Dexter, Missouri - The Perryville Pirates jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter over the Dexter Bearcats before sailing to a 58-40 victory on Tuesday night at the Bearcat Event Center.

"We didn't play very well from the opening tip," stated head Dexter boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy.  "I knew it would be difficult to come out and create the same environment we had at the Christmas Tournament.  Perryville is an outstanding permitter shooting team and simply outplayed us tonight."

The Pirates continued their quest hitting two of its three treys over the next few minutes to simple outscore Dexter 17-7 at the end of the first quarter.  It was even in the second quarter with each teach scoring 8 points, but Dexter never could break Perryville's 10-point lead.  The Pirates led 25-15 at the end of the first half.

Dexter came out strong in the second half scoring the first six points to shave the Pirate's lead to 25-21.  Ethan Flowers hit a 3-pointer lat int he third period to trim Perryville's lead to just three.

"We created a few baskets off turnovers in the second half to make it a one-possession game," stated Dowdy.  "I was real disappointed in our defensive effort so we switched into trapping defenses much earlier than I wanted to to create some energy.  it worked for a while, but in the end Perryville did a nice job of moving the ball and finishing around the rim."

The end of the game came with Nathan Noland of Perryville dunked the ball with less than five seconds remaining in the game securing their win over Dexter by a score of 58-40.

Dexter senior, Jacob Pedigo, recorded 13 points including one trey.  Ethan Flowers contributed one 3-pointer.

Dexter (4-7) will be back in action on Friday, January 8, 2016 when they travel to Woodland.  Game time 6:00 p.m.

Final Score Dexter 40, Perryville 58

Dexter          7  8  13  12  -  40

Perryville    17  8  13  20  - 58

Dexter (40) - Jason Jarrell 7, Jacob Pedigo 13, Ethan Flowers 7, Tyler Heil 4, Gabe Jackson 9.  FG 17, FT 4/7, F 14.  (3-pointers: Jacob Pedigo 1, Ethan Flowers 1.  Fouled Out: None).

Perryville (58) - Jacob Robinson 2, Aaron Mueller 2, McGwire Bartley 10, Conner Stark 14, Josh Robinson 10, Nathan Noland 8, Austin Mueller 2, Wyatt Johnson 2, Ryan Noland 8.  FG 23, FT 9/9, F 15. (3-pointers: Conner Stark 1, Jacob Robinson 2.  Fouled Out: None).

Photo by Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor.  Shown in the photo is Dexter's Ethan Flowers about to score for the Bearcats.