Ryan Brock scored a game-high 34 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Scott City boys basketball team, but the Rams were not able to hold a lead inside the final 90 seconds in a 63-62 loss at home to Poplar Bluff.
The Rams (13-10) led 55-53 with 1 minute, 28 seconds remaining and had possession, but the Mules stole the ball and were fouled. They hit both free throws to tie the game. Scott City was then hit with a technical foul on the ensuing inbound play when it tried to call timeout with no timeouts remaining.
Poplar Bluff held on by hitting 8 of 10 free throws down the stretch.
Ryan Fortner added 13 points for Scott City (13-10), while Jonathan McFall had 12 rebounds.
Ryan Brittingham and Brandon Stuckenschneider netted 11 points apiece for the Mules (14-5).
Poplar Bluff 15 14 13 21 -- 63
Scott City 11 21 9 21 -- 62
POPLAR BLUFF (63) -- D'Marcus Patterson 3, Joseph Eyler 4, Lucas Tibbs 8, Ryan Brittingham 11, Stacy Gipson 10, Brandon Stuckenschneider 11, Chris Stocks 8, Logan Keeney 4, Lance Gray 7. FG 18, FT 26-35, F 29. (3-pointers: Brittingham. Fouled out: None)
SCOTT CITY (62) -- Trent Pobst 3, Jonathan McFall 8, Dominic Hooper 4, Ryan Fortner 13, Ryan Brock 34. FG 16, FT 28-34, F 24. (3-pointers: Fortner, Brock. Fouled out: McFall)
JV -- Poplar Bluff won.
Notre Dame broke open a close game by outscoring the Pirates 38-18 over the second and third periods.
Quinn Poythress sank four 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 29 points for the Bulldogs (11-10), and Cody DeBrock added 12 points.
Colin Schirmer scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Pirates (6-13). Grant Dix also had 10 rebounds.
Notre Dame 13 19 19 18 -- 69
Perryville 12 8 10 16 -- 45
NOTRE DAME (69) -- Cody DeBrock 12, Quinn Poythress 29, Clayton Jansen 3, Patrick Williamson 1, Dalton Welch 9, Grant Ressel 7, Derek Hulshof 4, Tanner Shively 4. FG 17, FT 5-12, F 14. (3-pointers: Poythress 4, DeBrock 3, Jansen, Welch, Ressel. Fouled out: None)
PERRYVILLE (45) -- Luke Schlicting 3, Nate Kinnison 5, Garrett Martin 1, Grant Dix 7, Trenton Green 4, Brett Schnurbusch 2, Colin Schirmer 16, Jacob Lawrence 4, Eli Tripp 3. FG 15, FT 9-12, F 14. (3-pointers: Schlicting, Dix. Fouled out: None)
JV -- Notre Dame won 71-37.
Gabe Bohnert tallied 12 points in the Crusaders' road loss.
Logan Sprandel contributed 11 points for Saxony Lutheran (8-15).
Bryan DeGeare scored a game-high 26 points for the Hornets (12-10).
Saxony Lutheran 15 14 14 1 -- 44
Crystal City 20 9 12 18 -- 59
CRYSTAL CITY (59) -- Justin Morris 8, Peyton Pollock 10, Andres Tullock 2, Andrew Sawdy 2, Dylan Zeiter 11, Bryan DeGeare 26. FG 14, FT 16-20, F 12. (3-pointers: DeGeare 3, Zeiter, Pollock. Fouled out: None)
SAXONY LUTHERAN (44) -- Zach Beal 7, Logan Sprandel 11, Brandon Fritsche 2, Elwood Voss 2, Gabe Bohnert 12, Hunter Coe 2, Jack Lake 8. FG 12, FT 8-15, F 17. (3-pointers: Sprandel 3, Beal. Fouled out: None)
JV -- Saxony Lutheran won.
Alex Heuring scored 21 points to lead the visiting Eagles to their 20th win of the season.
Hunter Schlosser added 13 points, while Seth Ressel had 12 points for Oran (20-3).
