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.
Bloomfield, Missouri - Game #4 of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament featured the Doniphan Dons and the Bloomfield Wildcats. It proved to be the closest game of the day thus far. Doniphan earned the victory defeating Bloomfield 38-36.
Bloomfield will play Gideon at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 27th.
Doniphan will play East Prairie at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 27th
Doniphan's Trent Lippoldt recorded a game-high 19 points. Orie Owen finished with 13 points.
Carson Blair tallied 10 points for Bloomfield.
Final Score Doniphan 38, Bloomfield 36
Doniphan 12 8 7 11 - 38
Bloomfield 6 12 11 7 - 36
Doniphan (38) Max Torres 3, Derek Ferguson 1, Wyatt Marler 2, Orie Owen 13, Trent Lippoldt 19. FG 15, FT 8/15, F 15. (3-pointers: None, Fouled Out: None)
Bloomfield (36) - Brandon Wright 3, Malik Williams 5, Carson Blair 10, Gage McNeil 8, Travis McCollough 6, Parker Heaton 2, Ethan Pennington 2. FG 13, FT 5/9, F 13. (3-pointers: Brandon Wright 1, Carson Blair 1, Gage McNeil 2, Travis McCollough 1, Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats recorded 9 treys to surmount a convincing victory over the Malden Green Wave in Game 3 of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Boys Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, December 26, 2018.
Seth Rogers tallied three 3-pointers while Eric Hahn contributed 2 treys. Carter Dorton, Logan Wyman, Nate Gargas, and Garrett Henson each contributed one trey.
Dexter ended each period in double digits holding Puxico to just one quarter in double figures.
Malden's Lonnie Hamilton recorded 14 points on six buckets and was 2/5 at the charity stripe.
Dexter will play the winner of the #6 Twin Rivers vs #11 Richland game on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
Malden will play the loser of that game at 1 p.m. on Thursday.
Final Score Dexter 85, Malden 38
Dexter (85) - Carter Dorton 5, Logan Wyman 5, Nate Gargas 7, Eric Hahn 14, Spencer Warren 2, Seth Rogers 17, Braxton Foster 15, Garrett Henson 13, Ethan Kincy 7. FG 35, FT 6/10, F 10. (3-pointers: Carter Dorton 1, Logan Wyman 1, Nate Gargas 1, Eric Hahn 2, Seth Rogers 3, and Garrett Henson 1. Fouled Out: None)
Malden (38) - Dominique Townsend 4, Tye Miller 4, Jaleen Reed 4, Sientez Lerma 9, Tyler Walker 3, Lonnie Hamilton 14. FG 16, FT 5/9, F 11. (3-pointers: Sientez Lerma 1, Fouled Out: None)
Bloomfield, Missouri - Game 2 of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament matched #2 Bernie against #15 Puxico. The Mules record 42 points in the first half to ensure a victory over the Indians. Final score Bernie 75, Puxico 23. The Mules will advance to the next round of the tournament playing either #7 Kennett or #10 South Pemiscot on Thursday, December 27th at 7 p.m. Kennett and South Pemiscot face each other on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Puxico will face the loser of that game at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Weston Zoll had an impressive game-high 23 points including 5 treys.
Hunter Slavings finished with 4 treys, 2 buckets, and one from the charity stripe for 17 points.
Andrew Geohagan also finished in double digits for the Mules tallying 13 points.
Ethan Helm was the only Indian in double digits recording a team-high 13 points.
Final Score Bernie 75, Puxico 23
Bernie (75) - Weston Zoll 23, Landon Zoll 6, Balke Harty 5, Josh Ellenburg 8, Hunter Slavings 17, Andrew Geohagan 13, Nathan Harvey 3. FG 28, FT 7/11, F 12. (3-pointers: Weston Zoll 5, Landon Zoll 2, Hunter Slavings 4, Nathan Harvey 1. Fouled Out: None).
Puxico (23) - Bailey Zych 3, Ethan Helm 13, Lucas Plunkett 1, Braden Jones 6. FG 9, FT 2/6, F 14. (3-pointers: Ethan Helm 3, Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #1 seeded Hayti Indians went on the attack in the first game of the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Wednesday, December 26, 2018.
The Indians scored the first 18 points against the Holcomb Hornets.
The Hornets scored their first bucket at the 3:45 minutes mark in the first period.
At the end of the first quarter Hayti 35, Holcomb 9.
Hayti continued to hold the lead throughout the first half. The Indians held them to just 22 points in the first periods while their offense scored 69 points just before going into the locker room at half-time.
It was a long game for the Hornets. Hayti score a total of 35 points in the 3rd period to boost their lead to 76.
Xavier Jammerson led the Indians with a game-high 30 points. He had 14 buckets and was 2/5 in field goals.
Ivory Winters recorded 15 points on 7 buckets and a field goal followed by Damori Reed with 14 and Tyliek Moore with 14. TreCharles McCoy also was in double digits finishing with 13.
Two Hornets finished in double figures. Nate Rhew had a team-high 14 points on 4 treys and one two-pointers. Eli Bader recorded 10 points. He was 4 for 4 from the charity stripe and hit three buckets.
Hayti's defense held the Hornets to single digits in each of the four periods.
Final Score Hayti 115, Holcomb 40
Hayti 35 34 35 11 - 115
Holcomb 8 6 9 6 - 40
Hayti (115) Ivory Winters 15, Jarrod Covington 2, Travon Thomas 2, Chrivonte Moore 6, Damori Reed 14, Nakwon Harris 2, TreCharles McCoy 13, Cordell Jones 7, Tyliek Moore 14, Xavier Jammerson 30, Trivante Stephenson 8, and Jaydan Wilbourn 2. FG 51, FT 12/25, Fouls 16. (3-pointers: Tyliek Moore 1, Fouled Out: None)
Holcomb (40) - Topher Kendrick 2, Elijiah Hobbs 5, Ben Maynard 2, Eli Bader 10, Nate Rhew 14, Logan Williamson 5, Greg Kendrilk 2. FG 14, FT 6/9, F 18 (3-pointers: Hobbs 1, Rhew 4, Williamson 1. Fouled Out: None)
Hayti will play the winner of the Portageville vs Van Buren game that will be played at 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 26th. Game 13 will be played at 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 27th.
Holcomb will play the loser of the Portageville vs Van Buren game. Game 12 will be played at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 27th at the 2018 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
