ShowMe Scoreboard, 12.21.2011

By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

BROSELEY - Paige Patterson and Brittany Harris’ pure domination in the paint was enough to lift the Lady Bearcats to a 78-22 win over the Doniphan Donettes in the Lady Royals Christmas Classic.


The duo combined for 34 points, 18 boards, nine blocks, and eight steals in the Lady Bearcats’ fifth-straight victory, all of which had an at least 30-point margin of victory.

“We definitely outsized them a little bit in the paint with Paige and Brittany,” LBB head coach Chad Allen said. “We did a good job of getting the ball inside to them and they had a big night because of it.”

The Bearcats had a ‘perfect storm’ during the big win: they shot 57% from the floor, held the Donettes to just 22%, and forced 31 turnovers in the contest.

“I think we shot around 57%, and we held them to 20-something,” LBB head coach Chad Allen said after the game. “I thought our girls did a tremendous job defensively tonight. Not only in our full-court in the first half, but in our half-court in the second half, I thought it was probably the best we played all year.”


The Bearcats opened the contest with a 20-0 run, aided by six point efforts by Harris and Mollie Whitehead. The press was executed to near-perfection throughout the first half, as the Lady ‘Cats were shutting out the Donettes until the 1:10 mark in the first quarter.

The Donettes fought back in the second quarter with a six point run early, but Whitehead knocked down a three at the 4:00 mark to spark a 29 point second quarter for the Lady ‘Cats. Dexter held a commanding 49-16 lead at the half.

Hannah Noe had an old-fashioned three point play midway through the third that was quickly followed by another Whitehead three. The ‘Cats put up 15 unanswered to open the second half, and held a 72-21 lead at the end of the third.

Katie Reiker and Brianna Bowers got more valuable playing time in the fourth quarter. The Lady ‘Cats held the Donettes to just one point in the fourth to take the 78-22 victory and advance to the semifinals of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic.

The Lady ‘Cats will be in action again on Wednesday (Dec. 21) night, when they face Neelyville.

“Coach Hale always does a good job with them. They have great pride in their program, and they have good teams all the way down into middle school,” Allen said. “We played them in middle school ball this year, and they’re always tough to play against. I know they lost some players from last year, but they’ve moved some girls up that have been successful in the past. They’ll always bring a tough, competitive ball club over.”


Tipoff for the semifinal contest is set for 6:00 p.m.

ShowMe Scoreboard, 12.20.2011

Games played Monday, 12.19.2011

High School Girls

Lady Royals Classic

• Dexter 78, Doniphan 22
• Neelyville 56, Naylor 48
• Kennett 45, Twin Rivers 39 OT
• NMCC 63, Sikeston 48

NCAA Women

• Mizzou 74, Evansville 52
• Southeast Missouri State 53, Wright State 74
• Alabama A&M 42, Florida tate 86
• Ole Miss 64, Murrary State  59
• Arkansas 81, Morgan State 50

NCAA Men

• Mizzou 94, William & Mary 56 (Sunday game)
• Southeast Missouri State 64, SMU 84
• Davidson 8-. Kansas 74
• LSU 67, Marquette 59
• Florida 82, Miss. Valley State 54
• Michigan State 89, UMKC 54
• Indiana 107, Howard 50
• Memphis 85, Lipscomb 75
• Missouri State 66, Texas A&M-CC 53

 

By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The Dexter Bearcat Wrestling team had an outstanding showing in the annual Tiger Classic, the area’s most prestigious wrestling tournament, held on Friday and Saturday (Dec. 16 & 17).

The Bearcats were one of 16 teams in the two-day tournament, and advanced seven wrestlers to the Championship bracket on Friday.

”This was by far our best first-night showing,” head coach Rick Schwab said. “The kids have been gearing up for this tournament for a while.”

After several hard-fought matches on Saturday morning, all seven Bearcats in the Championship bracket put themselves in position to take home a medal.

Trevor Waldner, a sophomore in the 126 lb. class, knocked off Aaron Minx, currently ranked No. 4 in the state, of Desoto to advance to the medal round. The ‘Cats also advanced Cole Dean (Senior, 138 lbs.), T.J. Stoner (Senior, 152 lbs.), Cody Stevens (Senior, 160 lbs., ranked No. 4 in the state), Logan Quertermous (Junior, 182 lbs.), Zach Watson (Senior, 195 lbs.), and Zach Lacy (Senior, 220 lbs., ranked No. 6 in the state) to the medal round in their respective weight classes.

The ‘Cats took home plenty of hardware from the tournament, with all seven wrestlers in the Championship bracket earning medals. The ‘Cats as a team finished in ninth place out of 16 teams.

“This is by far our best finish in my coaching career at this tournament,” he said. “The boys have something to be proud of and new goals to go after. This week, we set a goal to get five medalists, and they surpassed it with seven.”

The Bearcats will be in action again on December 29, when the JV squad competes in the Cape Central JV Tournament. The Varsity squad won’t hit the mats again until 2012, when they travel to Park Hills for a match on January 6.

Thanks to SMT Readers Kim Waldner and Kelly Mangus for the photos!

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OLATHE, Kan. -- Despite recovering from a 16-1 run by MidAmerica Nazarene to start the second half, the William Woods University women's basketball team fell short in a double-overtime thriller, losing 84-78. Miranda Loesch posted the second double-double (10 pts, 10 reb) in as many nights for the Owls, but missed free throws to close out both regulation and the first overtime period would trip up WWU.

William Woods jumped out to an early lead, but trailed 18-25 midway through the first half. Over the final 10:14, however, the Owls put up an 18-7 run to take a four-point cushion into the locker room.

Coming out of the intermission, William Woods found itself on the wrong side of a MNU run. The Owls missed five field goal tries and coughed the ball up five times over the first 5:57 in the second half to turn a 36-32 lead into a 37-48 deficit. A bucket by Ashlee Taylor (Dexter, Mo.) with 13:39 on the clock stemmed the bleeding, and WWU slowly climbed back into the game.

Trailing 64-59 with 2:54 on the clock, Sharron Andrews (Oakland/Hayward, Calif.) was fouled on a putback attempt, but was only able to make the second of her two free throws. She made up for the miss on the next MNU possession, swiping the ball from Janee' Garza and scoring a layup to pull the Owls within two before knotting the game at 64-64 with 1:52 to go after a defensive stop.

After tying the game at 66-66 with 13 seconds left, WWU dodged a bullet as MNU wasn't able to connect on its desperation heave at the buzzer, sending the game to overtime.

The teams traded the lead a couple times over the first extra stanza, but WWU found itself up 73-71 with 40 seconds left when a foul called on MNU's CJ Wesemann gave Andrews the opportunity to ice the game as both teams were in the double bonus. The senior would miss both of the free throws, and this time it would be WWU's desperation heave at the buzzer that couldn't break the tie following an MNU conversion.

In the second overtime, the Owls just couldn't find the range, missing on all three of their field goal attempts, eventually falling by a six-point margin.

WWU drops to 7-4 on the year. Andrews led the team with a game-high 17 points, with Megan Aubuchon (Old Monroe, Mo.) adding 15 points and Katie Scherder (Bowling Green, Mo.) adding 11. The Owls were just barely edged in the rebounding battle (46-48), but recorded six blocks to none for the Pioneers. WIlliam Woods will have an exhibition stop after Christmas, traveling to Macomb, Ill., to take on the NCAA Div. I Western Illinois Leathernecks. Tipoff for the December 27 contest is set for 5 p.m.