Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Bloomfield, Missouri – Twin Rivers Royals entered the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament as a #6 seed and defeated the #11 seed the East Prairie Eagles.
Eric Ray #23 tallied a game-high 35 points against the Eagles and was the highest scoring player so far in the tournament. All of his points came from 2-point baskets and he was 7 for 8 from the free-throw line. Nathan Watson #5 scored 12 points and Andrew Mittlestadt #20 contributed 10 points.
Zach Underberg #1, Jase Worley #3, and Mason Douglas #24 each added a trey.
Twin Rivers led each of the four quarters and sunk a basket at the buzzer to lead East Prairie 67 – 43 at the end of the 3rd quarter.
East Prairie had three players in double digits. Damion Tipler #22 had a game-high 24 points along with Dustin Bryars #3 and Mack Marcum #11 who each added 10 points.
Dustin Bryars #3 tallied two treys for the Eagles. Seth Bays #2 and Deverance Jones #23 each added a 3-pointer.
Final Score Twin Rivers Royals 84 – East Prairie Eagles 58
East Prairie 13 16 14 15 – 58
Twin Rivers 21 20 26 17 - 84
East Prairie Eagles (58) – Seth Johnson 2, Seth Bays 5, Dustin Bryars 10, Brett Ellis 2, Mack Marcum 10, Damion Tipler 24, Deverance Jones 3, Brandon Evans 2. FG 24, FT 6/11, F 14 (3-pointers: Seth Bays 1, Dustin Bryars 2, Deverance Jones 1, Fouled Out: none)
Twin Rivers Royals (84) – Zach Underber 3, Jase Wroley 3, Nathan Watson 12, Chance Wilkerson 6, Jesse Robards 2, Andrew Mittlestadt 10, Eric Ray 35, Mason Douglas 5, Seth Snider 8. FG 35, FT 11/15, F 13 (3-pointers: Zach Underberg 1, Jase Worley 1, Mason Douglas 1, Fouled Out: none)
Twin Rivers Royals will play #3 seed Bernie Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 27th.
The East Prairie Eagles will play Puxico at 11:30 a.m., Friday, December 27th in the second game of the consolation portion of the tournament.
