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 - 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).
Bloomfield, Missouri - Malden defeated East Prairie 71-63 in the semifinal game of the 5th place bracket.
Eagles' Derez Tipler had a game-high 26 points including 8 treys, but it was not enough to hold off the Green Wave of Malden. Dushawn Butler tallied 19 points including 2 treys. Tyler Ison recorded 18 points and Chience Booker finished with 11 points for East Prairie.
Malden Green Wave Casey Gregory recorded 12 points. Luke Marcum finished with 11 points. He also had two 3-pointers.
East Prairie led at the end of the first three quarters. Malden exploded in the 4th period outscoring the Eagles 25 - 9 late to seal the deal.
Malden will take on No. 7 Portageville, who were 72-64 winners over No. 3 Doniphan, during the fifth-place game Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Final Score Malden 71, East Prairie 63
Malden 13 16 17 25 - 71
East Prairie 18 19 17 9 - 63
Malden (71) - Dushawn Butler 19, Broddric Annesser 7, Tyler ison 18, Malcom McBride 7, Tray Stevenson 2, Ned Lee 7, Chience Booker 11. FG 29, FT 6/11, F 17 (3-pointers: Butler 2, McBride 1, Lee 1, Booker 3. Fouled Out: None).
East Prairie (63) - Luke Marcum 11, Deverence Jones 7, Derez Tipler 26, Casey Gregory 12, Mason Bryars 6, Chad Housman 1. FG 20, FT 11/19, F 17 (3-pointers: Marcum 2, Jones 1, Tipler 8, Bryars 1. Fouled Out: Jones, Gregory).
Bloomfield, Missouri - Another Bloomfield Christmas Tournament is in the books and the 60th annual didn't disappoint especially for one team, the Dexter Bearcats. They took home the trophy for the first time in 12 years defeating Hayti in the Championship Game on Thursday evening.
Hayti took second place.
The Kennett Indians earned third place and the Bloomfield Wildcats finished 4th.
Malden came in 5th, Portageville 6th.
Twin Rivers finished first place consolation and Bernie finished second place in consolation.
The Bloomfield Christmas All-Tournament Team was announced at the end of the Championship Game during the trophy presentations:
Dexter Bearcats - Jason Jarrell and Gabe Jackson
Hayti Indians - Kemron Rollings and Kedron Rollings
Kennett Indians - Jad Kenny
Bloomfield Wildcats - Peyton Bell
Malden Green Wave - Tyler Ison
Portageville Bulldogs - Ian Torrey
Twin Rivers Royals - Chance Wilkerson
Bernie Mules - Nate Dillinger
Doniphan Dons - Klay Barton
East Prairie Eagles - Casey Gregory
