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Top seeds roll in Scott-Mississippi County Tournament opening round
BENTON -- With 22 points from Julia Sutterfield, the top--seeded Chaffee Lady Devils downed eighth-seeded Scott City 64-29 on Monday in the opening round of the Scott-Mississippi County Tournament.
After taking a nine-point lead into the second quarter, Chaffee (10-2) out-scored the Lady Rams 21-5 in the final eight minutes of the first half to extend their lead to 25 points.
The Lady Devils went on to out-pace Scott City each of the final to quarters to hold on for the win.
Behind Sutterfield, Jordan Pruitt and Carliegh Burnett had 10 points each.
Anna Kern led the Lady Rams (0-10) with 11 points.
Chaffee will play fourth-seeded oran in the semifinals Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Kelly High School.
Scott City 7 5 13 4 -- 29
Chaffee 16 21 19 8 -- 64
SCOTT CITY (29) -- Billi Charleston 3, Anna Kern 11, Hannah Shemonia 2, Carly Howell 2, Liz Hensley 2, Michaela Kiefer 9. FG 11, FT 3-4, F 11 (3-pointers: Kern 3, Charleston. Fouled out: None.)
CHAFFEE (64) -- Jordan Pruitt 10, Julia Sutterfield 22, Kylie Wilhite 5, Carleigh Burnett 10, Mary Beth Knutson 6, Hannah Seyer 2, Lindsey Harrell 5, Kaitlin McFerron 4. FG 25, FT 9-13, F 8 (3-pointers: Pruitt 2, Burnett 2, Sutterfield. Fouled out: None.)
Kelly 53, East Prairie 25
BENTON -- The second-seeded Kelly Lady Hawks defeated seventh-seeded East Prairie 53-25 in the tournament opening round.
Kelly (8-4) outscored the Lady Eagles in all four quarters, including finishing the night with a 22 point fourth quarter.
Tessa Johnson led the Lady Hawks with a game-high 16 points while Kristi Brucker added 10 points to the cause.
For the Lady Eagles (1-9), Dakota Arnold finished with a team-high 12 points.
Kelly will play third-seeded Charleston Thursday at 7 p.m.in the semifinals at Kelly High School.
East Prairie 6 2 7 10 -- 25
Kelly 12 7 14 22 -- 53
EAST PRAIRIE (25) -- Dakota Arnold 12, Montana Watson 4, Jordan Harper 1, Alexa Nordwald 4, Kali Thurman 4. FG 11, FT 4-18, F 19 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: Watson, Thurman.)
KELLY (53) -- Tori Duenne 9, Morgan LeDure 6, Kaylee Scherer 5, Tessa Johnson 16, Stephanie Worth 4, Logan Ivie 3, Kristi Brucker 10, Dakaria Johnson 2. FG 20, FT 16-33, F 18 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)
Charleston 63, Scott County Central 35
BENTON -- With a dominant start to the contest, third-seeded Charleston knocked off defending champion Scott County Central 63-35 Monday in the tournament opening round.
Charleston (8-2) came out to a 22-7 advantage after the first quarter before playing the sixth-seeded Bravettes (2-11) even in the second quarter.
By out-pacing Scott Central 27-9 in the third quarter the Lady Blue Jays took a comfortable 33-point lead going into the fourth.
Charleston's Cheyenne Randle led all comers with 19 points, followed by teammate Sierra Frazier with 16 points. Juwanna Walker added 15 points to the Lady Bluejays' cause.
Johneisha Davis led the Bravettes with 15 points.
Scott County 7 14 9 5 -- 35
Charleston 22 14 27 2 -- 63
SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (35) -- Nastassia Williams 2, Hailey Kesler 4, Ziaire Davis 6, Johneisha Davis 15, Maddison Avance 3, Miranda Ruedrich 2, Chelsea Phillips 3. FG 13, FT 9-29, F 17 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)
CHARLESTON (63) -- Fa'Quazia Wilson 3, Sierra Frazier 16, Frederica Evans 3, Juwanna Walker 15, Cheyenne Randle 19, Channelle Quinn 2, Connor Watkins 4, Sharrell Woods 2. FG 16, FT 9-18, F 23 (3-pointers: Frazier 2, Walker 2, Wilson, Evans, Randle. Fouled out: Evans.)
Oran 51, Delta 13
BENTON -- Despite representing the fourth and fifth seeds, Oran and Delta participated in one of the bigger blow outs of the night with the Lady Eagles coming away with a 51-13 opening round win.
The Lady Eagles (8-2), seeded fourth, held the fifth-seeded Lady Bobcats (3-8) to single digit scoring all four quarters. This included taking a 14-2 lead after the first quarter and building it to 31-6 advantage going into halftime.
In outscoring Delta 16-6 in the third quarter Oran ensured a turbo-clocked finish.
Allie Cummins' 14 points led the Lady Eagles while Brianna Stause and Ashlyn McIntosh added 13 and 10 points respectively.
Delta 2 4 6 1 -- 13
Oran 14 17 16 3 -- 51
DELTA (13) -- Jamie Hodge 2, Erin Bond 1, Meagan Parker 2, Cooper Simpson 2, Kiley Wicker 6. FG 6, FT 1-11, F 16 (3-pointers: None. Fouled out: None.)
ORAN (51) -- Allie Cummins 14, Brianna Stause 13, Tatum May 3, Ashlyn McIntosh 10, Kaylen Glastetter 8, Hannah Scherer 5. FG 14, FT 8-14, F 9 (3-pointers: Stause 3, Cummins 2. Fouled out: None.)