SCOTT CITY NABS WILD VICTORY AT SCOTT COUNTY

MORLEY -- A wild game that featured 51 fouls and 70 free throws ended with Scott City High's boys basketball team squeezing out an 82-78 victory over host Scott County Central Tuesday night.

The Rams are now 10-2 while the Braves fell to 8-3.

"It was a wild game," said Scott City coach Derek McCord. "I've never been involved in a game where so many fouls were called."

Scott City placed six players in double figures offensively, led by Lance Amick with 20 points. Amick, who hit 14 out of 15 free throws, also pulled down 12 rebounds.

"Lance is just playing huge right now," said McCord.

Jon Beck scored 16 points, followed by Luke Sample with 14, Ryan Weatherspoon with 12, Scott Johnston with 10 and Ronald Watson with 10.

Scott Central got 25 points from John Fort, 22 from Jreece Johnson and 16 from Vincent Stevens.

Scott City led 44-36 at halftime but Scott Central forced several ties in the second half before the Rams went ahead for good. They hit 12 of 15 free throws in the final period to seal the victory.

For the game, Scott City was 31 of 42 from the line while Scott Central was 21 of 28.

"We played hard," said Scott Central coach Todd Porter. "I was really proud of our kids."

Scott City hosts Chaffee Friday night while Scott Central visits Portageville.

Sikeston 73, Kelly 52

BENTON -- With University of Missouri football coach Larry Smith in the crowd, Sikeston pulled away in the second half to knock off host Kelly Tuesday night.

Smith was on hand to watch Sikeston's Brandon Barnes, who has given a verbal commitment to Missouri. Barnes paced the Bulldogs with 16 points.

Kelly (7-4) got 18 points from Jason Glastetter and 15 from Russ Mothershead.

The Hawks led 26-25 at halftime but Sikeston dominated the second half.

"We played a great first half. Our kids controlled the tempo," said Kelly coach Kent Mangels. "But Sikeston is well coached and they have some tremendous athletes."

Three of Kelly's losses have come against Class 4A teams Sikeston, Cape Central and Jackson.

"This kind of schedule has to help us in the long run," Mangels said.

Kelly's JV is now 8-0 after a 48-44 win.

The Hawks will host Notre Dame Friday night.

Dexter 55, Charleston 54

DEXTER -- In a highly-anticipated Class 3A matchup, Dexter -- off to its best start in years -- rallied past visiting Charleston Tuesday night.

The Bearcats (10-0) broke into the state rankings this week at No. 9. They were led in scoring by Brett Hale with 18 points.

Charleston (6-6) got 18 points from Larry Mitchell and 15 from Terrance Gillespie.

Dexter trailed by six points with under two minutes to play. But several missed Charleston free throws allowed the Bearcats to rally and they went ahead for good on Shawn Guethle's layup with five seconds left.

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Delta Tournament

DELTA -- Top-seeded Twin Rivers and third-seeded Oran advanced to tonight's final of the Delta Tournament with semifinal victories Tuesday night.

Oran pulled off a mild upset by knocking off No. 2 Chaffee 45-38 in overtime. Top-seeded Twin Rivers held off No. 4 St. Vincent 53-43.

Oran and Twin Rivers will meet tonight at 8 in the championship. Chaffee and St. Vincent will play for third at 6:30 and Delta and Dexter will meet in the consolation at 5.

Oran 45, Chaffee 38

Sara Heisserer scored 17 points to lead Oran while Stacey Eftink tallied 14 and Kellee Griffin netted 10.

Stevie Burks was Chaffee's lone double-figure scorer with 14.

Oran led 18-12 at halftime but saw Chaffee move ahead 26-24 by the start of the fourth quarter. The teams went into overtime tied 33-33 and the Lady Eagles proceeded to outscore the Lady Red Devils 12-5 in the extra period.

Twin Rivers 53, St. Vincent 43

The top-seeded Lady Royals held off a game St. Vincent squad, pulling away late in the game.

Jessica Lakenan led the upset bid with 12 points for St. Vincent and Sara Cissell contributed 11.

Twin Rivers led 27-19 at halftime and took a 37-33 lead into the fourth quarter. The Lady Royals held a 16-10 scoring edge over the final eight minutes to secure the win.