ShowMe Scoreboard, 12.31.2011
Games played Friday, Dec. 30, 2011
Boys Basketball
- Charleston 58, Notre Dame 50
- Cape Central 81, Scott County Central 67
- Jackson 51, Leopold 39
- Chaffee 66, Oak Ridge 50
- Perryville 67, Crystal City 63
- Sikeston 64, St. Dominic 48
NCAA Men
- Columbia University 77, Lafayette 67
- Mizzou 75, Old Dominion 68
- Murray State 73, E. Illinois 40
- Duke 110, W Michigan 70
NCAA Women
- Texas-Permian Basin 84, Henderson State 65 (Thursday)
- William Woods 59, Campbellsville University 53
- Missouri S&T 71, Northwood 53
- Rutgers 75, G Washington 54
- Nebraska 71, Penn state 63
- Notre Dame 128, Mercer 42
The Owls struggled through the first half, mustering just six field goals en route to a 17-28 halftime deficit.
Coming out of the break, however, Destani Stensrud (Exeter, Mo.) sparked a 14-4 run for the Owls' first lead of the game. After picking the pocket of Mary Jehlik, the WWU freshman converted a three-point play on the other end of the court. On the next possession, she dished to Megan Aubuchon (Old Monroe, Mo.) for a basket, adding another basket and two more steals during the run.
Ashlee Taylor (Dexter, Mo.) capped the run at the 13:21 mark, giving WWU a 33-32 lead, and the Owls stretched the margin to 37-33 with 11:22 left.
Campbellsville knocked in four straight points to retake the lead with just over 10 minutes to go, but on the Owls' next possession, Andrews grabbed an offensive rebound. The senior found Ciara Tatum (Columbia, Mo.) for an easy bucket to retake the lead for WWU.
The Owls would never trail again in the contest, and finished the second half shooting better than 50 percent to move to 8-4. Despite Andrews' 16, WWU found itself with a 38-45 deficit on the boards on the afternoon. William Woods finished the contest shooting at a .392 pace and held CU to a .277 clip. Neither team found the range from distance with CU holding a slight (.143-.111) edge, but both teams hit at a .750 pace from the charity stripe.
WWU squares off against Peru State College on Saturday to close out the Cougars vs. Cancer Classic. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
ShowMe Scoreboard, 12.30.2011
Games plqyed Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011
High School Boys
Bloomfield Christmas Tournament
- Kennett 55, Portageville 52 – Championship
- Doniphan 62, Dexter 55
- Bernie 54, Holcomb 45
- Malden 58, Bloomfield 51
SEMissourian Christmas Tournament
- Chaffee 68, Oran 64
- Oak Ridge 52, Delta 41
- Jackson 48, Scott City 36
- Leopold 57, Advance 46
Tonight:
- William Woods University (women) vs Campbellsville University (in Columbia)
- Mizzou Men vs. Old Dominion
- Mizzou Women vs. Sam Houston State
- Layfayette vs Columbia University (New York City)
By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor
BLOOMFIELD - The Dexter Bearcats and the Doniphan Dons met in the third-place matchup of the 55th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Both squads dropped close contests the night before, with the ‘Cats falling to top-seeded Kennet by one and the Dons being upset by Portageville by three. After four hard-fought quarters of basketball, the Doniphan Dons were able to pick up a 62-55 victory over the Bearcats.
Another common area in both team’s losses the night before was poor free-throw shooting - the Dons missed several late in the game that allowed Portageville to force OT.
“Down the stretch we were 5-6; if we did that last night, we would be playing now instead of at six o’clock,” Doniphan head coach Ray Stewart said after the game. “We talked about some of our habits and work ethic after the game last night, and in our shoot-around today I could tell they were ready to get back in here. It would have been easy to come over here and lay an egg; Dexter punched us in the mouth and we punched them right back. They’re a really physical team, and last year we wouldn’t have been able to get in there and get physical with them.”
