High school roundup: SCC boys drop basketball season opener

Otto Porter picked up where he left off for the Scott County Central boys basketball team.

The standout senior poured in 37 points, but it wasn't enough as the Braves dropped their season opener 68-60 to North Little Rock, Ark., at the Riverbend Classic tournament Friday.

The Braves jumped out to a nine-point lead after the first quarter but got outscored in the remaining three quarters.

No other SCC player scored more than five points.

The Braves regrouped to earn their first win of the season Saturday.

SCC knocked off East Poinsett County 73-55.

The Braves opened an 11-point lead at the intermission, but East Poinsett County cut its deficit to five points entering the fourth quarter.

SCC (1-1) put it out of reach over the final eight minutes.

N. Little Rock 15 20 17 16 -- 68

SCC 24 18 9 9 -- 60

NORTH LITTLE ROCK (68) -- Cody Ware 15, Reggie Bryles 22, Thomas Alexander 6, Chris Campbell 17, Donovan Coleman 2, Cameron Williams 4. FG 26, FT 4-8, F 16. (3-pointers: Ware 2, Bryles 3, Alexander 1, Campbell 3. Fouled out: none.)

SCOTT CENTRAL (60) -- Stewart Johnson 4, Trey Johnson 4, Reggie Woodson 2, Lemarcus Steward 4, Otto Porter 37, Dominique Porter 5, Calvin Porter 4. FG 23, FT 14-18, F 11. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none.)

Zalma wins pair

The Bulldogs rode the hot shooting of senior guard Justin Stotts to a pair of victories to open their season.

Stotts scored 21 points in Friday's 84-22 win over Bunker then led the team with 32 points in Saturday's 81-61 win over Alton.

Senior Stephen Simmers added 31 against Alton and 16 against Bunker.

Gage Lemons paced the Bulldogs with 22 points against Bunker.

ZALMA 81, ALTON 61

Alton 12 17 18 14 -- 61

Zalma 19 19 24 19 -- 81

ALTON (61) -- Randy Ray 1, Zach Roberts 10, Skyler Cronister 10, Karon Honeycutt 24, A.J. Hodge 8, Wes Carswell 5, Zane Halter 4. FG 25, FT 3-5, F 11. (3-pointers: Roberts 1, Cronister 1, Honeycutt 6. Fouled out: none)

ZALMA (81) -- Austin Sitze 4, Stephen Simmers 31, Andrew Tucker 4, Gage Lemons 10, Justin Stotts 32. FG 37, FT 2-3, F 9. (3-pointers: Simmers 3, Stotts 2. Fouled out: none)

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ZALMA 84, BUNKER 22

Zalma 25 25 25 9 -- 84

Bunker 5 8 2 7 -- 22

ZALMA (84) -- Andrew Tucker 4, Brad Key 2, Austin Sitze 6, Gage Lemons 22, Justin Stotts 21, Stephen Simmers 16, Floris DeJongh 13. FG 37, FT 4-7, F 12. (3-pointers: Sitze 1, Simmers 2, DeJongh 2. Fouled out: Sitze)

BUNKER (22) -- Dalton Tarvid 7, Dallas Rowley 4, Thomas Wisdom 8, Matt Benton 3. FG 7, FT 6-6, F 8. (3-pointers: Benton 1, Tarvid 1. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports