The #1 seeded Dexter Bearcats took control of the ball early against the #9 seeded East Prairie Eagles defeating them 59 - 23.

Dexter's Cole Nichols had yet another extremely great night on the court.  He scored a game-high 32 points on 11 buckets, 2 treys and was 4 of 5 from the charity stripe.

Brayden Pullum, a 6'1" senior forward contributed 10 points on two regulation baskets and two 3-pointers.

The Eagles' top scoring players was Wyatt Williams a 6'0" senior guard.  He tallied seven points on three buckets and one from the line.

Final Score Dexter 59, East Prairie 23

Dexter 14. 14. 21. 10 - 59

East Prairie 10. 1. 0. 3 - 23

Dexter (59) - Pullum 10, Stone 3, Zabelin 1, Bell 2, Josupait 2, Nichols 32, Krapf 5, Boles 4.  FG 24, FT 5/7, F 11. (3-pointers: Pullum 2, Stone 1, Nichols 2, Krapf 1, Fouled Out: None)

East Prairie (23) - Wallace 3, Evans 1, Farmer 2, Byasssee 6, Johnson 2, Williams 7, Kennedy 2, FG 7, FT 7/10, F 7. (3-pointers: Wallace 1, Byassee 1, Fouled Out: None)

Dexter will play Malden at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29th. in semi-final action.

East Prairie will South Pemiscot at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29th in the consolation side of the bracket shooting for 5th place on Friday night with a win on Thursday.