Showdown Day 2

Tuesday's Scores

Sikeston 81, Forrest City 54

Liberty Tech 67, Warren Central 50

New Madrid 57, Poplar Bluff 44

Greene County Tech 77, Raytown South 72

Wednesday's Games

Seventh Place: Forrest City vs. Poplar Bluff, 1 p.m.

Fifth Place: Sikeston vs. New Madrid, 2:30 p.m.

Third Place: Warren Central vs. Raytown South, 4 p.m.

Championship: Liberty Tech vs. Greene County Tech, 5:30 p.m.

Good night from Peters Gym

Earlier

Live from Peters Gym…

Games from Monday night can be found here.

Forrest City and Sikeston are to tip off at 4 p.m. followed by the first semifinal between Liberty Tech and Warren Central at 5:30. The Mules play New Madrid in a rematch of the SEMO Conference Tournament third place game while the other semifinal features Greene County Tech and Raytown South.

If there's no room at Bloomfield, come here and we'll post updates from Rob Tate and Alex Abate who are there for tonight's championship games.

Game 1

Sikeston leads 21-13 after one quarter. Forrest City scored one point over the final 4 minutes of the quarter while the Bulldogs went on a 11-1 run. It continued into the second as Sikeston scored the first seven points. Jesse Mitchell ended Sikeston's 18-3 run with a putback at the 5:31 mark to pull the Mustangs to within 28-15. Sikeston led by as many as 15 before the Forrest City cut it to 10 when Henry Henderson splashed in a 3-pointer from the corner. But the Mustangs couldn't get to within single digits and Sikeston leads 41-27 at the half.

At the end of three, Sikeston leads 61-42.

Sikeston won 81-54.

Sikeston 21 20 20 20 -- 81

Forrest City 13 14 15 12 -- 54

SIKESTON -- Wiggins 8 0-2 16. Howard 1 0-2 2. Lance 4 1-1 9. Porter 11 7-9 29. Jackson 5 3-4 13. Dixon 0. Hatchett 1(1) 0-0 3. Evans 0. Fondon 2 2-2 6. Holifield 1(1) 0-0 3. Totals 33(2) 13-20 81.

FORREST CITY -- Mitchell 5(1) 0-0 11. Ware 1 0-0 2. Glanton 3 2-5 8. Rogers 2(1) 2-2 7. Henderson 4(1) 1-2 10. Lee 1 0-0 2. Astin 2 0-0 4. Bean 0. Hinton 1 1-2 3. Clinton 1 2-2 4. Bailey 1(1) 0-0 3. McKinney 0. Totals 21(4) 8-13 54.

Game 2

Liberty's Cordaro Williams hit six first-quarter 3-pointers to give the Crusaders a 24-17 lead heading into the second. Williams did it again. He hits another three during Liberty's 11-2 run to ope the quarter.

Halftime 44-21 Liberty.

After three quarters Liberty leads 53-36.

It's final, Liberty Tech wins 67-50, advancing to the championship game.

Warren Central 17 4 15 4 -- 50

Liberty Tech 24 20 9 14 -- 67

CENTRAL -- Lightfoot 3 0-0 6. King 2(1) 0-0 5. Winn 6(2) 1-2 15. Halcomb 0. Jackson 2 1-2 5. Carpenter 0. Hood 0. Wells 0. Shanklin 3(2) 0-0 8. Barber 0. Sims 0. Sheldon 0. Fant 5 1-3 11. Boards 0. Bradley 0. Totals 21(5) 3-7 50.

TECH -- Anthony 5(3) 0-0 13. TJohnson 3 1-4 7. RWilliams 5(1) 0-0 11. CWilliams 11(9) 0-0 31. Dotson 1 0-0 2. Yeates 0. Arnold 0. Cain 0. Barnette 1(1) 0-0 3. Blaylock 0. Tucker 0. Totals 26(14) 1-4 67.

Game 3

Poplar Bluff vs. New Madrid County Central to tip off in 15 minutes...

At the end of the first, New Madrid County 7, Poplar Bluff 6.

At the half, score is tied 19-19. There were eight lead changes and two ties in the first half.

There has been a delay of game. One of the cheerleaders was hurt during the halftime performance. (update: She was taken to the local hospital where X-rays were negative and she is doing fine.)

