Top-seeded Perryville and second-seeded Oak Ridge both won by more than 30 points in reaching the semifinals of the Woodland Tournament on Monday night.
Perryville's Colin Schirmer scored a game-high 27 points in a 68-43 win over No. 8 Zalma.
Grant Dix added 16 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Pirates (1-0).
Perryville built a 10-point lead by the close of the first quarter and extended its advantage to 17 points, 36-19, by halftime.
Brent Overbey paced the Bulldogs with 18 points (0-1).
Oak Ridge cruised to a 68-43 win over No. 7 Delta.
The teams played to a 20-20 stalemate through one quarter, but the Blue Jays broke loose with a 31-8 scoring advantage in the second quarter for a 23-point lead at the break.
Ryan Below scored a game-high 24 points for the Blue Jays. Andrew Buchbauer added 14 points, Kelby Brown had 13 and Jacob Hengel netted 11.
Trever Glaus led Delta with 14 points.
Perryville will face No. 4 Woodland in Wednesday's semifinals.
Oak Ridge will play in the other semifinal, facing the winner of tonight's final-round first round game between No. 3 Leopold and No. 6 Meadow Heights.
Delta 20 8 7 6 -- 41
Oak Ridge 20 31 23 4 -- 78
DELTA (41) -- Alex Clark 2, Trever Glaus 14, Charlie Ledbetter 2, Cory Keys 4, Jesse Nance 4, Alex Lashley 8, Austin White 7. FG 14, FT 12-20, F 12. (3-pointers: Glaus 1. Fouled out: none)
OAK RIDGE (78) -- Andrew Puchbauer 14, Joe Grieme 7, Kelby Brown 13, Ryan Below 24, Jake LeGrand 9, Jacob Hengl 11. FG 35, FT 6-11, F 21. (3-pointers: Puchbauer 1, Brown 1. Fouled out: none)
Zalma 12 7 14 10 -- 43
Perryville 22 14 21 11 -- 68
ZALMA (43) -- Cole Shelby 6, D.J. Hankins 11, Andrew Hovis 4, Brent Overbey 18. FG 10, FT 13-21, F 8. (3-pointers: Overbey 3. Fouled out: None)
PERRYVILLE (68) -- Grant Dix 16, Trenton Green 2, Brett Schnurbusch 2, Garrett Martin 4, Eric Lappe 2, Collin Steif 5, Eli Tripp 8, Colin Schirmer 27, Dane Weibrecht 2. FG 22, FT 12-22, F 12. (3-pointers: Dix 4. Fouled out: None)
-- From staff reports
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