High school roundup: Senior Malik leads Central to 87-52 victory on senior night

Senior Farrah Malik scored a team-high 18 points to lead Central to an 87-52 victory against Sikeston in girls basketball action Wednesday.

Malik hit four 3-pointers on senior night at Central.

Fellow senior Sadie Pittman scored 15 points and added five rebounds, four assists and four steals, while senior Paige Smith scored 12 points and recorded four steals. Senior Starr Harris added 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds as the Tigers improved to 15-7.

Sikeston 15 16 12 9 -- 52

Central 33 16 19 19 -- 87

SIKESTON (52) -- Tyanne Townsend 4, Keyonna Blissett 11, Kathryn Hay 2, Asia Liggins 29, Darqueisha Howard 2, Jerrica Taylor 4. FG 21, FT 9-20, F 12. (3-pointers: Liggins 1. Fouled out: none)

CENTRAL (87) -- Machaela Durham 5, Starr Harris 13, Tynesha Ivy 2, Farrah Malik 18, Chelsea Pannier 14, Sadie Pittman 15, Paige Smith 12, Chelsea Vinson 8. FG 35, FT 10-16, F 16. (3-pointers: Pittman 1, Malik 4, Pannier 2. Fouled out: none)

East Prairie 78, Scott City 70

The Rams got an early look at their opening-round foe in the Class 3 District 1 tournament, and it didn't go well for Scott City.

Grace Swann drained eight 3-pointers and finished with 33 points for the Eagles.

Katie Hogan led the Rams with 26 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Ashley Brant grabbed nine boards and added 14 points. Stephanie Essner scored 14 points and dished out six assists before fouling out for Scott City, which fell to 15-5.

East Prairie 24 14 19 21 -- 78

Scott City 20 20 15 15 -- 70

EAST PRAIRIE (78) -- Mandy Knupp 16, Skyler Archie 13, Re Thresher 8, Grace Swann 33, Jennifer Nicholson 8. FG 29, FT 10-16, F 14. (3-pointers: Swann 8, Knupp 2. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (70) -- Stephanie Essner 14, Melanie Lacey 11, Katie Hogan 26, Macy Heisserer 5, Ashley Brant 14. FG 26, FT 10-14, F 17. (3-pointers: Essner 3, Hogan 2, Heisserer 1. Fouled out: Essner)

Kelly 73, Scott County Central 49

Senior Londyn Backfisch scored 23 points to lead the Hawks to the home win.

Lacey Hicks added 18 in the win.

Senior Markita Mosley dumped in a game-high 31 points to lead the Braves.

SCC 14 11 11 13 -- 49

Kelly 14 16 20 23 -- 73

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (49) -- Katie Ruedrich 2, Daisy Gillespie 11, Markita Mosley 31, Denise McClinton 5. FG 15, FT 13-20, F 18. (3-pointers: Mosley 2. Fouled out: Mosley, Ruedrich)

KELLY (73) -- Haley Glastetter 2, Londyn Backfisch 23, Carissa Klipfel 2, Lacey Hicks 18, Ellen Ashcraft 10, Bridgett Chandler 3, Kristen Powell 15. FG 28, FT 16-21, F 17. (3-pointers: Chandler 1. Fouled out: Hicks)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Central 58, Francis Howell North 43

James Lane finished with a double-double as he scored 16 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in the Tigers' road win.

Kevin Casasola led Central's offensive attack with 18 points, including four 3-pointers.

Blake Ozbun grabbed five boards for Central (15-8).

Central 12 14 15 17 -- 58

North 7 10 11 15 -- 43

CENTRAL (58) -- Blake Ozbun 2, Andrew Williams 13, James Lane 16, Terrance Howard 7, Kevin Casasola 18, Zach Boerboom 2. FG 11, FT 15-19, F 9. (3-pointers: Williams 3, Casasola 4. Fouled out: none)

FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH (43) -- Andrew Richart 8, Steven Whitehurst 6, Clint Toedtmann 16, Andre Wooten 5, Nick Dimarco 4, Dan McGraw 4. FG 10, FT 2-4, FT 17. (3-pointers: Richart 2, Toedtmann 4, Dimarco 1. Fouled out: Toedtmann, Dimarco)

St. Vincent 61, Ste. Genevieve 51

Sean Martin scored 17 points and Kyle Rollet added 13 as the Indians earned the road win.

St. Vincent rallied in the fourth quarter to improve to 11-8.

St. Vincent 18 13 10 20 -- 61

Ste. Genevieve 18 13 13 7 -- 51

ST. VINCENT (61) -- Ryan Boxdorfer 8, Brock French 5, Dylan Geringer 4, Sean Martin 17, Kyle Rollet 13, Brett Wengert 6, Adam Winkler 8. FG 20, FT 20-25, F 14. (3-pointers: Rollet 1. Fouled out: none)

STE. GENEVIEVE (51) -- Jacob Kent 18, Jacob Turek 12, Brendan Weiler 9, Brock Meyer 4, Trevor Billings 3, Keith Pfaff 2, Wayne Carron 2, Jon Burr 1. FG 20, FT 7-11, F 19. (3-pointers: Turek 1, Weiler 2, Billings 1. Fouled out: Meyer)

JV -- St. Vincent won 41-28

Delta 64, Shawnee 51

Chase Crowden hit for 25 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, in the Bobcats' home win.

Delta trailed by three at the intermission before rallying to improve to 13-9.

Shelby Kight added 13 points for the victors.

Shawnee 13 17 11 10 -- 51

Delta 16 11 21 16 -- 64

SHAWNEE (51) -- McMahan 9, Griggs 8, Davis 14, G. Smith 6, Stevens 14. FG 20, FT 8-10, F 10. (3-pointers: McMahan 2, Smith 1. Fouled out: none)

DELTA (64) -- Teddy May 6, Cody Helderman 6, Cody Naramore 2, Shelby Kight 13, Cody Schremp 8, Zach Reigert 4, Chase Crowden 25. FG 25, FT 10-17, F 11. (3-pointers: Helderman 2, Crowden 2. Fouled out: none)

Meadow Heights 68, Greenville 56

Senior Dustin Hubler surpassed the 1,000-point plateau with 18 points in the Panthers' road win Tuesday.

Hubler recorded his fifth consecutive double-double as he grabbed 12 boards in the win.

Daylan Davis added 12 points for Meadow Heights (13-6).

Meadow Hts 23 17 10 18 -- 68

Greenville 13 15 12 16 -- 56

MEADOW HEIGHTS (68) -- Dustin Hubler 18, Daylan Davis 12, Josh Keller 2, Ethan Mayfield 8, Trent Kiefer 4, Calen Buerck 8, Nick Webb 10, Trevor Hotop 4, Dustin Doublin 2. FG 27, FT 12-16, F 19. (3-pointers: Webb 1. Fouled out: none)

GREENVILLE (56) -- Jacob Wood 5, Perry Meyer 24, Trevor Bennett 6, Jacob Simmons 9, Nick Wren 10, Tim Frymire 2. FG 15, FT 18-28, F 21. (3-pointers: Meyer 7. Fouled out: Wren)

-- From staff reports