2013 PB Showdown Day 2

Welcome to Peters Gym at Poplar Bluff High School where the 27th annual Poplar Bluff Showdown will be held tonight through Saturday.

Here's the tournament bracket.

Here's the blog from the opening day.

Today's Schedule
Union City (Tenn.) 59, Liberty Tech (Tenn.) 44
Booker T. Washington 77, Soldan 53
South Side (Tenn.) 76, Poplar Bluff 60
Forrest City 71, Grenada 57
Saturday's Schedule
Seventh place: Liberty Tech vs. Soldan, 4 p.m.
Fifth place: Union City vs. Booker T. Washington, 5:30 p.m.
Third place: Poplar Bluff vs. Grenada, 7 p.m.
Championship: South Side vs. Forrest City, 8:30 p.m.

Earler today:

The 3-point and slam dunk contest were held at Peters Gym.
Poplar Bluff's Ryan Brittingham won the 3-point contest for a second straight year while Angelo Smith of Booker T. Washington was the slam dunk champion.

Forrest City 71, Grenada 57

Trey Thompson finished a block shy of a triple-double to lead the Mustangs into the championship game.

The 6-foot-10 senior had 18 points, 14 rebounds, nine blocks, five steals and five assists for Forrest City (6-3). R.J. Glasper added 16 points while Trevonte Coulter chipped in 11 off the bench.

Grenada was led by 23 points from Tyrin Jones while 6-11 senior Joniah White had 14 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks a night after recording a triple-double.

Forrest CIty led 11-8 after one quarter but Grenada put together an 11-point run early in the second. The Mustangs went 4:21 without scoring but only trailed 21-15 when Thompson scored.

Coulter's 3 cut the margin in half with 2:04 left in the half and started a 15-3 run by the Mustangs, who led 33-27 at the break.

Jones hit a 3 midway through the third quarter to pull the Chargers to within 36-34 but Forrest City scored the next eight points to build a double-digit lead.

Forrest CIty led 48-42 heading into the fourth quarter before Jayshun Jordan's steal and layin made it a 10-point game with 7 minutes to play.

Grenada got within five with 3:32 left but Jordan answered with a 3 and the Chargers never got closer as Forrest City finished the game on a 16-7 run.

Forrest City scored 23 points off 21 Grenada turnovers.

Grenada 8 19 15 15 -- 57

Forrest City 11 22 15 23 -- 71

GRENADA (9-3) -- Dorris 1-12 (1-5) 0-0 3. Jones 8-14 (2-5) 5-5 23. White 7-13 (0-1) 0-0 14. Spencer 1-8 (0-4) 3-4 5. Allen 5-19 (0-1) 2-5 12. James 0. Dorsey 0. Totals: 22-66 (3-16) 10-14 57.
FORREST CITY (6-3) -- Glasper 6-14 (2-7) 2-2 16. Tripp 3-6 0-1 6. Whitfield 2-4 3-6 7. Smith 1-8 (0-3) 2-2 4. Thompson 7-14 4-6 18. Steen 1-3 0-0 2. Jordan 2-5 (1-2) 2-5 7. Williams 0-1 (0-1) 0-0 0. Coulter 3-4 (3-3) 2-3 11. Totals: 25-59 (6-16) 15-25 71.
Rebounds: Grenada 42 (White 11. Spencer 5.) Forrest City 42 (Thompson 14. Coulter 5.) Assists: Grenada 10 (Spencer 4. Dorris 3.) Forrest City 16 (Thompson 5. Jordan 4.) Steals: Grenada 11 (Dorris 3. Spencer 3.) Forrest City 14 (Thompson 5. Jordan 4.) Blocks: Grenada 5 (White 3.) Forrest City 12 (Thompson 9.)

South Side 76, Poplar Bluff 60

South Side turned up the pressure for a wire-to-wire win over the host.

Poplar Bluff turned the ball over eight times in the opening quarter to fall behind 29-12 as the Mules struggled against South Side's trapping defense.

In all, the Hawks scored 23 points off turnovers, dished out 20 assists and shot 62 percent from the field.

Jaylen Barford led with six steals to go with his 12 points and four assists for South Side. Malik Hicks led with 17 points and eight rebounds while Chris McNeal and Terrickon Smith each scored 12.

Poplar Bluff was led by Patrick Tillman's 17 points off the bench. Chris Stocks added 12 points and seven rebounds while Stacy Gipson scored 12 points on 5-of-14 shooting a night after hitting all nine of his shot attempts.

The Mules shot 36 percent from the field, including 2-of-16 from 3-point range. They trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half and 47-35 at halftime.

