Bloomfield, Missouri - The No. 6 seeded Kennett Indians upset the #5 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats in the 3rd Place game of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament 53-41.
The only points in the first quarter for Bloomfield were Peyton Bell's pair of 2-pointers. Kennett led 9-4 at the end of the first period.
Jay Davis hit a 3-pointer for the Indians as the buzzer sounded at the end of the first half to pad Kennett’s lead to 18-11 at the end of the 2nd quarter.
Kennett's Jad Kenny came out of the locker at half-time and put away 17 points in the second half.
The inside dominance helped Kennett increase its lead to 33-24 by the end of the third quarter.
The Indians led by as much as 13 points in the fourth quarter before Bloomfield trimmed the deficit to the final score.
Kennett's Jaylean Kinnon tallied 15 points. Jay Davis added nine points.
Tim Hector and Peyton Bell paced Bloomfield with nine points.
Final Score Kennett 53, Bloomfield 41
Kennett 9 9 15 20 - 53
Bloomfield 4 9 13 17 - 41
Kennett (53) - Jay Davis 9, Patrick Maddox 6, Jarvis Stewart 4, Dawson Britt 2, Jaylean Kinnon 15, Jad Kenny 17. FG 24, FT 4/7, F 20. (3-pointers: Davis 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield (41) - Jacob Hector 3, Dalton Phillips 5, Tim Hector 9, Kyle Anderson 2, Matt Gibbs 1, Austin Phillips 7, Peyton Bell 9, Alex Gibbs 5. FG 13, FT 8/17, F 15. (3-pointers: Peyton Bell 1, Alex Gibbs 1, Tim Hector 1, Dalton Phillips 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri - The No. 4 seeded Malden Green Wave came back from a 10 - 0 deficit to beat the #7 seeded Portageville Bulldogs 52-50 in the 5th Place game of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
At the beginning of the 4th quarter they were tied 32-32 when Malden scored the first seven points to take the lead 39-32. The Green Wave increased its lead to 43-33 with just a little over three minutes left in the game. The Green Wave maintained a two-possession lead until Portageville hit its fourth trey of the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to the final score of 52-50.
Malden's top scoring athletes exploded in the second half. Dushawn Butler recorded nine of his team-high 14 points for Malden in the second half. Malcom McBride tallied eight of his 13 points in the second half and Tyler Ison scored eight of his 12 points in the second half.
Portageville (5-5) was led in scoring by Ian Torrey. He hit eight 2-pointers, two 3-pointers and made two free throws to finish with 24 points.
Chris Garmon also finished in double digits for the Bulldogs. He scored 10 points on four two 2-pointer and two made free throws.
Final Score Malden 52, Portageville 50
Portageville 15 8 9 18 - 50
Malden 6 11 15 20 - 52
Portageville (50) - Hunter Gates 4, Luke Darst 6, Ian Torrey 24, Chris Garmon 10, Daniel Carter 3, Alex Riddle 3. Fg 20, FT 4/12, F 12. (3-pointers: Darst 2, Torrey 2, Riddle 1. Fouled Out: Gates).
Bloomfield, Missouri - The No. 8 seeded Twin Rivers Royals beat the #10 seeded Bernie Mules 60-55 in the Consolation Championship game of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Twin Rivers (9-3) jumped out to a 16-9 lead by the end of the first period.
Hayden Thomas calculated a game-high 24 points for Twin Rivers. Chance Wilkerson also finished in double digits with 14 points.
Bernie's Nate Dillinger calculated all of his team-high 16 points before the start of the fourth quarter.
Dalton Hobgood hit four of Bernie’s five treys. He finished with 12 points.
Final score Twin Rivers 60, Bernie 55
Bernie 9 15 15 16 - 55
Twin Rivers 16 14 12 18 - 60
Bernie (55) - Jayce Burk 5, Ridge Littleton 8, Michael Suiter 9, Gavin Brown 5, Dalton Hobgood 12, Nate Dillinger 16. FG 22, FT 5/13, F 21. (3-pointers: Hobgood 4, Burk 1, Dillinger 1. Fouled Out: Guzman).
