NMCC drops final two games at Nixa Tournament

By dennis marshall

Standard Democrat

NIXA, Mo. — New Madrid County Central competed against some of the top talent in the state, but fell in its final two games at the Nixa Tournament this past weekend.

The Eagles (12-6) lost 78-67 to Nixa (18-0) on Friday, Jan. 27, and 62-50 to Logan-Rogersville (14-3) on Saturday, Jan. 28.

“Nixa hosted a great tournament,” said NMCC assistant coach Dontre Jenkins. “It allows us to see and compete with teams that we normally don’t see in southeast Missouri.”

Nixa is ranked No. 2 in Class 6, while Logan-Rogersville is No. 10 in Class 4.

NMCC will play Lift for Lift Academy in the Charleston Shootout on Saturday, Feb. 4, and travel to Caruthersville (11-2) on Saturday, Feb. 7

__NIXA 78, NMCC 67__

NMCC 13 13 21 20 — 67

Nixa 12 20 19 27 — 78

__NMCC (67) — __BJ Williamson 29, Jadis Jones 28, AJ Ruff 6, Bayden Newsom 2, Mrvion Crandford 2. FG: 25. FT: 14-19. F: 17. (3-pointers: Williamson 3. Fouled out: none.)

__Nixa (78) —__ Kael Combs 46, Joshua Peters 12, Garrett Hines 7, Carsten Seitz 6, Noah Engelman 3, Jackson Cantwell 2. FG: 25. FT 20-22. F: 19. (3-pointers: Combs 3, Seitz 2, Peters 2, Hines 1. Fouled out: Kemp, Engelmann.)

__LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE 62, NMCC 50__

L-R 14 17 14 17 — 62

NMCC 7 12 15 16 — 50

__Logan-Rogersville (62) —__ Curry Sutherland 31, Ross Lawrence 16, Thessen Prenger 6, Stewart McDonald 5, Keegan Daniels 4. FG: 26. FT: 6-12. F: 14. (3-pointers: Prenger 2, McDonald 1, Lawrence 1. Fouled out: none.)

__NMCC (50) —__ Brayden Newsom 16, BJ Williamson 10, Jadis Jones 8, Jullian Courtois 5, Aj Ruff 5, Kayden Minner 3, John Harris 3. FG: 20. FT: 7-14. F: 14. (3-pointers: Courtois 1, Minner 1, Harris 1. Fouled out: none.)