Poplar Bluff went the next 4:23 without scoring as South Side opened the second half with a 10-2 run. The closest the Mules got was 15 with 2:31 left in the fourth quarter.

The host Mules have not reached the final since 2004, also the only time they have won it.

South Side 29 18 14 15 -- 76

Poplar Bluff 12 23 4 21 -- 60

SOUTH SIDE (12-1) -- Barford 4-4 4-7 12. McNeal 5-13 (1-2) 1-3 12. Terri.Smith 5-9 (2-4) 0-0 12. Johnson 1-1 0-0 2. Hicks 7-9 (0-1) 3-4 17. Murphy 0. Crews 0-1 2-2 2. Spann 0-0 1-2 1. Beard 0. Terra.Smith 3-3 (1-1) 0-0 7. Rose 0-1 0-0 0. Brown 2-3 0-0 4. Henning 0-1 0-0 0. Reed 0-0 1-2 1. Heavner 1-1 0-0 2. Vinson 2-2 0-0 4. Totals: 30-48 (4-8) 12-20 76.
POPLAR BLUFF (5-4) -- Eyler 4-8 (0-1) 0-2 8. Tibbs 1-3 0-1 2. Gipson 5-14 0-0 10. Stocks 4-8 (0-1) 4-6 12. Woods 1-4 0-0 2. Whitworth 0. Metcalf 1-5 (0-2) 1-2 3. Tillman 6-12 (1-3) 4-4 17. White 0-1 0-0 0. Goodrich 0. Brittingham 1-6 (1-6) 1-2 4. McAnulty 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2. Stuckenschneider 0-3 (0-1) 0-0 0. Norton 0. Totals: 24-66 (2-16) 10-17 60.
Rebounds: South Side 34 (Hicks 8. McNeal 6.) Poplar Bluff 35 (Gipson 7. Stocks 7.) Assists: South Side 20 (McNeal 8. Hicks 4. Barford 4.) Poplar Bluff 10 (Eyler 5.) Steals: South Side 11 (Barford 6.) Poplar Bluff 10 (Eyler 4.) Blocks: South Side 3 (Barford. McNeal. Vinson.) Poplar Bluff 6 (Gipson 5.)

Booker T. Washington 77, Soldan 53

Jermarcus Franklin scored 24 points to go with six steals and six assists to lead the Warriors into the consolation final.

Franklin hit 9-of-16 shots from the field while Angelo Smith hit all nine of his shots for 18 points to go with eight rebounds.

Cortlen Brooks score 11 to lead Soldan, which shot 36 percent from the field and turned the ball over 23 times.

BTW scored nine straight early and held an 18-10 lead after one quarter. The margin grew to 13 in the second before the Warriors took a 32-24 lead into halftime.

Derwin Fitch chipped in eight points and eight rebounds for BTW, which scored 29 points off turnovers and shot 50 percent to overcome 18 turnovers.

B.T.Washington 18 14 23 22 -- 77

Soldan 10 14 6 23 -- 53

BTW (8-3) -- Blakely 0-0 1-2 1. Carwell 2-11 (1-8) 0-0 5. Carwell 2-11 (1-8) 0-0 5. J.Franklin 9-16 (0-1) 6-9 24. A.Smith 9-9 0-0 18. P.Franklin 1-4 (1-4) 0-0 3. Beason 2-4 (1-2) 5-6 10. Harris 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2. Gilmore 1-2 (1-1) 0-0 3. Sumlin 0-1 0-0 0. Sumerall 1-3 (1-1) 0-0 3. Hooker 0-1 0-0 0. James 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 30-59 (5-18) 12-17 77.
SOLDAN (4-8) -- Brooks 5-8 (0-1) 1-3 11. Simms 2-7 (1-2) 4-4 9. Jefferson 2-7 (0-1) 2-2 6. Jones 0-6 2-2 2. Barlow 3-7 (0-1) 0-0 6. Scott 1-2 1-2 3. Clower 2-7 (0-1) 4-5 8. Cole 1-1 0-0 2. Rice 0-1 0-0 0. Amos 1-3 (0-1) 0-0 2. Swan 1-1 2-2 4. Totals: 18-50 (1-7) 16-20 53.
Rebounds: BTW 35 (Fitch 8. A.Smith 8.) Soldan 30 (Jones 9. Brooks 5.) Assists: BTW 14 (J.Franklin 6.) Soldan 7 (Rice 2.) Steals: BTW 13 (J.Franklin 6.) Soldan 11 (Clower 3.) Blocks: BTW 2 (A.Smith 2.) Soldan 0.

