Braves roll to Scott-Miss title

Scott Central's Otto Porter goes up for two of his 31 points against Oran on Monday night. (Photo by Brent Shipman, Staff)

SCC's Porter scores 31 in Braves' 99-47 win in the finals of Scott-Miss tourney

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BENTON -- Taking on Oran in the championship game Monday evening, the Scott County Central Braves had little trouble defending their Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament title.

Led by Otto Porter's 31-points, the Braves were able to build a 47-point halftime lead before to rolling to a 99-47 win.

"When we came out and played Chaffee (in the semifinals) on Saturday they tried to slow us down a little bit," Scott Central head coach Kenyon Wright said. "We just tried to match up to Oran a little bit better, keep the pressure going and it worked.

"(Our players) caused some turnovers and got us scoring."

Oran (11-5) saw it's only lead of the night when Preston Scherer hit a 3-pointer less than a minute into the game to put the Eagles up 3-2.

It wasn't long after that when the Braves (14-2) kicked off a 19-0 run to start pulling away from Oran, ending the first quarter with a 20-point advantage.

Running away before the half, Scott Central got 10 and six points from Otto Porter and LaMarcus Steward respectively as part of a 32-point scoring outburst in the second that left the Braves with an imposing 59-12 lead at the break.

Though Oran's offense was able pick up the pace in the second half, scoring a combined 35 points in the final two frames, another 40 points from the Braves prevented any chance at an Eagle comeback.

"The kids wanted to come in here and get this conference championship and they got that accomplished," Wright said. "They came in here, had their heads screwed on straight and they focused a bit better tonight than the other night."

Following Otto Porter's game-high 31 points, Stewart Johnson and Dominique Porter put up 17 and 15 points for the Braves respectively.

Making it a sweep for the Braves, Scott Central's junior varsity won the championship on their side of the tournament as well with a 81-36 win over Chaffee.

ORAN (47) -- Caleb Priggel 2, Nathan Michelson 6, Preston Scherer 3, Dylan Adams 7, Kody Moore 5, Tyler Heuring 4, Dillon Kimball 5, Zac Chasteen 4, Reece Mangels 2, Jon Morrow 4, Blake Henson 5. FG 19, FT 3-3, F 12. (3-pointers: Michelson 2, Scherer 1, Adams 1, Moore 1, Kimball 1. Fouled out: none)

SCOTT CENTRAL (99) -- Blake Pobst 4, Stewart Johnson 17, Trey Johnson Reggie Woodson 6, LaMarcus Steward 8, Otto Porter 31, Dominique Porter 15, Bryan Freed 3, Calvin Porter 2, TJ Coleman 3, Ben Freed 4. FG 43, FT 11-15, F 6. (3-pointers: Dominique Porter 1, Coleman 1. Fouled out: none)

Chaffee 52, Scott City 47

BENTON -- Holding off Scott City Rams, the Chaffee Red Devils secured third-place in Scott-Mississippi Tournament with a 52-47 win.

Holding a seven-point lead entering the fourth, the Red Devils (9-6) managed to hit 6 of 12 free throws in the frame to keep the Rams(4-10) at bay long enough squeak by with the win.

Andy Terhune 15 points were a team-high for Chaffee while Alex Crowe was close behind with 14.

For Scott City, Landon Robert hit seven 3-pointers on the game in route to a game-high 23 points.