CARTHAGE GIRLS 82, SENECA 50
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage senior Hailey Fullerton poured in a career-high 35 points and hit five 3-pointers to lead the Tigers, who returned to action after a long layoff.
“Hailey was our offensive catalyst in the second and third quarters, which is how we scored 50 points as a team in the middle two quarters,” Tigers coach Scott Moore said.
Carthage (11-7) hadn’t played in two weeks.
“The two-week gap between games showed with a sluggish first half, but we came out with more energy and better execution in the second half and ran away from a hot shooting Seneca team tonight,” Moore said.
Kianna Yates added 14 points and Brinna Ream had 13 for the Tigers, who led 35-30 at the half before pulling away in the third quarter.
Carthage outscored Seneca 29-15 in the third period.
“We will need to play better over the entire 32 minutes next week when we host Republic on Thursday, and the girls know that,” Moore said. “They will be up for that challenge.”
Aliya Grotjohn scored 33 points for the Indians, who fell to 6-12, while Makayla French had 10.
WEBB CITY BOYS 57, PARKVIEW 51
NIXA, Mo. — Webb City pulled away late a 57-51 win over Parkview on Thursday night at the Nixa Invitational Tournament.
The Cardinals trailed 26-25 at halftime, but Webb City led 40-39 at the end of the third quarter.
The Cardinals outscored the Vikings 17-12 in the fourth quarter to secure the close win.
Luke Brumit scored 20 points, making 9-of-10 shots and 2-of-3 free throws, and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Cardinals (13-4).
Nickhai Howard added 13 points, six rebounds and five assists for Webb City, while Mekhi Garrard and Cohl Vaden contributed nine points apiece.
Elijah Whitley scored 22 points for Parkview (5-8).
GOLDEN CITY BOYS 69, THOMAS JEFFERSON 55
DIAMOND, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson took a 30-25 lead into the intermission before Golden City took the lead in the third and pulled away in the fourth on the way to the win.
The Eagles (15-4) outscored the Cavaliers (13-3) by eight in the third to take a three-point lead into the final right minutes, 47-44. Golden City doubled up Thomas Jefferson 22-11 in the fourth quarter.
The Eagles had just four players reach the scoreboard, but all of them put up double digits. Matt Weiser led the way with 24, while Chain Parrill finished with 18 and Lane Dunlap scored 17. Josh Reeves added 10.
Caden Myers led Thomas Jefferson with 18 points, while Jay Ball added 13. Drew Goodhope had nine and Tyler Brouhard had eight.
Thomas Jefferson takes part in the Mercy Warrior Classic with a matchup against Joplin JV on Monday.
