Malden bests Portageville for fifth place at Bloomfield Christmas Tournament
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Balanced scoring led the Malden Green Wave to a 52-50 win over Portageville during the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament fifth place game.
Dushawn Butler led Malden with 14 points while Malcom McBride added 13 and Tyler Ison scored 12.
The Green Wave trailed by six at halftime but outscored Portageville 15-9 in the third quarter to tie the game at 32-all.
Malden scored the first nine points to open the final period to go ahead 41-32.
Ian Torrey, who led Portageville with 24 points, hit 1 of 2 free throws with 3:38 to play in the fourth giving them their first points of the quarter. The Bulldogs never recovered its slow start to the period.
Torrey finished the four-day tournament with a total of 83 points giving him the second-highest total of the tournament.
Malden | 6 | 11 | 15 | 20 | -- | 52 |
Portageville | 15 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -- | 50 |
MALDEN (52) -- Dushawn Butler 14, Broddric Annesser 6, Tyler Ison 12, Malcom McBride 13, Chience Booker 7. FG 20 FT 10-16 F 15. (3-pointers: Butler 1, Booker 1. Fouled out: none.)
PORTAGEVILLE (50) -- Hunter Gates 4, Luke Darst 6, Ian Torrey 24, Chris Garmon 10, Daniel Carter 3, Alex Riddle 3. FG 20 FT 4-12 F 12. (3-pointers: Darst 2, Torrey 2, Riddle 1. Fouled out: Gates.)
Consolation Championship
Twin Rivers 60, Bernie 55
Hayden Thomas scored a game-high 24 points to lead the eight-seeded Twin Rivers Royals to a consolation championship over Bernie.
Chance Wilkerson added 14 points for Twin Rivers, who lost in the first round but won three in a row to finish as consolation winners.
Nate Dillinger led Bernie with 16 points. Dillinger finished the four-day tournament with a total of 92 points, which topped every other scorer in the 16-team field.
Twin Rivers | 16 | 14 | 12 | 18 | -- | 60 |
Bernie | 9 | 15 | 15 | 16 | -- | 55 |
TWIN RIVERS (60) -- Hayden Thomas 24, Zach Hargraves 2, Chance Wilkerson 14, Jack LeGrand 4, Jacob Mitchell 6, JR Perryman 8. FG 21 FT 13-21 F 15. (3-pointers: Thomas 1, LeGrand 1, Mitchell 1. Fouled out: none.)
BERNIE (55) -- Jayce Burk 5, Ridge Littleton 8, Michael Suiter 9, Nate Dillinger 16, Gavin Brown 5, Dalton Hobgood 12. FG 22 FT 5-13 F 21. (3-pointers: Burk 1, Dillinger 1, Hobgood 4. Fouled out: Alex Guzman.)