St. Vincent advanced to the championship game of the Saxony Lutheran Christmas Tournament by rolling past Zalma 63-32 Thursday night.
Waylon Richardet had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Indians (4-4), who won Pool A at 2-0. Greg Finger and Chris Fischer both added 10 points.
Tim Landing had 12 for Zalma.
The Indians face Ste. Genevieve at 7:30 tonight for the title of the six-team event.
Saxony plays COSL for third place at 6 p.m.; and Zalma plays Valle at 4:30 p.m. for fifth place.
St. Vincent 63, Zalma 32
Zalma 6 8 11 7 -- 32
St. Vincent 25 17 17 4 -- 63
ZALMA (32) -- Tim Landing 12, Kyle Conley 9, Trevin Taylor 5, Josh Barrett 4, Garrett Garner 2. FG 11, FT 10-22, F 12 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)
ST. VINCENT (63) -- Waylon Richardet 14, Greg Finger 10, Chris Fischer 10, Eric Clements 6, Mark Hotop 5, Nick Schremp 5, Ben Buchheit 5, Jon Buehler 2, Chad Wheeler 2, Zach Richardet 2, Chris Wengert 2. FG 26, FT 10-12, F 17 (3-pointers: Schremp 1. Fouled out: none)
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