Bloomfield, Missouri - The battle for 5th place between the Twin River Royals and the home-town favorite Bloomfield Wildcats took some interesting turns throughout the game.

Coming out of the first quarter Bloomfield had a 1 point advantage over the Royals, but failed to keep pace in the 2nd quarter scoring only 6 points to the Royals 10.  At the half it was the Royals on top 24 - 21.

Chance Wilkerson had the game-high score of 13 points and Eric Ray added 12 more for the Royals.  Mason Douglas hit 2 treys for the Royals helping them to a 5th place victory in the 57th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.

Alex Gibbs was the only Wildcat in double figures with a recorded 10 points including one trey. 

Nathan Newell and Tyler Battles each added a 3-pointer for the Wildcats.  Tim Fox added 2 treys.

It was an outstanding performance by these two team.

Final Score  Twin Rivers 58  Bloomfield 50

Twin Rivers    14    10    15    19   -  58

Bloomfield      15      6    14    15   -  50

Twin Rivers (58) – Zach Underberg 3, Jase Worley 10, Nathan Watson 7, Chance Wilkerson 13, Andrew Mittlestadt 7, Eric Ray 12, Mason Douglas 6, FG 17, FT 19/27, F 22 (3-pointers: Jase Worley 2, Eric Ray 1, Mason Douglas 2, Fouled Out: none)

Bloomfield (50) Nathan Newell 7, Tim Fox 8, Tyler Battles 6, Jacob Clary 3, Noah Vandiver 8, Alex Gibbs 10, FG 16, FT 13/25, F 21 (3-pointers: Nathan Newell 1, Tim Fox 2, Tyler Battles 1, Alex Gibbs 1, Fouled Out: none)