Scott-Miss Tournament semifinal matchups set for Tuesday

After an action-packed slate of basketball on Saturday, Feb. 1, in Scott City, the semifinal matchups in the Scott-Miss Tournament have been set.

Hosting Scott City will take on Oran while Chaffee faces off with East Prairie. Both games will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 4, following the consolation clashes between Oak Ridge and Delta (4 p.m.) and Kelly and Scott County Central (5:15 p.m.).

Here is a roundup of the first round:

Chaffee 64, Scott County Central 45

Chaffee started the first round with a 64-45 win over Scott County Central. The Red Devils (12-6) are on pace for its best season since 2014 and have now won five of the last six meetings against SCC (4-12).

Devin Best led the Devils with 17 points followed by 16 points from Nolan Fowler, 10 points from Rolen Reischman, and eight points each from Dane McMullin and Easton Fowler.

The Devils faced a 17-11 first-quarter deficit but took control of the game with a 19-8 second-quarter rally, led by Nolan Fowler's seven points and a pair of three-point buckets from Best.

Chaffee secured the win in the third quarter with a 24-point period led by Reischman's seven points. Kolbey Estes provided five points in the second half including a 3-of-4 clip at the charity stripe.

Trevor Brown led the Braves with 13 points, while Corterien Banks and Courtney Sanders each scored 11 points with a combined 7-of-9 clip from the free throw line.

Scott City 93, Oak Ridge 37

Defense dominated the day for Scott City in the Rams' 93-37 win over Oak Ridge. It was head coach Mark Dannenmuller's 220th career win. He recently set the school record in career coaching wins on Thursday after defeating South Pemiscot.

Scott City senior guard Jaylen Rulo took advantage of the Rams' stifling defense with a layup after layup in transition, amounting to 10 points in the first quarter. A 15-0 run to start the game led to a 35-10 first-quarter lead. Rulo finished the game with a game-high 22 points.

A three-point basket by Kobe Watson extended Scott City's lead to 40 points with 3:14 left in the second quarter, leading to a 58-12 halftime lead. Watson finished the game with 17 points.

Kaden Lowery scored 15 points for the Rams, six of which led a 27-point third-quarter effort to add to the blowout. Max Snider scored 13 points and Braeden Walton added nine points for the Rams.

Noah Engler and Landon Barnett each led the Blue Jays with eight points each.

East Prairie 103, Kelly 78

In one of the more entertaining games of the day, East Prairie and Kelly put on an offensive show with the Eagles winning 103-78.

The Eagles started the game on a 15-3 run and went on to lead 28-11 at the end of the first quarter. Connor Marcum scored 10 of his team-leading 26 points in the first quarter, while Ty Wallace led the way with 11 of his 19 points coming in the opening period.

Puper Rendon scored six of his seven points in the second quarter, leading the Eagles in a 20-17 second quarter to enter halftime leading 48-35.

Tripp Shoemaker made three baskets from the three-point line to lead the Eagles in a 33-21 third quarter to enter the final period 81-56. Shoemaker continued his second-half surge with nine points in the fourth quarter to finish with 22 points.

Noah Johnson scored 13 points and August Kenedy added 10 points for the Eagles.

Skyler Still led the Hawks with 25 points while Ross Peters scored 21 points including three shots from the three-point line. It was the most points the Hawks (2-18) scored in a losing effort.

East Prairie (15-3) has won eight of their last nine games.

Oran 87, Delta 73

The Oran Eagles rebounded from a double-overtime road loss on Friday at Leopold with an 87-73 win over the Delta Bobcats in the first round.

Carson Kern led the Eagles with 34 points while Delta was led by Isaiah Berry's 31 points. Both players scored the most points in the entire tournament field.

Kern was given plenty of support. Reid Hobbs scored 20 points for the Eagles, Cole Diebold added 12 points and Kole Burger chipped in 11 points while Parker Bryant provided four points to round out the Oran scoring.

Skylar Vandeven scored 14 points as Delta's only other double-digit scorer. Ryan Jeffries (7), Bryce Cox (6), Cohen Palmer (3), and Robert Heflin (2) provided the rest of the scoring.

Oran made seven baskets from the three-point line, including four from Hobbs, and 18 of 29 shots from the free-throw line.

Delta made nine baskets from the three-point line, including five from Berry, and 14 of 20 shots from the free-throw line.

Oran (8-10) has now defeated Delta (9-9) three times this season.