ST. VINCENT SURVIVES 2OT TO REACH TOURNAMENT FINAL

STE. GENEVIEVE -- St. Vincent needed two overtimes, but pushed aside Ste. Genevieve Valle 53-49 Wednesday to reach the championship game of the Ste. Genevieve Christmas Tournament.

Ryan Prost scored seven of the Indians' 13 points in overtime as he finished with a team-high 21 points. Gabe Hotop added 12 points and Todd Meyer finished with 10 points for St. Vincent, which improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the round-robin format. St. Vincent will face Ste. Genevieve at 8 p.m. today for the championship.

Valle had chances to win the game at the end of regulation and the first overtime, but misfired on both occasions. The game was tied 40-40 at the end of regulation and 46-46 after the first overtime. In the second overtime, Valle led 49-48 but St. Vincent scored the game's final five points.

Prost also pulled down 13 rebounds for the Indians.

Ryan Kuehn scored a game-high 24 points for Valle.

In the night's other game, Perryville fell to 0-2 in the tournament as a fourth-quarter comeback fell short in a 65-62 loss to Herculaneum.

Perryville (1-6) will face Valle today at 5 p.m. in the consolation final.

The Pirates trailed 46-33 at the start of the fourth quarter and were down 16 points with just over five minutes left. The comeback then began as the Pirates managed to trim the lead to one point with 50 seconds left. Perryville had a chance to take the lead but misfired and was forced to foul.

"The first three quarters we played sluggish and we didn't turn it on until the final quarter," said Perryville coach Jeff Steffens. "We started making our open shots that we missed in the first half. The kids played really hard the fourth quarter."

Ryan Wichern led Perryville with 21 points and Kyle Abernathy added 10.