Basketball: Kennett girls to play in SEMO Tournament this week

NEW MADRID — The Kennett High School girls basketball team has drawn the No. 5 seed for the upcoming SEMO Conference Tournament.

The Indians will play No. 4 Cape Central at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at New Madrid County Central High School — also the site of this weekend’s RiverBend Classic.

Kennett athletic director Jim Vaughan said admission prices will be $5 per person per day, both adults and students.

Kennett's Christi Tejeda dribbles while defended by a Cape Notre Dame Regional player during the SEMO Conference tournament last year at Kennett High School. (File photo by Christian Johnson, staff)

No. 8 New Madrid County Central will play No. 9 Poplar Bluff at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27, in what’s been termed a play-in game.

The winner of that game will play No. 1 Cape Notre Dame Regional at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 28.

The loser will play the similar loser of a No. 2/No. 7 match-up between Jackson and Sikeston, which is slated for 8:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 27.

No. 3 Saxony Lutheran squares off against No. 6 Dexter at 7 p.m. Nov. 27.

In last year’s championship, which was played at Kennett High School, Cape Notre Dame topped Jackson 40-30, for the Bulldogs fourth consecutive SEMO Conference title — paced by Tori Rubel, who now plays for the University of Tennessee-Martin.

INFORMATION

GIRLS BASKETBALL

SEMO Tournament

At New Madrid

Here’s the complete tournament schedule:

Monday, Nov. 27

Play-In Game

5:30 p.m., No. 8 New Madrid County Central vs. No. 9 Poplar Bluff

First-Round Games

7 p.m., No. 3 Saxony Lutheran vs. No. 6 Dexter

8:30 p.m., No. 2 Jackson vs. No. 7 Sikeston

Tuesday, Nov. 28

5:30 p.m., No. 1 Cape Notre Dame vs. NMCC/Poplar Bluff winner

7 p.m., No. 4 Cape Central vs. No. 5 Kennett

8:30 p.m., Loser out game

Wednesday, Nov. 29

6 p.m. Consolation semifinals, two games

Thursday, Nov. 30

6 p.m., Championship semifinals, two games

Friday, Dec. 1

5:30 p.m., Consolation championship

7 p.m., Third-place game

8:30 p.m., Championship game

Admission: $5 per day for both adults and students.