Bloomfield, Missouri – It was no contest for the #2 seed Malden Green Wave in their first contest of the day.  Malden had five athletes in double digits and tallied ten 3-pointers to secure their win over Van Buren 91 – 37..

Zach Griffin tallied a game-high 25 points for Van Buren including three 3-pointers.  Logan Sanders scored 8 points including two treys.

Reggie Reed tallied a team-high 17 points.  Cortez Dobbins scored 15 points including 1 trey.  Alejandro Gordon finished with 11 points including his two treys.  Shaeen Perkins hit for 14 points including two treys.  Shamrudre Barber finished with 14 points including one trey.  Dishon Ross and Orlandis Farr hit one trey each.

Final Score #2 Malden 91, #15 Van Buren 37

Van Buren   13     8    6   10   - 37

Madlen         30  17  36     8  -  91

Van Buren (37) – Tristan Hollis 2, Logan Sanders 8, Caleb Davis 2, Zach Griffin 25.  FG 11, FT 10/12. F 9. (3-pointers: Griffin 3, Sanders 2.  Fouled Out: None)

Malden (91) – Dishon Ross 3, Alejandro Gordon 11, Shaeen Perkins 14, Dremond Robinson 2, Cortez Dobbins 15, Tyler Currie 6, Jace Brown 2, Reggie Reed 17, Shamrudre Barber 14, Orlandis Farr 3, Trevor Ison 4. FG 37, FT 7/10, F 16. (3-pointers: Ross 1, Gordon 2, Perkins 2, Dobbins 1, Currie 2, Barber 1, Farr 1.  Fouled Out: None)

Malden will take on the Bloomfield Wildcats on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.  The Dexter Cheerleaders and the Dexter Kickin’ Cats will be the half-time performers during the game.

Van Buren is slated to play Puxico at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.