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.