Saxony, SCC to face off in tournament semifinals

The top-seeded Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team raced to a 32-2 lead after one period and went on to post an easy 83-11 victory over host and No. 8 seed Delta in the Delta New Years Tournament on Wednesday.

Grave Mirley led four players scoring in double figures for the Crusaders with 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Tess Daniel added 15 points for Saxony (6-2), which led 51-6 at the half.

No. 4 seed Scott County Central defeated No. 5 St. Vincent 69-43 in the nightcap.

Senior Mikaela Blissett led the Bravettes with 24 points while Johniqua Fort and Derien Ditto added 16 points each.

Kattie Mattingly paced St. Vincent with 14 points.

The Crusaders and Bravettes will meet in a semifinal at 7 p.m. tonight while Delta and St. Vincent will play in a consolation semifinal at 4 p.m.

Delta 2 4 2 3 -- 11

Saxony Lutheran 32 19 20 12 -- 83

DELTA (11) -- Alysha Vessells 2, Tia May 2, Chasity Taylor 3, Jaime Hodge 2, Rachel Birkman 2. FG: 5. FT: 1-1. Total fouls: 8. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (83) -- Grace Mirly 19, Jordan Hecht 4, Maci Daniel 10, Ali Galemmo 6, Brianna Mueller 12, Tess Daniel 15, Ashlynn Collier 6, Rachel Wieser 7, Maddi Brune 3. FG: 35. FT: 8-10. Total fouls: 10. (3-pointers: Mirly 4, Wieser 1. Fouled out: none)

St. Vincent 6 15 11 11 -- 43

SCC 16 14 25 14 -- 69

ST. VINCENT (43) -- Kylie Baer 6, Paige Yamnitz 2, Alexana Kolshor 9, Rachel Mudd 5, Casey Unterreiner 7, Katie Mattingly 14. FG 19, FT 4-8, F 9. (3-pointers: Mudd 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (69) -- Mikaela Blissett 24, LaQuisha Stickland 5, Johniqua Fort 16, Derien Ditto 16, Ziare Davis 4, Abby Ross 4. FG 29, FT 8-12, F 11. (3-pointers: Strickland 1, Fort 1, Ditto 1. Fouled out: none)

Kelly 41, Chaffee 40

The Hawks earned a close win at home to improve to 5-4 this season.

Morgan LeDure led Kelly with 11 points while Payton Jones had 10 rebounds to go along with a point scored.

The Red Devils were paced by Lindsey Harrell, who scored 14 points before fouling out.

Chaffee 10 10 9 11 -- 40

Kelly 8 12 9 12 -- 41

CHAFFEE (40) -- Julia Sutterfield 10, Jordan Pruitt 8, Hannah Seyer 4, Lindsey Harrell 14, Dakota People 4. FG 11, FT 18-28, F 18. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Harrell)

KELLY (41) -- Samantha Ratledge 6, Morgan LeDure 11, Kaylee Scherer 7, Tessa Johnson 2, Stephanie Worth 4, Kristi Brucker 4, Payton Jones 1, Logan Ivie 6. FG 18, FT 4-18, F 19. (3-pointers: LeDure 1. Fouled out: Ratledge, Worth)