Perryville girls drop season opener 77-50

The Perryville's girls basketball team fell behind by 10 points at halftime and could not come back in a 77-50 loss to Dexter on Monday in its season opener at home.

The Pirates trailed 36-26 at halftime, and Dexter pushed the lead to 20 by outscoring Perryville 19-9 in the third quarter. Kendra Schilli led the Pirates with 16 points, and Alyssa Bauwens had 13.

Perryville is back in action at Oran on Wednesday.

Dexter 17 19 19 22 -- 77

Perryville 11 15 9 15 -- 50

DEXTER (77) -- Dooley 14, Waldner 3, Burleson 11, Thrower 2, Kaitlyn Heil 14, Temples 11, Taylor 12, Katherine Heil 7, Reiker 3. FG 28, FT 18-27, F 16 (3-pointers: Burleson, Temples, Taylor. Fouled out: none)

PERRYVILLE (50) -- Alicia Kueker 2, Ava Johnson 8, Chastity Marr 4, Nicole Gremaud 5, Kendra Schilli 16, Alyssa Bauwens 13, Makenzie Schirmer 2. FG 18, FT 12-22, F 23 (3-pointers: Schilli, Bauwens. Fouled out: Kueker, Johnson)

Portageville 65, Scott City 41

Scott City was outscored 25-8 in the second quarter and fell in its season opener at home.

Nora Glasser led the Rams with eight points, and Whitney Tapley added seven points.

Portageville 20 25 18 2 -- 65

Scott City 16 8 9 8 -- 41

PORTAGEVILLE (65) -- Penn 19, Rone 11, Heath 8, Drake 6, Bidewell 8, B. Walker 4, Chamberlin 2, T. Walker 2, Kellams 5. FG 20, FT 13-17, F 20 (3-pointers: Bidewell 2, Penn 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CITY (41) -- Nora Glasser 8, Whitney Tapley 7, Stephanie Essner 6, Emily Essner 5, Becky Holder 4, Kelley Hicks 4, Macy Heisserer 3, Amber Mirgaux 2, Donielle Howell 1, Beth Razor 1. FG 14, FT 10-18, F 17 (3-pointers: S. Essner 2, Heisserer 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Portageville 41, Scott City 35.

Eagle Ridge Christian 42, Pathway Christian 27

Abby Cohen led Eagle Ridge with 20 points and 12 rebounds in a home win.

Kristen Margrabe added 18 points and five rebounds for the Eagles (1-0).

BOYS BASKETBALL

Eagle Ridge Christian 86, Pathway Christian 32

Eagle Ridge jumped out to a 55-12 halftime lead and played with a running clock throughout the second half in a home rout.

Aaron Shell led the Eagles with 20 pints, Josh Carbaugh had 13 and Daniel Cohen added 10. Ben Douglass added nine points, five steals and seven assists. Stephen Cohen had nine rebounds, and Daniel Cohen added eight rebounds.

OTHER EVENTS

• Central, Notre Dame and Jackson all advanced Monday in the Central Girls Junior Varsity Tournament.

The host Tigers beat Chaffee 37-20, Notre Dame beat Poplar Bluff 44-36 and Jackson routed Sikeston 73-20. Farmington rounded out the final four with a 46-21 win over Dexter.

Central will play Notre Dame at 7:15 tonight, and Jackson will play Farmington at 6 tonight in the other semifinal. The finals are 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

• Notre Dame knocked off Central 60-52 in the Notre Dame Boys Junior Varsity Tournament on Monday.

In other quartefinal games, Charleston beat Farmington 52-45, Poplar Bluff beat Blytheville (Ark.) 45-28 and Jackson beat Sikeston 60-54.

Action at the tournament continues this week.

-- From staff reports