Jefferson beat Scott County in a tight contest here at Mizzou Arena. The Braves had a chance to tie it with 1.5 seconds left. D.D. Gillespie was on the free throw line shooting two. But Gillespie missed his two free throws.

Read tomorrow's Southeast Missourian for more coverage.

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Jefferson 70, Scott County 68, 6 seconds left

Well, there is a timeout with 6 seconds left. Braves have the ball. A field goal will tie it. Stay tuned.

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Jefferson 69, Scott County 66, 19.2 second left in game

Jefferson has staged a 8-2 run and has the Braves needing a 3-pointer to tie.

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Scott County 64, Jefferson 61, 2:26 left in game

Quick timeout so I just wanted to tell you all the score. The strong pressure by the Braves defense continues.

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Scott County 56, Jefferson 52 end of third

Scott County's Drew Thomas is on a roll right now, scoring the last nine points for the Braves after a slow start shooting. Braves lead by four heading into the fourth.

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Scott County 52, Jefferson 49, 1:33 remaining in third quarter.

The Braves have taken the lead with some strong full court defensive pressure. And Drew Thomas is heating up with the last five points of the contest.

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Jefferson 38, Scott County 33

Scott County has cut the Jefferson lead to five points here entering halftime. D.D. Gillespie and Bobby Hatchett, the Braves two guards, are in some foul trouble. Gillespie has three and Hatchett has two. Stay tuned for more coverage in the second half.

Caleb Johnson leads the Braves with 11 points. Gillespie has 10.

Jefferson's Craig Matson has a game-high 12 points. Jefferson knocked down five 3-pointers in the first quarter.

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Jefferson 33, Scott County 23, 3:44

Jefferson has led by as many as 14 points in the second quarter and now has a 10-point lead with 3:44 left before halftime.

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Jefferson 23, Scott County 13 end of first quarter

After taking a timeout with 2:27 left in the first quarter, Jefferson went on a 6-2 run to close out the period. It heads into the second quarter with a 10-point lead. Scott Couny is struggling with its shooting.

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Jefferson 15, Scott County 11

Jefferson just took a timeout to stop a 9-2 run by the Braves. Scott County started out slow but seems to be picking up its pace here late in the first quarter.

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Jefferson 10 , Scott County 2. 6:08 left in first

Jefferson has jumped out to a 10-2 lead less than two minutes into this one.

Scott County Central's semifinal against Jefferson has been delayed a bit because the last game here at the Mizzou Arena went into double overtime. Scott County and Jefferson are both now on the court shooting around. Stay Tuned the game is likely to begin at 12:40 or so.

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Delta 49, Meadville 39, final.

Delta will be playing for the Class 1 title Friday with a semifinal victory here today over previously undefeated Meadville. I will be back blogging at 12:20 p.m. or a little before to give you live updates of what should be an action-filled game between Scott County and Jefferson. See you all again soon.

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Delta 41, Meadville 34 , 4:47 left in first quarter

Delta still has a seven-point lead with a little more than half a quarter to play.

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Delta 37, Meadville 30, end of the third quarter

Delta clings to a seven-point lead as it heads into the fourth quarter. Kaci Sargent has been pretty much Meadville's whole offense with 12 more in the third quarter. Delta must stop her in the fourth to win.

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Delta 28, Meadville 17 halftime

The Bobcats are leading by 11 points at halftime over a Meadville team that is is undefeated this season at 29-0. Sarah Keys leads Delta with 11 points and Taylor Smith has added nine points. Meadville's Kaci Sargent leads her team, scoring 11 of its 17 points. Only two other players have scored for the Eagles. So if Delta can shut down Sargent in the second, it had a pretty good chance of winning.

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Delta 14, Meadville 8, end of first quarter.

Well, I am here at Mizzou Arena covering Delta vs. Meadville at 9 a.m. Delta leads after one. I have to say I have experienced some strange things as a sports writer, such as writing game stories in my car at 11 p.m. at night on side of road and having the police stop to see what I was doing and then running my plates. However, a 9 a.m. game is a first. I think I'll be a member of an exclusive club of only one percent of all sports reporters to cover a game this early in the morning.