“We ran a couple plays and got a couple layups there late, but I was more excited by our delay game there at the end. We ran 30 or 40 seconds off during two or three times down - we stepped up and made our free throws, and that was the difference in the game.”
The Bearcats were able to take a 19-18 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Dons dominated the paint in the second and took a 28-25 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Derek Hutchins buried his third three of the night at the 6:15 mark of the third quarter to give the Dons a 34-27 lead. The ‘Cats battled back and tied the game at 38 on a Jake Lee layup; Brad Potts hit two free throws late in the last minute of the third to cut Doniphan’s lead to 43-42 at the end of the frame.
Both teams traded buckets early in the fourth, but Hutchins knocked down a pair of free throws to spark a quick 6-0 run to put the Dons up 55-49 at the 2:45 mark. The Bearcats trailed by 3 with :30 left in the game and were forced to foul to try to regain possession, but the Dons collectively drained five of six free throws down the stretch to seal the 62-55 win and take home Third Place in the tournament.
“We missed a ton of free throws again at critical times,” DHS head coach Rob Nichols said of the loss. “At the same time, I thought we guarded pretty well. Offensively, we had a few dry possessions there, but critical points where we needed a bucket we wound up on the free throw line and we didn’t convert.
“They’re a good free throw shooting team - those kids put in a ton of time,” Nichols said of the Dons. “Everywhere I went this summer, I saw Doniphan playing. They play a lot, and they’re a really good offensive team.”
“I think defensively we played well the whole tournament,” Nichols said,” and that’s what we’ve hung our hat on so far this season. We’ve been able to change defenses and do some different things, we just have to get more consistent offensively.”
Hutchins paced the Dons with 20 points, while Brian Patterson added 12. Lee and Cody Neldon led the ‘Cats with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
EASTON, Pa. - Lafayette took a 7-0 lead and never looked back, cruising to a 69-54 victory over Monmouth on Wednesday evening at Kirby Sports Center. The Leopards held Monmouth to 31% shooting from the field and 25% from beyond the arc.
Jim Mower paced Lafayette with a game-high 19 points on 7-of-11 from the field, including five three pointers while Rob Delaney dished out a career-high 11 assists.
Lafayette (5-7) sprinted out to an early 7-0 lead on a pair of free throws from J.D. Pelham, a Ryan Willen lay-in and a left wing three-pointer by Seth Hinrichs. Holding a 12-4 lead, Mower drove the left baseline and threw down a right-handed slam, putting the home side ahead by double digits at the 14:21 mark.
Lafayette matched its largest lead (24-11) in the opening 20 minutes on a three by Joey Ptasinski with 9:22 showing, but Monmouth (2-11) responded with nine straight points, capped by Will Campbell's jumper at 4:44. Mower's three from the top of the key ended the 9-0 Monmouth run and the Leopards scored 11 of the final 16 first-half points to take a 35-25 advantage into the break.
In the second half Lafayette maintained control of the game and never relinquished its double-digit lead. A 10-3 spurt to begin the second half that included three pointers by Hinrichs and Nick Petkovich gave Lafayette a 17-point lead with 15:10 remaining.
Leading 47-33, Willen grabbed two offensive rebounds on the same possession and then connected on a right-wing trey, forcing a Monmouth timeout with 12:06 to play. On the night, Lafayette held the edge on the glass, 40-37, led by Petkovich's nine rips.
Lafayette took its largest lead with 4:30 remaining on a triple by Ptasinski, which put the Leopards up by 22. The three was one of 14 on the night for Lafayette and gave Ptasinski 11 points.
Campbell led Monmouth with 12 points and Jesse Steele scored 11 as the only two Hawks in double figures.
Lafayette concludes the 2011 calendar year on Friday, Dec. 30, when it travels to New York, N.Y. to take on Columbia at 7 p.m.
Photo Above: Dexter's Alan Flannigan and other members of the Lafayette team gather for a pre-game huddle. (Lafayette College Photo)
