Live at Peters Gym for Class 3 Sectional
Time for the girls game, Greenville and Scott City are set to tip off in a few moments.
So far nothin but 3s here as in the uniform numbers of Greenville's No. 33 Tara Porter who has four points and Scott City's No. 3 Stephanie Essner has five points.
Greenville senior Kaylin Becker just had to be helped off the court with an apparent left leg injury.
Lady Rams up 7-6, 1:00 to go in first.
36.7 left and Kaylin Becker re-enters the game for Greenville.
End of first quarter, 8-6 Scott City
Leading Scorers:
Greenville -- Porter (4)
Scott City -- Essner (5)
Greenville struggling from the floor, no FG since 5:45 left in the first.
Some popcorn spillage on the court brings the game to a halt, Lady Rams remain in the lead, 8-6.
Lady Bears can't buy a bucket as drought continues.
Stewart hits 3 from top of circle for Greenville to make it 10-9 Scott City.
Lady Rams are struggling from the line, shooting 1-for-6 so far.
Lady Rams on 6+ minute drought, now trailing 11-10.
Greenville leads 13-12 at the half
Leading scorers:
Greenville -- Porter (8)
Scott City -- Essner (9)
Lady Bears get off to fast start in second half with 7-2 run led by Porter's 5 points.
Montgomery drills a 3 for Greenville to make it 23-14 with 4:37 to go in the third.
Porter has 8 points on the quarter as the Lady Bears lead 26-18 with 2:37 to go.
Greenville leads 31-19 after three quarters
Leading scorers:
Greenville -- Porter (16)
Scott City -- Essner (11)
Scott City starts the fourth quarter solidly as Essner hits a 2 and Hogan gets the ball to the rack and will look for the three-point play. Lady Rams trail, 31-23.
A couple turnovers by the Lady Bears and it feels like momentum could be shifting.
Porter out with 4 fouls with 6:03 to go.
Greenville has maintained the lead throughout the second half and are up 34-25 with 3:15 left to play.
Kaylin Becker's knee is looking all right as she has two layups in the quarter.
1:41 left Porter at the line and Greenville up 36-25.
Greenville wins, 42-30 , and move on to its second straight quarterfinal which will be played at Farmington Civic Center on Saturday night.
First up will be the boys. Let's see how Bloomfield does coming off its first district title in 42 years against a tough Charleston team who escaped New Madrid last Friday night.
Starting lineups:
Bloomfield (17-9)
G Blake Harris
F Leighton Hensley
G Garrett Rice
F Seth Hill
C Derrick Caldwell
Charleston (18-9)
G Akeem Sharp
G Jeremy Spencer
F Deonte Jones
F Donald Dixon
C Chase McClendon
The Bluejays will be without the services of senior guard Antonio Riggens who had two techs in the district finals.
Bloomfield has the definitive edge in student-section noise in the early goings.
Bluejays up 8-6 with 2:30 to play in first. Dixon has four points for Charleston.
Wildcats on 6-0 run, four of which by Hensley, up 10-8.
Bloomfield ends first quarter on an 8-0 run. The Wildcats are using a zone on Charleston and have yet to allow a bucket from outside of the paint.
Leading Scorers:
Bloomfield -- Harris, Hensley (4)
Charleston -- Dixon (4)
Two fouls on Hensley sends him to the bench with 6:50 to in 2nd quarter. Bluejays in the bonus...
Bloomfield up 12-11 as first timeout of game is taken with 6:31 to go in 2nd quarter.
Spencer drills 3-pointer from the top, tie game 14-14.
Gregory Tucker makes three-point play, Charleston trails, 18-17.
Harris and Hensley now have 3 fouls apiece for Bloomfield
Charleston making run -- six straight points, up 22-18 with 1:00 left in half.
Charleston ends half on a 14-1 run over the last 3:42 and lead 28-19 at halftime.
Leading Scorers:
Bloomfield -- Harris, McNeil (6)
Charleston -- Dixon (8)
Charleston continues to pour it on at the start of the second half as it continues its run. Bluejays up 35-19 with a 7-0 start to the third and a 21-1 run overall.
Charleston up 40-19 as Wildcats haven't hit a field goal since 3:51 left in the second quarter.
Charleston had three 3s in the first three minutes of the half and are up 43-19 and on a 29-1 run.
Bluejays leads 48-23 with 2:38 to go in second quarter.
Leading Scorers after 3 quarters:
Bloomfield -- Hensley (12)
Charleston -- Jones (17)
Charleston leads 55-32
Bluejays continue to coast with a 63-38 lead with 5:11 to go in the game.
2:35 to go and Bluejays are up 66-42.
Bluejays move on to quarterfinals, final score 70-47.
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