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Day: February 12, 2021

BOYS WRESTLING: District tournaments at a glance

Posted on by Jason Peake

 

Area wrestling teams head to district tournaments on Saturday. Below is a look at where each area team will be competing. 

 

CLASS 4 DISTRICT 5

WHERE: At Ozark High School

COMPETING TEAMS: Carthage, Springfield Central, Joplin, Kickapoo, Nixa, Ozark, Republic, Waynesville. 

MOVING ON: The top four in each weight class will qualify for the sectional tournament. 

SECTIONAL HOST: Ozark High School 

 

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 6

WHERE: Carl Junction High School

COMPETING TEAMS: Carl Junction, Hillcrest, McDonald County, Neosho, Parkview, Webb City, Willard. 

MOVING ON: The top four in each weight class will qualify for the sectional tournament. 

SECTIONAL HOST: Willard High School

 

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 5 

WHERE: Monett High School

COMPETING TEAMS: Buffalo, Cassville, Hollister, Logan-Rogersville, Monett, Reeds Spring, Seneca.

MOVING ON: The top four in each weight class will qualify for the sectional tournament. 

SECTIONAL HOST: Seneca High School 

 

MEN’S HOOPS: Northwest Missouri State holds off Pittsburg State

Posted on by Lucas Davis

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Trevor Hudgins scored a game-high 30 points to help lead No. 3-ranked Northwest Missouri State to an 87-75 victory over the Pittsburg State men’s basketball team on Thursday at Bearcat Arena.

The Gorillas (10-8, 10- MIAA) trailed the MIAA leading Bearcats (16-1, 16-1 MIAA) by just three points, 50-47, with 17:29 to play in the game but Northwest scored the game’s next eight points and outscored Pittsburg State, 19-7, over the next seven minutes to take control.

Ethan Holloway scored a career-high 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the floor to lead the Gorillas. Ryan Pippins added 11 points and Martin Vogts finished with 10. The Gorillas, who shot 58 percent from the field for the game, played shorthanded with starting frontcourt members Bobby Arthur-Williams Jr. and Zach Burch out of the lineup for the game.

Ryan Hawkins (22) and Diego Bernard (12) also scored in double figures for Northwest.

Pittsburg State will travel to St. Joseph, Mo.,  on Saturday to face MIAA rival Missouri Western State University at 3:30 p.m.

COLLEGE HOOPS: MSSU men earn road win at Missouri Western

Posted on by Jason Peake

The Missouri Southern men’s basketball team had five score in double-figures and rode a 31-point halftime lead en route to a 103-94 win on the road at Missouri Western on Thursday night.

Southern (11-7, 11-7 MIAA) was led offensively by Cam Martin as he scored 27 points and pulled down nine rebounds with a pair of blocks. Christian Bundy had 24 points and eight rebounds, going 9-of-12 from the field. Stan Scott had 15 points and six boards, while Winston Dessesow added 12 and Lawson Jenkins had 11.

Western (8-8, 8-8 MIAA) was led by 32 points from Tyree Carroll.

The Lions jumped out to a 9-0 lead after a layup from Scott four minutes into the game. A three from Martin with 14 minutes left made the score 16-2, while another three from Martin the next trip down made it 19-2.

A dunk from Bundy with 12:43 left made the score 23-4, while another dunk from Bundy made the score 26-4 with 10:43 to go and forced a Western timeout. A layup from Bundy with 8:18 on the clock increased the lead to 32-6, while a three from Dessesow increased the lead to 37-12, Lions with six minutes to go.

A jumper from Yagizhan Selcuk made the lead 30 (45-15) and a layup from Keryn Collins gave the Lions their biggest lead of the half at 49-17 with 2:25 to go. A jumper from Martin as the half was winding down made the halftime score 54-23.

Western started the second half like a different team. The Griffons scored 35 points in the first ten minutes of the second half, 12 more than they had the entire first half and cut the Lions’ led to 20 (78-58) with ten minutes left in the half.

A pair of free throws from Martin with five minutes left made the score 87-69, Lions, and despite the Griffons getting to within ten (93-83) late, Southern held on for the win.

The Lions shot 57 percent from the field, 41 percent from long range and 73 percent from the free throw line. Southern out rebounded Western 42-32 and led from start to finish. The Lions had a 58-30 advantage in the paint, and 21-12 in second-chance points.

The Lions will be back in action on Saturday when Southern travels to No. 3 Northwest Missouri Tip off from Bearcat Arena is set for 3:30 pm.

GIRLS HOOPS: Webb City hangs tough early, falls to state-ranked Nixa

Posted on by Jason Peake

NIXA, Mo. — Webb City hung tough in the first half, but Nixa used a strong second half to earn a 65-31 girls basketball victory on Thursday night in Central Ozark Conference action at Nixa High School. 

The Eagles, ranked fourth in Class 6 by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association, improved to 16-6 overall and 4-1 in the COC.

Webb City fell to 7-11 overall and 2-3 in conference play. 

The Cardinals trailed by five late in the second quarter, but the hosts used an 18-1 run that spanned the end of the first half and the early part of the third quarter to pull away for good.  

Jaydee Duda scored 12 points to lead Webb City, while Malorie Stanley had six. Sierra Kimbrough added five points and Kate Brownfield chipped in four. 

