High school roundup: Panthers capture third at Miss Valley tourney

Meadow Heights bounced back from its loss to Oak Ridge to knock off Zalma in the third-place game at the Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball tournament Friday in Chaffee.

Senior Dustin Hubler, the only returning starter for the Panthers, scored 27 points, while Nick Webb added 20 to pace Meadow Heights (12-6).

Junior Justin Stotts hit for 27 points for the Bulldogs (7-11).

The championship game between Oak Ridge and Leopold was canceled because of inclement weather.

Meadow Hts 22 22 19 20 -- 83

Zalma 12 16 16 20 -- 64

MEADOW HEIGHTS (83) -- Adam Walker 8, Dustin Hubler 27, Daylan Davis 2, Ethan Mayfield 6, Trent Kiefer 7, Calen Buerck 11, Nick Webb 20, Trevor Hotop 2. FG 37, FT 5-12, F 22. (3-pointers: Walker 2, Webb 2. Fouled out: none)

ZALMA (64) -- Austin Sitze 4, Stephen Simmers 15, Andrew Tucker 2, Thad McGregor 3, Jevon Tucker 2, Jake Reed 4, Gage Lemons 7, Justin Stotts 27. FG 22, FT 15-22, F 12. (3-pointers: Simmers 2. Fouled out: none)

East Prairie 46, Scott City 41

Landon Robert hit for 15 points, including three 3-pointers, but it wasn't enough as the Rams fell at home.

The Eagles shot 31 free throws compared to 14 for Scott City. The Rams only hit 4 of their 14 attempts (29 percent) as they dropped to 3-12 this season.

East Prairie 9 10 14 13 -- 46

Scott City 8 17 6 10 -- 41

EAST PRAIRIE (46) -- Dalton Golightly 4, Field Laplant 5, Kaleb Williford 6, Andrew Cartwright 6, Connor Scott 15, Dustin Caldwell 10. FG 13, FT 19-31, F 13. (3-pointers: Scott 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (41) -- Landon Robert 15, Skylar Cobb 8, Corey Speakman 2, Justin Modglin 7, Zach Cotner 2, Corey Rodgers 3, Kyle Lacey 4. FG 15, FT 4-14, F 25. (3-pointers: Robert 3, Cobb 2, Modglin 1, Rodgers 1. Fouled out: none)

Delta 62, Kelly 37

Chase Crowden and Shelby Kight scored 18 points apiece to lead the Bobcats to the road win.

Delta jumped out to a 12-point lead at halftime and never looked back.

Dustin Crowden paced the Hawks with 17 points.

Delta 17 20 14 11 -- 62

Kelly 10 15 8 4 -- 37

DELTA (62) -- Teddy May 7, Cody Helderman 7, Collin Schabbing 3, Chase Crowden 18, Cody Naramore 5, Cody Schremp 4, Shelby Kight 18. FG 19, FT 17-21, F 15. (3-pointers: Helderman 1, Schabbing 1, Crowden 1, Kight 1. Fouled out: none)

KELLY (37) -- Michael Kueykendall 2, Trey Drury 6, Trent Felter 5, Garrett Alsup 2, Michael Fisher 3, Dustin Crowden 17, Brandon Dambach 1, Sawyer Elfrink 1. FG 15, FT 6-19, F 22. (3-pointers: Crowden 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports