Bloomfield, Missouri - Game 9 of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament proved to be the Wildcats' best performance thus far. They beat Gideon in a very tight match 49-43.
No. 13 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats (2-7) led 10-3 after the first quarter, 22-16 at the half, 40-31 by the end of the third quarter beating the #12 seeded Bulldogs in a consolation quarterfinal on Thursday morning.
Travis McCollough tallied a game-high 26 points for the Wildcats. He hit three 3-pointers, five buckets and was seven of nine from the charity stripe.
Sam Williams of Gideon had a team-high 18 points.
#13 Bloomfield will play Portageville in Game 17 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Friday at 1:00 p.m,
#12 Gideon has been eliminated from tournament play.
Final Score Bloomfield 49, Gideon 43
Bloomfield 10 11 19 9 - 49
Gideon 3 13 15 12 - 43
Bloomfield (49) - Wes Schuchart 2, Brandon Wright 3, Malik Williams 4, Carson Blair 3, Gabe McNeil 3, Travis McCollough 25, Parker Heaton 2, Ethan Pennington 3, Jamison Dodd 3. FG 15, FT 14/22, F 15. (3-pointers: Carson Blair 1, Travis McCollough 3, Jamison Dodd 1. Fouled Out: None)
Gideon (43) - Sam Williams 18, Gage Stover 8, Brevin Vires 3, Seth Houart 6, Zach Swift 3, Logan Woodard 5. FG 17, FT 4/9, F 14. (3-pointers: Gage Stover 2, Brevin Vires 1, Seth Houart 2. Fouled Out: Stover).
Bloomfield, Missouri - In the first upset of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, #9 seeded Van Buren beat #8 seeded Portageville in the very last game on Wednesday evening by a score of 70-62.
It took all of the first half for Van Buren to get started offensively. They were held to just 18 points in the first two periods of the game. Portageville scored double digits in each of the four quarters.
Portageville led 15-13 at the end of the first and 29-18 at the half. Van Buren exploded in the third period tallying 28 points and holding Portageville to just 11. Going into the fourth quarter Van Buren led Portageville 46-40.
Final Score Portageville 62, Van Buren 70
Portageville 15 14 11 22 - 62
Van Buren 13 5 28 24 - 70
Portageville (62) - Steven Guo 12, AJ Hicks 16, Drew Irby 3, Bryce Rone 6, Bub Lance 10, Terry Kirkwood 15. FG 24, FT 4/7, F 4. (3-pointers: Steven Guo 3, AJ Hicks 4, Drew Irby 1, Bryce Rone 2. Fouled Out: Steven Guo)
Van Buren (70) - Connor Jackson 24, Keetein Perkins 4, Trey Nicholson 12, Haden Barnes 4, Jacob Brown 3, Hayden Towner 23. FG 22, FT 20/30, F 14. (3-pointers: Conner Jackson 5, Jacob Brown 1, Fouled Out: None)
Van Buren will face #1 seeded Hayti Indians in a quarterfinal match-up on Thursday, December 27th at 4 p.m.
Portageville hopes to advance to a consultation semifinal, but must first get past #16 seeded Holcomb at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #7 seeded Kennett Indians fell behind #10 seeded South Pemiscot 9 - 0 in the opening quarter but still found a way to pull out a victory defeating the Bulldogs 70-40.
Kennett and South Pemiscot were tied 15 all at the end of the first period.
Kennett's Quayv'aun Harrell tallied a game-high 20 points including three treys. La'Quez Pulliam and ben McMullan each finished with 12 points.
South Pem's Darius Johnson had a team high 12 points including one 3-pointer.
No. 7 Kennett 70, No. 10 South Pemiscot 40
SPS 15 6 7 12 - 40
KHS 15 21 19 15 - 70
SOUTH PEMISCOT (40) - Noah Willingham 7, Jamarea Rogers 4, Khalal Rogers 4, Terryon Johnson 5, Darius Johnson 12, Antonio Fuller 8. FG 14, FT 10/25, F 18. (3-pointers: Willingham 1, Darius Johnson 1; Fouled out: None).
KENNETT (70) - Quayv’aun Harrell 20, Carter Maddox 5, Marsayv’aun Harrell 6, La’Quez Pulliam 12, Jackson Henfling 2, Ben McMullan 12, MAtthew Hamer 7, Mark Wagster 6. FG 27, FT 12/17, F 22. (3-pointers: Quayv’aun Harrell 3, Pulliam 1; Fouled out: Jackson Henfling).
Kennett (5-4) will take on #2 2 seeded Bernie (8-1) in a championship quarterfinal Thursday at 7 p.m.
South Pemiscot (2-4) will play in a consolation quarterfinal Thursday at 11:30 p.m. when it takes on #15 seeded Puxico.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #6 seeded Twin Rivers Royals defeated the #11 seeded Richland Rebels 66-44 in game no. 6 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Wednesday, December 26, 2018.
Twin Rivers (7-2) led 19-14 after one period, 30-18 at the half and 48-30 by the start of the 4th quarter.
Twin Rivers' Hayden Thomas finished with a game-high 22 points. He hit four treys.
Zach Hargraves finished with 21 points on 8 buckets, one trey and two from the charity stripe.
Daniel Petty and Riley Glass paced Richland (5-3) with 13 points each.
Final Score Twin Rivers 66, Richland 44
Richland 14 4 12 14 - 44
Twin Rivers 19 11 18 18 - 66
Richland (44) - Daniel Petty 13, Andrew Wally 2, Tanner Freeman 4, Riley Glass 13, Shai Sherfield 3, Jack Bell 6, Andrew Partenberry 3. FG 16, FT 6/13, F 21. (3-pointers: Daniel Petty 3, Tanner Freeman 1, Riley Glass 1, Shai Sherfield 1; Fouled Out: None).
Twin Rivers (66) - Zach Hargraves 21, Hayden Thomas 22, Parker Watson 8, Brent Trout 2, Tanner Ledbetter 2, Aaron Mittelstadt 4, Travis Landers 4, Brandon Tompkins 3. FG 25, FT 9/20, F 14. (3-pointers: Hayden Thomas 4, Parker Watson 1, Zach Hargraves 1, Thompkins 1; Fouled out: Allen Hendrix).
Twin Rivers will play #3 Dexter at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in Game #16.
Richland will play #14 Malden on Thursday at 1 p.m. in Game #11.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #5 seeded East Prairie Eagles defeated the #12 seeded Gideon Bulldogs 58-43 snapping a four-game losing streak in game no. 5 of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Wednesday, December 26, 2018.
The Eagles (3-5) led 15-13 at the end of the first quarter increasing their lead to 33-24 by half-time.
Four of their players finished in double digits. Derez Tipler and Mason Bryars tallied 18 points each. Harrison Moore recorded 12 points and Brian Merryman added 10 points.
Gideon's Sam Williams had 13 points and Gage Stover earned 12 points.
Gideon 13 11 13 6 - 43
East Prairie 15 18 9 16 - 58
Gideon (43) - Sam Williams 13, Gage Stover 12, Brevin Vires 5, Tyler Hill 3, Seth Houart 5, Logan Woodard 5. FG 18, FT 3/5, F 13. (3-pointers: Gage Stover 1, Brevin Vires 1, Tyler Hill 1, Set Houart 1. Fouled Out: None)
East Prairie (58) - Derez Tipler 18, Harrison Moore 12, Brian Merryman 10, Mason Bryars 18. FG 25, FT 7/12, F 10. (3-pointers: Mason Bryars 1; Fouled Out: None).
East Prairie will play Doniphan at 5:30 p.m. in quarterfinal action on Thursday, December 27th.
Gideon will play Bloomfield in the consolation quarterfinal on Thursday at 10 a.m.