Macie Conway and Rhianna Gibbons scored 21 points apiece for the Eagles. 

Nixa scored the first eight points of the game, while the visitors struggled with turnovers early in the contest. 

The Eagles led 16-4 at the end of the first period.

Webb City pulled within five at 25-20 after Stanley hit a 3-pointer, Ripley Shanks scored on a putback and Duda converted a steal into a layup. 

But after a timeout, Gibbons scored five straight points for the Eagles before Stanley made one free throw. 

Up 30-21 at the break, Nixa scored the first nine points of the third period to extend their lead to 18.

The Eagles held a comfortable 50-27 advantage heading into the fourth quarter. 

Webb City was limited to two field goals in the fourth quarter. 

The Cardinals host Carl Junction at 4:30 on Saturday. 

COLLEGE HOOPS: MSSU women fall at Missouri Western

Posted on by Jason Peake

The Missouri Southern women’s basketball program got 13 points from Carly Turnbull, but the Lions fell 74-58 on the road to the Griffons of Missouri Western on Thursday inside the MWSU Fieldhouse.

 Southern (7-11, 7-11 MIAA) was led by Turnbull’s 13 points shooting 5-of-9 from the field and grabbing six rebounds. Madi Stokes had eight points and a block, while Hailey Grant finished with a career-high six points and Emily Kuntze tied a season-high with three assists.

Stokes has 41 blocks on the season passing Tynesha Pierce (06-07) and Zoe Campbell (18-19) for third in school history.

Missouri Western (4-11, 4-11 MIAA) was led by Brionna Budgetts and Logan Hughes with 14 points each. Mary Fultz chipped in with 13 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Camille Evans had nine points, three assists and five steals as well.

 The Lions started the game with an 8-2 run capped off by a Turnbull jumper from a Biance Stocks assist with 5:47 remaining in the quarter. Kailtin Hunnicutt got the lead up to seven (13-6) with a three from a Stocks’ assist with 3:46 left. 

 The Griffons went on a 8-0 run to take the lead with 1:08 remaining before Grant connected on a three from a Hunnicutt feed with 47 seconds remaining to send the Lions ahead (16-14) at the conclusion of the quarter.

 Turnbull claimed the lead back after both teams traded baskets with a layup off an offensive rebound with 8:05 remaining making the score 20-19. The Griffons responded with a 13-0 run before an Amaya Johns free throw stopped it, as at the half the Griffons led by 13.

 Megan Jackson cut the deficit to 12 with a jumper and-one (26-38) with 8:44 remaining in the third quarter, before a 6-0 run by the Griffons extended the lead. 

 A made free throw from Grant with 8:19 remaining cut the lead to 20 but that was as close as the Lions got in the quarter. 

 For the game the Lions shot 33 percent from the field and 76.5 from free throws, winning the assist battle with 13 and second chance points 8. 

 Southern will be back in action Saturday as they travel to Maryville to take on the Bearcats of Northwest Missouri. Tip-off from Bearcat Arena is set for 1:30 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS: Ozark pulls away from Carl Junction

Posted on by Lucas Davis

OZARK, Mo. — Ozark went into the second half with a nine-point cushion before using an 18-0 run to pull away to a 64-38 win over Carl Junction on Thursday.

The Tigers gained the initial lead after scoring the game’s first eight points before the Bulldogs rallied to trim the lead to 8-5 near the midway mark of the opening quarter. Carl Junction got a 3-pointer from Destiny Buerge before she followed up with another score to finish out the first down two, 16-14.

Ozark used a 9-2 run to open the second period, highlighted by a 3-pointer from Anna Hitt to build a nine-point lead they would hold onto through the rest of the first half, heading into the break up 36-27.

The Tigers scored 18 unanswered points over the first 6:49 of the third quarter to take a commanding 54-27 advantage. The lead proved too great for the Bulldogs to make a run before the final horn.

Moriah Putt led Ozark with a game-high 19 points, while Riley Boggs and Hitt each added 15 points in the win. 

Jessa Hylton led Carl Junction with 14 points, while Buerge was right behind with 13 points. Klohe Burk added six.

Carl Junction is at Webb City on Saturday and Joplin on Tuesday.

WOMEN’S HOOPS: Johnson leads Gorillas past Northwest Missouri State

Posted on by Lucas Davis

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Julia Johnson scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help lead Pittsburg State women’s basketball to a lopsided 79-50 road win over Northwest Missouri State on Thursday at Bearcat Arena.

Johnson made 10-of-13 shots from the field as the Gorillas shot the ball at a 51.6 percent clip for the game (32-62).

Pittsburg State (12-6, 12-6 MIAA) led 22-18 with 5:50 to play in the second quarter, but the Gorillas outscored Northwest (6-10-, 6-10 MIAA) 12-1 the rest of the period to take a 34-19 advantage into halftime.

Tristan Gegg added 14 points and seven rebounds for Pittsburg State. Kaylee DaMitz contributed nine points and three assists, while Ashton McCorry chipped in with eight points.

The Bearcats got a team-leading 17 points from Molly Hartnett.

Pittsburg State will continue with game two of a three-game road swing with a 1:30 p.m. tip on Saturday at St. Joseph, Mo., against Missouri Western State .

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