Perryville, Missouri - The Dexter boys basketball team had an outstanding game against the Perryville Pirates on Monday evening. The Bearcats shot 60% from the floor and had 52 points in the paint to come out on top over the Pirates 65 - 32. They also out rebounded their opponent 33 - 19.
"I was very pleased in our defensive effort tonight. We were down in a good stance, had good positioning, and seemed real hungry to get stops," commented head basketball coach Josh Dowdy. "Playing good team defense with energy is what we will have to have to compete against the rest of the teams on our schedule."
By the end of the first period Dexter led 22 - 6 and increased their lead to 34 - 16 at the half.
Three Bearcats finished in double figures.
Gabe Jackson tallied a game-high 17 points. Jackson was 7 for 8 from the floor with a total of 13 rebounds.
Jason Jarrell scored 15 points. Jarrell was 7 for 11 with 5 rebounds.
Clay Mullins finished with 13 points. Mullins shot 6 for 11 and had 6 rebound.
"Clay Mullins continues to improve defensively and helped us on the boards tonight," continued Dowdy. "It was nice to see Chad Smith have a chance to log some minutes. Chad is committed in practice and continues to improve on both ends of the floor."
Perryville was led by Josh Robinson who recorded 10 points.
The Dexter Bearcats (15-6) will face Bell City on Tuesday evening. There will not be a junior varsity game, so the varsity game will begin at 6:00 p.m. This will finish out their SCAA Conference schedule.
"Tomorrow night we go to Bell City for our final game of the SCAA Conference. This is a big game for us. We will need to play as well as we did tonight to give ourselves a chance against a team who plays real hard," stated Dowdy.
Final Score Dexter 65, Perryville 32
Dexter 22 12 20 11 - 65
Perryville 6 10 8 8 - 32
Dexter (65) - Jason Jarrell 15, Alan Pippins 2, Ben Sindle 3, Clay Mullins 13, Dawson Kasting 4, Ryan Mayo 4, Chad Smith 7, Gabe Jackson 17. FG 29, FT 6/16, F 11 (3-pointers: Ben Sindle 1, Fouled Out: None).
Perryville (32) - Aaron Mueller 2, Josh Robinson 10, Jeff Reisenbichler 2, Cole Gerstenberger 4, Chase Brown 8, Bryce Flaherty 2, Brandon Renaud 2, Garrett Richardet 2. Fg 12, FT 5/6, F 21 (3-pointers: Josh Robinson 1, Chase Brown 2, Fouled Out: Reisenbichler, Renaud).
