St. Vincent grabs spot in final opposite host at Saxony tourney

St. Vincent set up a championship showdown with the host team in the Saxony Lutheran Christmas Tournament.

The Indians (5-3) completed round-robin play with a 2-0 record by rolling past Ste. Genevieve Valle 62-40 Friday night.

Saxony Lutheran also went 2-0 in the round-robin portion of the six-team event. The Crusaders and Indians will square off at 7:30 p.m. tonight for the title.

Justin L'Hote paced the Indians against Valle with 20 points. Gregory Finger added 14 points.

St. Vincent 62, Valle 40

St. Vincent 19 21 14 8 -- 62

Valle 10 8 9 13 -- 40

ST. VINCENT (62) -- Justin L'Hote 20, Gregory Finger 14, Chris Wengert 8, Chris Fischer 6, Josh Rollet 6, Zach Richardet 4, Scott Blythe 3, Matt Abbott 1. FG 22, FT 15-24, F 14 (3-pointers: Finger 2, Blythe 1. Fouled out: none)

VALLE (40) -- Kyle Basler 8, Adam Hermann 7, Garrett Meyr 6, John Laird 6, Adam Oberle 3, Casey Koller 3, Ryan Dalton 2, Michael Rozier 2, Steven Bowman 2, Ryan Roth 1. FG 16, FT 6-12, F 23 (3-pointers: Oberle 1, Koller 1. Fouled out: Basler)

St. Clair 59, Perryville 38

Perryville was eliminated in the fifth-place bracket of the Park Hills Christmas Tournament.

The Pirates, who went 1-2 in the 16-team event, were led by Rick Dunn with 17 points.

Perryville 9 6 11 12 -- 38

St. Clair 6 15 16 22 -- 59

PERRYVILLE (38) -- Rick Dunn 17, Tyler Bauwns 9, Brent Roth 6, Michael Fritsche 4, Craig Brueckner 2. FG 15, FT 6-10, F 18 (3-pointers: Dunn 1. Fouled out: none).

ST. CLAIR (59) -- Schultz 17, Stoll 14, Schupe 13, Flora 8, Laskley 7. FG 28, FT 9-15 F 14 (3-pointers: Schultz 2. Fouled out: none)

GIRLS BASKETBALLMeadow Heights 39,Caledonia Valley 36

Meadow Heights' second-year varsity program equaled its win total from all of last season by rallying on the road.

The Panthers (3-4) were down 17-5 just 4 minutes into the game, and they won despite making only nine of 29 free throws.

Chelsey Kight led the Panthers with 18 points, and Amanda Hendrickson added nine.

M. Heights 11 13 6 9 -- 39

Caledonia 17 2 10 7 -- 36

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- Sara Hendickson 2, Mindy Ellis 2, Amanda Hendrickson 9, Rachel Bequette 2, Kemp 2, Sarah Mills 3. Tora Jordan 1, Chelsey Kight 18. FG 15, 9-29. F 16 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: A. Hendickson)

CALEDONIA -- Goggin 2, White 7, Kearns 17, Neier 2, Campbell 8. FG 11, FT 10-15, F 27 (3-pointers: Kearns 4. Fouled out: White, Neier, Campbell).