Bloomfield, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats tallied 12 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to defeat the Bloomfield Wildcats in a semifinal match-up on Thursday evening. 

Clay Mullins finished with a game-high 16 points on six buckets and was 4/11 at the charity stripe.

Jason Jarrell and Ben Sindle recorded 12 points each.  Sindle tallied 4 treys.

Bloomfield paced Dexter in the first three quarters.  They were tied 12-12 at the end of the first and 20-20 at the end of the first half.  Dexter led by 3 at the end of the third.  It was the fourth quarter that Dexter pulled ahead scoring 12 points and finally finishing the game 55 - 42 putting them in the Championship seat on Friday night against the #1 seed Advance.

"That few minutes there was the only part of the game that looked like a basketball game," commented head coach Josh Dowdy.  "Other than that it was a tug-of-war all night long."

Peyton Bell led Bloomfield with 11 points.  He recorded three 2-pointers, 1 trey, and was 5/8 at the free throw line.

Final Score Dexter 55, Bloomfield 42

Dexter         12   8   16  19  -  55

Bloomfield   12   8   13    9  -  42

Dexter (55) -Jason Jarrell 12, Ben Sindle 12, Clay Mullins 16, Dawson Kasting 9, Ryan Mayo 2, Gabe Jackson 4.  FG 21, FT 9/21, F 16. (3-pointers: Ben Sindle 4, Fouled Out: None).

Bloomfield (42) - Timmy Hector 8, Kyle Anderson 8, Matt Gibbs 7, Austin Phillips 3, Peyton Bell 11, Alex Gibbs 2.  FG 15, FT 9/16, F 19. (3-pointers: Timmy Hector 1, Austin Phillips 1, Peyton Bell 1. Fouled Out: None).

Dexter (13-5) will face Advance in the Championship game at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2017.  The Bearcats' last SCAA Championship win was in 2012.  Advance hasn't won the tournament since 1978.

Bloomfield will play Bernie for 3rd Place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.