Perryville 17 20 17 9 -- 63

SCOTT CITY (19) -- Billi Charlieston 1, Anna Kern 4, Natalie Wood 6, Hannah Shemonia 3, Carly Howell 3, Autumn Mason 2. FG 7, FT 4-9, F 11 (3-pointers: Howell. Fouled out: none.)

PERRYVILLE (63) -- Allison McGarvey 3, Kylie Bilek 17, Reese Nations 9, Ahnie Hoff 11, Jasmyn Mahathath 7, Anna Huskey 3, Emma Nleson 11, Rachel Fritsche 2. FG 26, FT 4-13, F 13 (3-pointers: Bilek 2, McGarvey, Nations 3, Mahada. Fouled out: none.)

Greenville 51, Kelly 50

Logan Ivie scored a game-high 26 points, but the Hawks fell one point short to the Bears at the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas Classic in Broseley, Missouri.

Kelly only trailed by two points at halftime and outscored Greenville 26-25 in the second half before coming up short.

The Hawks made 12 of 25 (48 percent) shots from the free-throw line and failed to hit any shots from behind the arc.

Tori Duenne added 10 points for Kelly.

Kenzy Smith paced Greenville with 20 points and Amanda MCDaniel contributed 12 points.

Greenville 11 15 9 16 -- 51

Kelly 12 12 9 17 -- 50

GREENVILLE (51) -- Kenzy Smith 20, Amanda McDaniel 12, Sierra Bennett 9, Samantha Rainwater 8, Jaden Francis 2. FG 20, FT 11-21, F 18 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Lizzy Hefner.)

KELLY (50) -- Logan Ivie 26, Tori Duenne 10, Tessa Johnson 5, Morgan LeDure 3, Kristi Brucker 2, Tiffany Gibson 2, Dakaria Johnson 2. FG 19, FT 12-25, F 20 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none.)

Chaffee 53, Portageville 43

Julia Sutterfield scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help the Red Devils advance to the consolation championship of the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas Classic in Broseley, Missouri.

Kylie Wilhite added 16 points and six rebounds, while Lindsey Harrell grabbed a team-high 13 rebounds.

Chaffee (7-1) will face Clearwater at 3 p.m. today for the consolation title.

Portageville 13 8 7 15 -- 43

Chaffee 6 16 10 21 -- 53

PORTAGEVILLE -- Sasha Starnes 5, Jill Kellams 7, Adrienne Duncan 4, Tionna Ray 5, Briania Pitts 6, Shamyia Roston 3, Jelisha Minnis 2. Maura Kellams 9, Deondra Johnson 2. FG 15, FT 10-18, F 26. (3-pointers: Starnes, Pitts, Roston. Fouled out: Duncan)

CHAFFEE --Jordan Pruitt 8, Julia Sutterfield 17. Kylie Wilhite 16, Lindsey Harrell 4, Dakota Pepple 4, Carleigh Burnett 4. FG 14, FT 21-34, F 14. (3-pointers: Pruitt, Wilhite 3)

-- From staff reports