Brett Ruch scored a game-high 28 points to pace the Wildcats (12-11). Caleb Baker added 12 points.
Oran 18 12 19 18 -- 67
Bloomfield 12 18 6 27 -- 63
ORAN (67) -- Seth Ressel 12, Kody Moore 11, Jacob Priggel 10, Hunter Schlosser 13, Alex Heuring 21. FG 28, FT 6-11, F 15. (3-pointers: Moore 3, Priggel 2. Fouled out: None)
BLOOMFIELD (63) -- Caleb Baker 12, Zac Goode 8, Brett Ruch 28, Austin Williamson 8, Thomas Sanders 3, Travis Phillips 4. FG 18, FT 6-8, F 16. (3-pointers: Baker 3, Goode 2, Ruch. Fouled out: None)
Kyle Stroder scored 29 points and had seven rebounds to lead the Wildcats (20-2) to a win on senior night.
Junior Cameron Davis added 17 points and six steals, while senior Brandon Jansen had 11 points and seven rebounds.
Ronnie Wegener paced the Indians (9-11) with seven points.
Puxico 7 8 12 4 -- 31
Leopold 19 31 13 12 -- 75
LEOPOLD (75) -- Austin Bucher 4, D.J. Keim 7, Kyle Stroder 29, Cameron Davis 17, Ethan Broshuis 3, Brandon Jansen 11, James Jansen 4. FG 31, FT 9-15, F 17. (3-pointers: Stroder 3, Keim. Fouled out: B. Jansen)
PUXICO (31) -- Marcus Lauer 2, Jacob Plunkett 3, Ronnie Wegener 7, Corey Messer 3, Austin Tiechman 4, Josh Harp 6, Zach Turner 4. FG 11, FT 8-12, F 14. (3-pointers: Wegener. Fouled out: Tucker)
Ethan Barr scored 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Hornets to a home victory.
Lane Below added 15 points and dished out eight assists for Advance (17-6), while Curtis Gilliland had nine rebounds.
Tyler Yount scored 10 points to pace the Cardinals (4-17).
Woodland 8 12 11 11 -- 42
Advance 13 32 31 8 -- 84
ADVANCE (84) -- Tyler Middleton 1, Austin Miller 7, Braden Bien 2, Matt Hood 7, Lane Below 15, Trey Wallace 4, Josh Robison 6, Garrett Walker 2, Curtis Gilliland 7, Ben Trout 2, Ethan Barr 31. FG 33, FT 16-29, F 16. (3-pointers: Miller, Hood. Fouled out: None)
WOODLAND (42) -- Evan Grindstaff 5, Aaron Yount 2, Tyler Yount 10, Garret Reynolds 9, Ben McCormick 6, Devon Ritter 3, Ben Lincoln 2, Ben Shell 1, Deven Gralisch 2. FG 16, FT 6-13, F 20. (3-pointers: Grindstaff, Ritter. Fouled out: Lincoln, Dylan Miller)
JV -- Woodland won 69-56.
Jerad Yates and Aaron Smith scored 13 points apiece in the Cubs' loss at home.
Trey Geiger added 10 points for Bell City (2-17).
D.J. Dowdy scored a game-high 20 points for the Bearcats (7-11).
Dexter 21 13 14 14 -- 62
Bell City 13 13 10 15 -- 51
DEXTER (62) -- Nick Noble 11, Austin Richardson 2, D.J. Dowdy 20, Austin Aldridge 1, Brad Potts 12, Chandler Young 12, Ryan Joyner 4. FG 22, FT 16-26, F 17. (3-pointers: Noble 2. Fouled out: None)
BELL CITY (51) -- Nate Finney 3, McKenzie Vires 7, Jerad Yates 13, Nolan Schaefer 5, Aaron Smith 13, Trey Geiger 10. FG 15, FT 14-18, F 23. (3-pointers: Smith 3, Yates 2, Finney. Fouled out: Schaefer, Smith, Geiger)
JV -- Dexter won.
Dylan Richardet paced the Indians (13-7) with 13 points in the road loss.
