Risco picks up second victory

RISCO -- The Risco Tigers have hungered for wins this season but picked up one at home on Friday.

Risco (2-10, 1-3 in conference) hit nine 3-pointers en route to the 66-64 upset victory over Tri-County Conference foe Holcomb.

Ricky Davis (17), Kyle Hayes (16) and Kyle White (15) topped the Tigers' scoring list.

Central hit 11 3-pointers and remained undefeated in SEMO Conference play by routing visiting Caruthersville.

Jajuan Bell drained seven 3-pointers and poured in 30 points to pace the Tigers, who improved to 9-9 overall and 3-0 in the league. Kerry Walker added 10 points for Central, which led 37-26 at halftime and outscored Caruthersville 42-20 in the second half.

Perryville overcame a two-point halftime deficit to post a Jefferson County Conference road win.

The Pirates (12-6, 4-1 Jeffco) were led by Ruck Dunn with 20 points and Michael Fritsche with 16.

St. Vincent ran into a powerful De Soto squad on the road and suffered a lopsided defeat.

Gregory Finger led the Indians (8-7, 2-3 Jefferson County Conference) with nine points.

Will Bogan scored 27 points and Nick Niemczyk added 23 as Bell City won easily on the road.

The Cubs (12-4) scored at least 23 points in each of the first three quarters.