Twin Rivers (60) - Hayden Thomas 24, Zach Hargraves 2, Chance Wilkerson 14, Jack LeGrand 4, Jacob Mitchell 6, JR Perryman 8. FG 21, Ft 15/24, F 15. (3-pointers: Thomas 1, LeGrand 1, Mitchell 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri -The No. 2 seeded Dexter Bearcats rallied from behind 19-13 at halftime to beat the No. 6 seeded defending champions the Kennett Indians 42-39 in the semifinal game of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Dexter's senior Jason Jarrell hit a pair of free throws with seven seconds remaining to pad the Bearcats' lead to the final score.
"It was 19 -13 at halftime and we knew we had played poorly,” commented Dexter boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy. "The message at halftime was we knew we had played poor offensively, but were still doing what we needed to do on the defensive end. We wanted to continue to do what we were doing and if it didn’t work we might go out and run and jump at them. We did that to create a little offense and got a few steals. I felt like that helped pick up our momentum offensively.”
Jarrell scored 13 of his 15 points after the half.
“Our game plan was to let their three guards shoot it,” Dowdy said. “Their guards look so much for their two post players. We just weren’t going to bring the back line out. We were going to guard the entire perimeter with our top two defenders and we did. That’s why they only had 19 points at halftime. Unfortunately, we only scored 13.”
Gabe Jackson also finished in double digits recording 14 points.
Jarvis Stewart tallied 16 points including two 3-pointers for Kennett. Patrick Maddox finished with 10 points.
Kennett plays No. 5 seeded Bloomfield for third place Thursday at 7 p.m.
Dexter, which suffered a 55 - 50 loss to Kennett in the 2015 Christmas title game, plays top-seeded Hayti in the championship Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
"It will definitely be a gut check of who’s legs can last the longest,” Dowdy said. “I just hope we can remember the burn we had in that locker room after last year’s championship and fight through it. But it’s going to be a battle. It’s going to be a battle. We are just happy to have the opportunity again."
Final Score Dexter 42, Kennett 39
Kennett 11 8 8 12 - 39
Dexter 9 4 16 13 - 42
Kennett (39) - Jay Davis 7, Patrick Maddox 10, Jarvis Stewart 16, Dawson Britt 2, Jad Kenny 2, Jaylean Kinnon 2. FG 16, FT 5/8, F 15. (3-pointers: Stewart 2. Fouled Out: None).
Dexter (42) - Jason Jarrell 15, Ben Sindle 3, Clay Mullins 8, Ryan Mayo 2, Gabe Jackson 14. FG 15, Ft 10/17, F 11. (3-pointers: Mullins 1, Sindle 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri - Down by eight in the final quarter, the Hayti Indians turned up the head and made things more difficult for the Bloomfield Wildcats giving them a 62-58 victory during the championship semifinals of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
No. 1 seeded Hayti (8-2) will take on No. 2 seeded Dexter in the tournament championship on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
Kedron Rollings led the Indians with 16 points on 2 of 4 shooting from the floor and 11 of 12 from the free throw line.
Maurius Newbill and Kobe Cooper each added 10 for the Indians.
The Wildcats will take on No. 6 Kennett in the third-place game Thursday at 7 p.m. Dexter defeated Kennett 42 - 39 in the other semifinal to make their second consecutive title game appearance.
Hayti won their only other championship try in 2007 against Doniphan.Final Score Bloomfield 58, Hayti 62
Bloomfield 15 20 11 12 - 58
Hayti 15 11 14 22 - 62
Bloomfield (58) - Timmy Hector 14, Kyle Anderson 1, Matt Gibbs 2, Austin Phillips 5, Peyton Bell 23, Alex Gibbs 13. FG 20, FT 16/22, F 14. (3-pointers: Phillips 1, Bell 1. Fouled Out: None).
Hayti (62) - Kobe Cooper 10, Darius Jones 5, Maurius Newbill 10, Devante Robinson 5, Kedron Rollins 16, Chrivonte Moore 3, Kemron Rollings 7, Dayon Moore 4, Ivory Winters 2. Fg 21, Ft 16/19, F 19. (3-pointers: Newbill 1, Robinson 1, Kedron Rollings 1, C. Moore 1. Fouled Out: Cooper).