Union City 59, Liberty Tech 44

The Golden Tornadoes advanced by hitting 13 of 16 fourth-quarter free throws to build on their eight-point lead.

Malik Stockdale hit 7-of-8 free throws and half of his shots from the field to lead Union City with 17 points. Donte Simpson had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Golden Tornadoes (13-4).

Justin Wilbourn scored 15 points and Corey Newble added 11 for the Crusaders (4-5), who trailed by 12 early in the second half before cutting it to five.

Union City led 45-37 entering the final frame and didn't hit a shot from the field until the 2:40 mark. Still, Tech couldn't gain ground having scored just 2 points during that time.

The teams traded the lead five times early until Union City put together a 13-2 run late in the second quarter for a 30-23 halftime lead.

Union City scord 21 points off turnovers and held Tech to 32 percent shooting.

Union City 10 20 15 14 -- 59

Liberty Tech 12 11 14 7 -- 44

UNION CITY (13-4) -- Hyde 1-4 (0-1) 6-9 8. Simpson 5-11 (0-2) 6-9 16. Sisco 0. Stockdale 5-10 (0-1) 7-8 17. Deberry 3-8 (1-2) 2-2 9. Moffatt 2-2 0-1 4. Polk 0-1 1-2 1. Blackwell 0. Bumpus 2-2 0-0 4. Beard 0. Totals: 18-38 (1-6) 22-31 59.
TECH (4-5) -- Murry 0-1 0-0 0. Willis 1-4 (1-3) 0-0 3. Wilbourn 7-16 (1-5) 0-0 15. Newble 4-9 (3-6) 0-0 11. Theus 1-5 0-3 2. Anthony 1-3 (0-1) 0-0 2. Walker 2-7 (1-5) 0-0 5. Simmons 0-5 (0-3) 0-0 0. Ross 0. Beauregard 2-5 2-3 6. Johnson 0. Walker 0. Totals: 18055 (6-23) 2-6 44.
Rebounds: Union City 36 (Simpson 9. Deberry 7.) Tech 26 (Theus 10.) Assists: Union City 7 (Hyde 4.) Tech 13 (Murry 4. Newble 3.) Steals: Union City 10 (Stockdale 3.) Tech 3 (Murry. Willis. Theus.) Blocks: Union City 4 (Deberry 3.) Tech 1 (Theus.)

After 2 games:

LEADERS

POINTS avg.

Tyrin Jones, Grenada 27.5

Jermarcus Franklin, BTW 21.5

Jaylen Barford, South Side 18.0

Malik Hicks, South Side 17.5

Joniah White, Grenada 17.0

Trey Thompson, Forrest City 16.0

Chris McNeal, South Side 15.5

R.J. Glasper, Forrest City 15.5

Stacy Gipson, Poplar Bluff 14.5

Chris Stocks, Poplar Bluff 14.5

REBOUNDS avg.

Trey Thompson, Forrest City 12.5

Joniah White, Grenada 11.5

Stacy Gipson, Poplar Bluff 9.5

Malik Hicks, South Side 9.0

Chris Stocks, Poplar Bluff 8.0

Donte Simpson, Union City 8.0

Tory Theus, Liberty Tech 7.5

Derwin Fitch, BTW 7.0

Trevaris Spencer, Grenada 6.5

ASSISTS avg.

Jermarcus Franklin, BTW 7.5

Kiondre Leasure, Liberty Tech 6.0

Chris McNeal, South Side 5.0

Tyler Dorris, Grenada 4.5

Joseph Eyler, Poplar Bluff 4.0

BLOCKS total

Joniah White, Grenada 14

Trey Thompson, Forrest City 11

Stacy Gipson, Poplar Bluff 10

Marcus Deberry, Union City 4

STEALS total

Jermarcus Franklin, BTW 12

Jaylen Barford, South Side 8

Cristian Simms, Soldan 8

Jayshun Jordan, Forrest City 7

Joseph Eyler, Poplar Bluff 7

FIELD GOAL PCT. pct.

JaVonte' Moffatt, Union City 6/6

Derwin Fitch, BTW .846

Angelo Smith, BTW .684

Joniah White, Grenada .667

Tyrin Jones, Grenada .653

3-PT FG PCT. pct.

Chris McNeal, South Side .750

Tyrin Jones, Grenada .727

Ashton Willis, Liberty Tech .600

Patrick Franklin, BTW .500

Terrickon Smith, South Side .500

Patrick Tillman, Poplar Bluff .500

FREE THROW PCT. pct.

Patrick Tillman, Poplar Bluff 4/4

Malik Stockdale, Union City .875

Tyree Beason, BTW .833

Malik Hicks, South Side .818