Sean Solomon scored a game-high 17 points for the Dragons (15-7).
St. Vincent 12 4 9 10 -- 35
De Soto 7 11 11 16 -- 45
DE SOTO (45) -- Jake Bemett 4, Jake Patzner 12, Jeremy Edwards 4, Matthew Garrison 3, Brendon Roland 2, LeGrand 3, Sean Solomon 17. FG 20, FT 2-2, F 17. (3-pointers: Solomon, Garrison, LeGrand. Fouled out: Patzner, Edwards)
ST. VINCENT (35) -- Jesse Francis 2, Trent Elder 5, Gabe Galati 2, Dylan Richardet 13, Trenton Gremaud 6, Dylan Hellman 7. FG 13, FT 8-13, F 12. (3-pointers: Elder. Fouled out: None)
JV -- DeSoto won 57-41.
Ryan Below sank 13 points and tallied nine rebounds as the Blue Jays avenged a semifinal loss in last week's Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament.
Hunter Seyer added 12 points for Oak Ridge (17-6), while Kelby Brown recorded three steals in the road win.
Josh Douglas paced the Panthers (7-14) with 12 points.
Oak Ridge 15 5 9 20 -- 49
Meadow Heights 12 8 3 15 -- 38
OAK RIDGE (49) -- Andrew Puchbauer 5, Ethan Seyer 2, Hunter Seyer 12, Kelby Brown 8, Ryan Below 13, Lance Rohde 4, Corvin Schoen 5. FG 14, FT 12-18, F 9. (3-pointers: H. Seyer 2, Puchbauer. Fouled out: None)
MEADOW HEIGHTS (38) -- Josh Douglas 12, Kody Overbey 5, Ryan Foltz 9, Tyler Cook 3, Kyle Baremore 8, Kyle Overbey 1. FG 15, FT 5-10, F 16. (3-pointers: Cook. Fouled out: Foltz)
JV -- Meadow Heights won 20-17.
Charlie Montgomery scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Red Devils to a win at home.
Peyton Montgomery contributed 19 points, while Trevor Morehead had 12 points for Chaffee (13-9).
Bradley Key paced Zalma (4-15) with 15 points.
Zalma 18 6 20 16 -- 60
Chaffee 15 35 19 9 -- 78
CHAFFEE (78) -- Lane Henson 3, Peyton Montgomery 19, Cody Johnson 3, Layton Tenkhoff 4, Storm Estes 3, Jared Walker 7, Jimmy Golden 6, Charlie Montgomery 21, Trevor Morehead 12. FG 24, FT 12-22, F 17. (3-pointers: Golden 2, Henson, Johnson, Estes, Walker. Fouled out: None)
ZALMA (60) -- Austin Sitze 12, Bradley Key 12, Ryan Tucker 10, Brent Overbey 5, Dennis Gregory 5, Andrew Hovis 1, D.J. Hankins 6, Cole Shelby 6. FG 18, FT 9-15, F 17. (3-pointers: Sitze 2, Shelby 2, Overbey. Fouled out: Sitze)
JV -- Chaffee won 42-32.
Delta trailed by one point entering the fourth quarter and outscored Shawnee 33-20 down the stretch for the road win.
Dillon Lincoln led the way with 21 points for the Bobcats (5-13), while Tanner Schabbing netted 21.
Delta 13 9 17 33 -- 72
Shawnee 14 8 18 20 -- 60
DELTA (72) -- Dillon Lincoln 26, Tanner Schabbing 21, Dwight Nance 14, Alex Lashley 2, Trevor Glaus 9. FG 20, FT 29-39, F 15. (3-pointers: Schabbing 2, Lincoln. Fouled out: none)
SHAWNEE (60) -- Ellet 11, Tind 7, M. Crame 7, Boston 2, Treece 10, McMahan 10, N. Crame 3, Myers 2, Reynolds 4. FG 23, FT 6-10, F 25. (3-pointers: Ellet, M. Crane, Mcahan, N. Crane. Fouled out: Ellet, Boston, McMahan)
-- From staff reports
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