ND pulls away from Perryville

The Notre Dame girls basketball team pulled away from a halftime tie to defeat host Perryville 61-53 Wednesday night.

Sierra Ellis led the Bulldogs (17-8) with 16 points. Sommer McCauley had 13 and Amber Karnes 10.

The Pirates (17-6) received a game-high 24 points from April Lorenz. Krista Miesner added 11.Notre Dame 61, Perryville 53

Notre Dame 12 16 16 17 -- 61

Perryville 14 14 10 15 -- 53

NOTRE DAME (61) -- Amanda Dirnberger 7, Alana Weissmueller 6, Sierra Ellis 16, Sommer McCauley 13, Katie Palmer 5, Amber Karnes 10, Amanda Essner 4. FG 22, FT 12-21, F 11 (3-pointers: Dirnberger 1, Ellis 2, Palmer 1, Karnes 1. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (53) -- Christina Schremp 1, Krista Miesner 11, Amber Hacker 5, Annette Weibrecht 8, April Lorenz 24, Samantha Lankford 4. FG 19, FT 11-13, F 17 (3-pointers: Miesner 1, Hacker 1, Weibrecht 1, Lorenz 1. Fouled out: none)

JV: Notre Dame 27, Perryville 17

Valle 46, St. Vincent 35St. Vincent had three players foul out and ended up with 26 team fouls on its way to a home loss against the state's eighth-ranked Class 2 team.

Sierra Paulus scored 12 points and Allison Prost had 11 for the Squaws (8-14).

Kara Schilli led Valle (18-0) with 16 points.

Valle 8 8 12 18 -- 46

St. Vincent 8 11 7 9 -- 35

VALLE (46) -- Schilli 16, Rozier 11, Angie Herzog 6, Krystal Tucker 6, Sarah Hermon 5, Whitney Fexuar 2. FG 11, FT 24-34, F 17 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

ST. VINCENT (35) -- Paulus 12, Prost 11, Rachel Hadler 5, Amanda Carron 4, Whitney Guth 3. FG 15, FT 4-8, F 26 (3-pointers: Hadler 1. Fouled out: Hadler, Guth, Carron)

BOYS BASKETBALL

St. Vincent 44, Ste. Genevieve 41Danny Rellerget banked in a 3-point shot from about 23 feet away at the buzzer as St. Vincent posted a thrilling road win.

Alex Armbruster led the Indians (11-9) with 19 points.

St. Vincent 7 14 10 13 -- 44

Ste. Gen. 12 11 8 10 -- 41

ST. VINCENT (44) -- Alex Armbruster 19, Jacob DeWilde 10, Danny Rellergert 9, Zach Moll 2, Scott Prost 2, Waylon Richardet 2. FG 19, FT 4-7, F 13 (3-pointers: Armbruster 1, Rellergert 1. Fouled out: Richardet)

STE. GENEVIEVE (41) -- Andy Miller 15, Nathan Hutson 6, Garett Ditch 6, Mitch Meyer 5, Jake Donze 3, Jason Rittler 2, A.J. Meyer 2, Kyle Faulkner 2. FG 18, FT 4-9, F 13 (3-pointers: M. Meyer 1. Fouled out: Ditch)

JV: St. Vincent 61, Ste. Genevieve 20

-- From staff reports