Bloomfield, Missouri - The #8 Portageville Bulldogs eliminated the #16 seeded Holcomb Hornets 96-41 in game #12 of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Thursday, December 27, 2018.
Portageville (7-2) led 25-10 after the first period, increased its lead to 66-25 by halftime and cruised to a 90-34 lead by the end of the third period.
Twelve players recorded at least two points for the Bulldogs. Bub Lance led the way with a game-high 25 points.
Terry Kirkwood and J.J. Hicks finished in double digits with 16 and 13 points respectively.
Nate Rhew tallied five treys finishing with a team-high 17 points for the Hornets.
Greg Kendrick added a dozen points on six 2-point buckets for the Hornets (0-9).
Final Score Portageville 96, Holcomb 41
Holcomb 10 15 9 7 - 41
Portageville 25 41 24 6 - 96
Holcomb (41) - Austin Barnes 1, Topher Kendrick 2, Elijah Hobbs 6, Eli Bader 3, Nate Rhew 17, Greg Kendrick 12. FG 16, FT 3/9, F 21. (3-pointers: Rhew 5; Fouled out: None).
Portageville (96) - Steven Guo 7, A.J. Hicks 13, Chris Word 2, Drew Irby 4, Aaron Guo 2, Bryce Rone 2, Bub Lance 25, Terry Kirkwood 16, Brendan Garmon 8, Joey Chamberlain 6, Mikel Moody 9, Lamonte Dixson 2. FG 42, FT 12/21, F 13. (3-pointers: None; Fouled out: None).
Portageville will play Bloomfield in Game 17 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 28, 2018.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #14 seeded malden Green Wave outscored the #11 seeded Richland Rebels securing a 64-39 victory in a consolation quarterfinal of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Thursday, December 27, 2018.
Malden (1-7) earned their first win of the 2018 basketball season leading 15-9 one quarter, 33-18 at the half and 49-28 at the end of the third quarter.
Sientez Lema tallied a team-high 17 points for the Green Wave. Tye Miller finished with 14 points.
Richland (5-4) had two players in double digits. Tanner Freeman recorded a team-high 14 points and Andrew Partenberry contributed 13 points.
Final Score Malden 64, Richland 39
Richland has been eliminated from tournament play.
Malden will play South Pemiscot on Friday, December 28th at 2:30 p.m. in a consolation semifinal game of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Richland 9 9 10 11 - 39
Malden 15 18 16 15 - 64
Richland (39) - Andrew Wally 2, Tanner Freeman 14, Riley Glass 2, Shai Sherfield 5, Jack Bell 3, Andrew Partenberry 13. FG 15, FT 6/9, F 19. (3-pointers: Freeman 2, Sherfield 1; Fouled out: Partenberry).
Malden (64) - Montay Harris 2, Dominique Townsend 9, Lamar Smith 6, Tye Miller 14, Chris Castillo 5, Jaleen Reed 2, Sientez Lerma 17, Tyler Walker 2, Lonnie Hamilton 7. FG 24, FT 12/18, F 13. (3-pointers: Townsend 1, Miller 1, Castillo 1, Lerma 1; Fouled out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #10 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs defeated #15 seeded Puxico Indians 75-61 in a consolation quarterfinal of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Thursday morning.
Puxico led 17-15 at the end of the first quarter and again at the half by a score of 29-27. South Pemiscot exploded in the third period tallying 30 points to the Indians' 13.
South Pem's Jamarea Rogers finished with a game-high 22 points. He hit five treys to propel the Bulldogs.
Terryon Johnson and Darius Johnson finished in double digits also with 12 points each.
Ethan Helm had a team-high 18 points for the Indians. Matt Caldwell hit three treys adding 11 points. Bailey Zych scored 10 points.
Puxico (2-8) is now eliminated from tournament play.
South Pemiscot will play Malden on Friday at 2:30 in Game #18 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Final Score South Pemiscot 75, Puxico 61
Puxico 17 12 13 19 - 61
South Pemiscot 15 12 30 18 - 75
Puxico (61) - Matt Caldwell 11, Bailey Zych 10, Ethan Helm 18, Lucas Plunkett 9, Austin Wilson 4, Braiden Jones 9. FG 22, FT 7/11, F 22. (3-pointers: Caldwell 3, Zych 1, Helm 4, Plunkett 2; Fouled Out: None).
South Pemiscot (75) - Noah Willingham 5, Jamarea Rogers 22, Khalal Rogers 9, Terryon Johnson 12, Decarlos Johnson 7, Darius Johnson 12, Antonio Fuller 8. FG 27, FT 14/24, F 14. (3-pointers: Jamarea Rogers 5, Willingham 1, Khalal Rogers 1; Fouled Out: Fuller).
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.
