TIGERS FALL TO CURSADERS; JACKSON GIRLS WIN TOURNEY

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- When time stood still for the Tigers of Cape Central Saturday, it usually was not kind.

With Belleville Althoff holding a 24-1 scoring advantage from the free throw line, the Crusaders posted a 70-54 victory over the Tigers.

Foul problems compounded illnesses to starters Ross Conner and Donnie McClinton to prove too much for Cape Central, which fell to 9-11.

"They got ball in places too where they shouldn't of got the ball," said Cape Central coach Brett Reutzel "I think that contributed. We just didn't play real good defense."

In the absence of McClinton and Wessel, Demetrius Totton stepped up and scored 14 points to lead the Tigers.

"I thought Totton had a good game," said Reutzel. He's not a regular starter but he played hard."

Kelly Illers added 11 points for the Tigers.

Scott Timmerman scored a game-high 18 points for Althoff.

Althoff led 21-14 after one quarter and extended its lead to a comfortable 40-24 margin by halftime. The Crusaders took a 57-35 lead into the final quarter.

"I thought we played hard but the execution wasn't there," said Reutzel. They're not a bad team. If we're healthy, I think we could have given it a little better show."

Girls Basketball

Charleston Tournament

The Jackson Lady Indians, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, survived a scare Saturday night with a 54-49 win over Cape Central in the championship game of the Charleston Tournament.

In the third place game, New Madrid downed Notre Dame 48-38 and Charleston claimed the consolation championship with a 70-60 win over Scott County Central.

In the championship game, Jackson led 41-29 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Lady Tigers pulled to within two points in the final quarter.

Jackson, which led 29-25 at halftime and outscored Central 12-4 in the third quarter, hit just 18 of its 31 free-throw attempts.

Chrissi Glastetter paced the Lady Indians with 18 points, including two 3-pointers. Melissa Palmer followed with 16 and Cherish Tillman added 12. Andrea Koeper was the only other player to score for Jackson. She finished with eight.

For Cape Central, Kim Aslinger was the only player to score in double figures with 14 points.

In the third-place game, New Madrid County Central's 6-foot-4 center Shayla Day scored 20 points, half of them coming in the second quarter when Notre Dame was outscored 20-7.

"We did a good job on her in the first quarter," said Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim. "In the second quarter, she ate us up."

Randi Senciboy scored eight points to lead the Lady Bulldogs, who fell to 10-11 on the season.

Notre Dame made just 8-for-26 from the foul line.

In the consolation final, Charleston used a 20-8 third quarter to dispose of Scott County Central.

Charleston led 29-25 at halftime and was led in scoring by Alicia Rogers who had 30 points and five 3-pointers. Sherida Frierson added 17 for the Lady Blue Jays.

Ashley Whitson's 16 points led Scott County Central followed by Katie Griffin with 13 and Brandy Miller with 10.