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.
The 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament will begin on Thursday, December 29th at 1 p.m. between the #8 Puxico Indians and the #4 Portageville Bulldogs.
Thursday, December 29th Schedule:
1 p.m. #8 Puxico vs #4 Portageville
2:30 p.m. #15 Bloomfield vs #14 Hayti
4:00 p.m. #9 East Prairie vs #13 South Pemiscot
5:30 p.m. #2 Bernie vs #6 Twin Rivers
7:00 p.m. #1 Dexter vs #5 Malden
8:30 p.m. #7 Kennett vs #3 Doniphan
The Hayti Indians defeated Van Buren Bulldogs 58-46 in Game #13 of the 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Wednesday. They led in every quarter except the 4th quarter..
Keion Hamilton and J'Vonta Payne both tied for a team-high 14 points each for the Indians. Hamilton is a senior guard. He scored seven buckets. Payne is freshman guard and he scored two buckets, three treys and one from the charity stripe.
Jovon Turner a sophomore forward tallied 12 points on six baskets.
Isaiah Love a freshman guard contributed 10 points on two buckets and two treys.
Elijah Van Wagner, a 6'0" sophomore guard/forward for the Bulldogs had a game-high 18 points. He recorded eight baskets and was 2/6 at the line.
Final Score Hayti 58, Van Buren 46
Hayti 19. 13. 20. 6. - 58
Van Buren 6. 6. 15. 19 - 46
Hayti (58) - Clay 2, Hamilton 14, Grant 4, Turner 12, Love 10, Nettleton 2, J'Vonta Payne 14, FG 26, FT 1/17, F 16. (3-pointers: Love 2, J'Vonta Payne 3. Fouled Out: None)
Van Buren (46) - Van Wagner 18, Bryce Hawkins 4, Benjamin Hawkins 4, Caleb Ricker 4, Mann 2, Evan Ricker 2, Hills 5, Townsley 6, Reed 1. FG 20, FT 5/16, F 19. (3-pointers: Benjamin Hawkins 1, Fouled Out None)
#14 Hayti will play #15 Bloomfield on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in Game #18 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Van Buren has been eliminated.
The Bloomfield Wildcats dug a small hole in the first half, but managed to put out a victory 49-46 over the Holcomb Hornets in Game #11 of the 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Hunter Moore, a 6'1" senior guard for the Wildcats recorded a game-high 19 points on four 3-pointers and was 7/10 at the charity stripe.
Noah Kenner, 6'2" sophomore guard/forward tallied a team-high 14 points for the Hornets. He collected four buckets, one trey and was 3/6 at the charity stripe.
Max Harmon also finished in double digits for Holcomb with 10. He added four buckets and was perfect at the line 2/2.
Final Score Bloomfield 49, Holcomb 46
Bloomfield. 9 11 12 17 - 49
Holcomb 13 13 8 12 - 46
Bloomfield (49) - Sanders 4, Wagster 3, Upchurch 1, Hutchison 3, Moore 19, Craft 9, Dowdy 6, Hartlein 4. FG 15, FT 13/22, F 18. (3-pointers: Wagster 1, Hutchison 1, Moore 4, Fouled Out: Upchurch)
Holcomb (46) - Kenner 14, Burk 8, Smith 5, McNabb 3, Reeves-Crittendon 6, Harmon 10. FG 14, FT 15/22, F 18. (3-pointers: Kenner 1, Burk 1, Smith 1. Fouled Out: None)
##15 Bloomfield will now face #14 Hayti in the consolation semifinal on Thursday, December 29th at 2:30 p.m.
Holcomb has been eliminated from the tournament.
The #8 ranked Puxico Indians faced off against the #16 seeded Gideon Bulldogs coming out on top by a score of 61-25.
The Bulldogs could not get much together offensively against the Indians scoring only 7 points in the first half. they have heart and didn't give up through the game.
Puxico's Cole Barnfield, a 5'11" senior guard tallied a game-high 17 points on four buckets and three treys. He was the only player in double digits.
Landan Burchard, Scyler Zimmerman, and Ben Jones each contributed one 3-pointer each.
Final Score Gideon 25, Puxico 61
Gideon 7. 0 11 7 - 25
Puxico 17. 18. 20. 6 - 61
Gideon (25) - Cornett 6, Weaver 9, Montgomery 6, Lemmon 2, Hewitt 2. FG 11, FT 02, F 12. (3-pointers: Weaver 3. Fouled Out: None)
Puxico (61) - Burchard 3, Robinson 2, Mitchell 6, Barnfield 17, Crabb 6, Long 4, Burch 4, Zimmerman 8, Jones 9, Fortner 2, FG 25, FT 5/8, F 8. (3-pointers: Burchard 1, Barnfield 3, Zimmerman 1, Jones 1. Fouled Out: None)
Gideon is out of the tournament.
Puxico will play Portageville at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 29th.
