Sophomore Johneisha Daniel tallied a game-high 31 points as the Scott County Central girls basketball team defeated host Chaffee 77-74 in overtime Monday night.
LaQuisha Strickland and Maddison Avance added 16 points apiece for Scott County Central (5-3, 1-1 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which led by five points, 37-32, at halftime and by two points, 52-50, after three quarters.
Kylie Wilhite sank 24 points to pace Chaffee (4-2, 2-1). Julia Sutterfield recorded 17 points and Carleigh Burnett tossed in 13 points for the Red Devils.
Scott CC 19 18 15 14 11 -- 77
Chaffee 12 20 18 16 8 -- 74
SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (77) -- Trinity Thomas 7, LaQuisha Strickland 16, Johneisha Daniel 31, Maddison Avance 16, Chelsea Phillips 2, LaTeisha Strickland 3. FG 24, FT 9-24, F 14 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)
CHAFFEE (74) -- Bridgette Swinford 4, Julia Sutterfield 17, Kylie Wilhite 24, Lindsey Koch 2, Carleigh Burnett 13, Mary Beth Knutson 2, Mattison Cline 8, Katie Glueck 4. FG 15, FT 11-14, F 14 (3-pointers: Wilhite 5, Burnett 3, Cline 2, Sutterfield. Fouled out: None.)
JV -- Chaffee won.
Sophomore Jackie Verseman scored nine points to lead the Indians in the victory at home.
Jenna Winkler also had nine points for St. Vincent (5-3).
Sammantha Miles netted nine points as well to pace Meadow Heights (0-6).
Meadow Hts. 5 5 7 3 -- 20
St. Vincent 10 6 8 14 -- 38
MEADOW HEIGHTS (20) -- Abi Bristow 7, Janie Cook 2, Jaycee Whitener 2, Sammantha Miles 9. FG 5, FT 4-9, F 16 (3-pointers: Bristow 2. Fouled out: None.)
ST. VINCENT (38) -- Emily Welker 4, Sammie Pritchard 4, Jenna Winkler 9, Corrin Carroll 3, Jamie Best 4, Faith Kapp 5, Jackie Verseman 9. FG 13, FT 9-20, F 9 (3-pointers: Carroll. Fouled out: None.)
Sophomore Krista Rhodes netted a game-high 18 points as the Cardinals had no problems disposing of the visiting Rams.
Mara Grindstaff poured in 11 points for Woodland (4-1), which held the Rams to single digits in every quarter.
Tori Buckner tallied 12 points, all from behind the arc, for Scott City (1-6).
Scott City 2 7 5 7 -- 21
Woodland 12 15 21 16 -- 64
SCOTT CITY (21) -- Tori Buckner 12, Bella Bowers 2, Rylee Venable 2, Faith Grant 1, Hannah Shemonia 2. FG 4, FT 1-4, F 14 (3-pointers: Buckner 4. Fouled out: Shemonia.)
WOODLAND (64) -- Elizabeth Dowd 3, Whitney Lincoln 4, Mara Grindstaff 11, Rebekah Page 8, Cheyenne Wells 6, Hannah Scott 8, Krista Rhodes 18. FG 25, FT 8-11, F 12 (3-pointers: Rhodes 2. Fouled out: None.)
JV -- Scott City won 44-43
Charleston's Connor Watkins scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Bluejays in the conference road win over the Bobcats.
Cheyenne Randle recorded 15 points for Charleston (4-1, 3-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which held a 13-point lead at halftime and outscored the hosts by three points in the second half to get the victory.
Lydia Borneman and Erin Bond tallied 10 points apiece to pace Delta (2-5, 1-1).
Charleston 17 16 11 12 -- 56
Delta 2 18 12 8 -- 40
CHARLESTON (56) -- Danitra Jones 7, Frederica Evans 6, Sharrell Woods 6, Cheyenne Randle 15, Channelle Quinn 5, Connor Watkins 16, A'Shonta Whitney 1. FG 14, FT 22-37, F 17 (3-pointers: Randle, Watkins. Fouled out: Randle.)
DELTA (40) -- Jamie Hodge 6, Alexis Mitchell 2, Lydia Borneman 10, Erin Bond 10, Karlee Beggs 2, Macey Smith 6, Kiley Wicker 4. FG 17, FT 6-11, F 24 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Tamera Crowden, Carrie Waddle.)
JV -- Delta won 63-7
Freshman Leah Cauble scored a game-high 24 points and tallied four rebounds and three assists to help keep the visiting Eagles stay undefeated.
Fellow freshman Jessie Long recorded 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals for Oran (6-0). Ashlyn McIntosh notched 10 points and nine rebounds for the Eagles, who held a 16-point lead at halftime and went on to outscore the host Eagles by 13 points in the second half.
Keisha Rainer scored 19 points for New Madrid County Central (0-4).
Oran 16 17 17 14 -- 64
NMCC 6 11 4 14 -- 35
ORAN (64) -- Brianna Stause 3, Tatum May 2, Ashlyn McIntosh 10, Leah Cauble 24, Jessie Long 18, Hannah Scherer 6, Claire Ramsey 1. FG 19, FT 14-25, F 14 (3-pointers: Cauble 2, McIntosh, Stause. Fouled out: None.)
NEW MADRID COUNTY CENTRAL (35) -- Alexis Phillips 4, Shaundreia Boyd 2, Deja Grissom 4, Keisha Rainer 19, Alexus Jordan 2, Aaliyah Phillips 4. FG 11, FT 4-9, F 23 (3-pointers: Rainer 3. Fouled out: Jordan, Keiote Tillman.)
Brent Overbey nailed a game-high 21 points to lead the host Bulldogs in the conference rout.
Jacob Steinberg added 13 points for Zalma (4-2, 1-0 Mississippi Valley Conference), which posted a 46-14 lead at halftime. Christopher Lombeida tossed in 10 points for the Bulldogs.
Garrett Thele also had 10 points to pace Leopold (0-5, 0-1).
Leopold 2 12 9 3 -- 26
Zalma 19 27 9 15 -- 70
LEOPOLD (26) -- Dalton Forrester 6, Garrett Thele 10, Tristan Graham 6, Blake Leazenby 2, Jack Jones 1, John Gray 1. FG 5, FT 4-8, F 17 (3-pointers: Thele 2, Graham 2. Fouled out: None.)
ZALMA (70) -- Jacob Steinberg 13, Cole Shelby 8, Charles Freeman 3, Luke Robertson 2, Logan Borders 5, Brendan Cato 2, Christopher Lombeida 10, Brent Overbey 21, Peyton Ford 6. FG 22, FT 11-24, F 9 (3-pointers: Overbey 3, Freeman, Steinberg. Fouled out: None.)
-- From staff reports
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