Top seeds easily advance to next round

The top-seeded Jackson Indians opened the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament with a 71-6 rout of No. 16 Delta and improved to 6-0 on the season.

Junior Blake Reynolds led Jackson, which had 11 players score, with 19 points.

Calvin Lysell and Brandon Lueders also scored in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Senior point guard Josh Daume did not play. Daume last played in the SEMO Conference Tournament championship, when he suffered a concussion in the third quarter against Notre Dame.

Jackson coach Darrin Scott said Daume was cleared to resume practice on Monday and will likely play in the second round today.

Delta 0 2 4 0 -- 6

Jackson 23 22 17 9 -- 71

DELTA (6) -- Alex Lashley 4, Triston Perry 2. FG 3, FT 0-0, F 12. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none)

JACKSON (71) -- Terry Venable 2, Josh Friess 7, Stephen Irons 2, Braden Wendel 4, Jacob Smith 2, Calvin Lysell 11, Karson King 5, Connor Shepard 4, Blake Reynolds 19, Brandon Lueders 10, Grant Ward 5. FG 28, FT 11-16, F 3. (3-pointers: Friess 1, Lysell 1, King 1, Reynolds 1. Fouled out: none)

Charleston 99, Bell City 21

Two-time defending champion and second seed Charleston began its title defense with a 99-21 win over the Cubs.

Delfincko Bogan led the Bluejays with 24 points while Jamael Nelson added 16.

Bell City was led in scoring by sophomore Kolten Siebert, who finished with nine points.

Bell City 5 14 2 0 -- 21

Charleston 29 27 31 12 -- 99

BELL CITY (21) -- Kolten Siebert 9, Nolan Schaefer 4, Aaron Smith 4, Austin Hicks 4. FG 8, FT 3-9, F 7. (3-pointers: Siebert 1, Hicks 1. Fouled out: none)

CHARLESTON (99) -- Christian Allen 2, Robert Bogan 11, Delfincko Bogan 24, Demontrail Clark 10, Shandor Webster 10, Jamael Nelson 16, Mike Kellum 10, Austin Hailey 2, Dyrel Pierce 4, Timontrell Horton 6, Tyler Craig 4. FG 47, FT 2-5, F 15. (3-pointers: Clark 1, Nelson 2. Fouled out: none).

Central 80, Meadow Heights 19

No. 3 seed Central held No. 14 Meadow Heights to single-digit scoring in each quarter of its 80-19 victory.

Senior Jamal Cox had 22 points to pace the Tigers, who improved to 2-4 on the season.

Meadow Heights 4 3 5 7 -- 19

Cape Central 25 20 23 12 -- 80

MEADOW HEIGHTS (19) -- Jacob Douglas 2, Justin McGuire 3, Chris Bollinger 2, Ryan Foltz 2, Tyler Cook 2, Kyle Baremore 6, Devin Wilfong 2. FG 8, FT 1-2, F 13. (3-pointers: Baremore 2. Fouled out: none)

CAPE CENTRAL (80) -- Nikylus Thompson 3, Al Young 13, Kway-Chon Chisom 5, Jalen Reddin 7, Jamal Cox 22, Chase Haggerty 6, Mikey Jones 6, Andre Statam 13, Garrett Jackson 5. FG 32, FT 12-23, F 8. (3-pointers: Young 1, Chisom 1, Reddin 1, Statam 1. Fouled out: none)

Notre Dame 89, Kelly 25

Fourth-seeded Notre Dame (5-1) ran by No. 13 Kelly in the final game of the morning session.

Thirteen Notre Dame players scored in the game, led by junior Quinn Poythress' with 15 points. Grant Ressel added 13 points and Thomas Himmelberg had nine.

Kelly 3 6 13 3 -- 25

Notre Dame 30 25 19 15 -- 89

KELLY (25) -- Gaven Ray 10, Dalton Huffman 2, Jerrod Lynn 3, Josh Roberts 3, Jacob Riley 2, Clay Williams 5. FG 10, FT 3-5, F 19. (3-pointers: Lynn 1. Fouled out: none)

NOTRE DAME (89) -- Chase Urhahn 8, Brendan Boswell 3, Hunter Eftink 8, Tanner Shively 5, Jordan Williamson 4, Quinn Poythress 15, Trenton Schumer 3, Grant Ressel 13, Jordan Barber 3, Thomas Himmelberg 9, Derek Hulshof 4, Dean Crippen 6, Bobby Jansen 8. FG 34, FT 12-22, F 13. (3-pointers: Urhahn 1, Boswell 1, Williamson 1, Poythress 1, Schumer 1, Ressel 1, Himmelberg 3. Fouled out: none)

-- From staff reports