Poplar Bluff and New Madrid County are back on the court warming up after a 20 minute delay. The third quarter will be in three minutes.

Poplar Bluff's Greg Coble hits a three at the buzzer to take the lead 36-35 to end the third quarter.

Final score Poplar Bluff 44, New Madrid County 57.

Kony Ealy had 16 points and 13 rebounds for New Madrid, which outrebounded Bluff 42-29.

The Mules led 40-35 before a 13-4 run by the Eagles which included eight second-chance points. Poplar Bluff scored just four points in the final 7 minutes, two of which were at the free-throw line.

New Madrid 7 12 16 22 -- 57

Poplar Bluff 6 13 17 8 -- 44

NEW MADRID -- Jenkins 1(1) 2-5 5. Waters 2 2-2 6. Minner 7 2-2 16. Ealy 6 4-6 16. Young 0 1-2 1. Holmes 1(1) 0-0 3. TJohnson 0. Stevenson 4 2-3 10. Totals 21(2) 13-20 57.

POPLAR BLUFF -- Knuckles 1(1) 1-2 4. Kilgore 2 1-5 5. JRaulston 3 2-4 8. Bullington 0. RRaulston 3(2) 2-4 10. McCain 0. Coble 1(1) 0-0 5. White 0. EJohnson 5 2-5 12. Totals 14(4) 8-20 44.

Game 4

Greene County Tech vs. Raytown South

At halftime, Greene County Tech leads 37-35. The Golden Eagles opened the second half with a 6-2 run before Corey Hillard hit a 3 with just under 5 minutes left in the third. A 7-2 run midway through the quarter gave Tech an eight-point lead but the Cardinals rallied to within four late.

Heading into the fourth quarter, Tech leads 55-48.

South has pulled within one, 55-54, with 6:43 to play … wait, Trase Davis of Tech hits a bucket after a head fake, steals inbound pass and hits a fadeaway jumper to put Tech up 59-54. … DeJuan Beard hits a 3 for South, now down 59-57 with 5:20 left. … Tech's Wes Livingston hits a runner then takes a charge at the other end. South's Rian Pearson fouls out with 4:09 left and South gets a technical foul called (not sure on who). After two free throws Tech is up 63-58. … timeout with 2:41 left, GCT leads 67-61. … with 1:52 left, GCT up 70-63 with the ball … timeout 1:04 left, GCT up 74-67 …

Raytown South 21 14 13 24 -- 72

Greene County Tech 19 18 18 22 -- 77

SOUTH -- Shelton 1 1-2 3. Pearson 9 1-1 19. Hilliard 7(2) 2-4 18. Edwards 0. Mitchell 3(1) 6-8 13. Beard 3(1) 0-0 7. Campbell 1(1) 1-2 4. Young 0. Wyatt 0. Totals 27(6) 12-18 72.

TECH -- Livingston 3 5-7 11. Hartwig 7 1-2 15. George 2 1-4 5. Davis 6 7-9 19. Mitchell 5(3) 4-8 17. Halbrook 3 1-2 7. Taylor 0. Hawes 1 1-2 3. Totals 27(3) 20-34 77.

Notes

While the teams warm up, first a few house cleaning items, a scoring correction to make from last night's Mules game. Greg Coble finished with 9 points not 10 while Riley Raulston had eight points, not seven as first reported. Raulston didn't reach double figures in scoring for the first time this season but he did take home the slam dunk contest this morning when he took a pass from Maurice Webb, who holds Poplar Bluff's assist record with 14 in a game back in 1993, over the backboard and threw it down for a 29 out of 30.

Another Mule, Steven Johnson won the 3-point contest.

First day leaders included Sikeston's Michael Porter with 34 points while Raytown South's Rian Pearson and New Madrid Kony Ealy with 11 rebounds each. Liberty's Ricky Williams had six assits along with Pete Winn of Warren Central while Kendall Anthony of Liberty and Caleb Hartwig of Greene County Tech led with five steals each.

The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules finished fifth at the Dyersburg, Tenn. tournament with a 66-37 win. More to come…

At Bloomfield…

Consolation

Hayti 55, Doniphan 53, OT

Fifth Place

Van Buren 58, Bloomfield 55

Third Place

Dexter 77, Twin Rivers 51

Championship

Bernie 69, Portageville 45, final