Scott Central easily defeats Gideon, 95-48

GIDEON -- The Scott County Central Braves (6-1) soundly defeated the Gideon Bulldogs 95-48 on Friday night at Gideon High School.

The Braves outscored the Bulldogs 24-8 in the first quarter and never looked back. Scott Central held a 53-20 lead at halftime.

All-stater Drew Thomas led the Braves with 28 points and also recorded nine assists, six rebounds and four steals. Randy Timmons scored 21 points and had eight steals while Otto Porter added 14 points, six rebounds, six steals and three blocks. Bobby Hatchett finished with 10 points, six assists and four steals.

The Braves are off until the seMissourian Christmas Tournament on Dec. 26.

Chaffee 59,

Woodland 52

MARBLE HILL -- Chaffee won their second game of the season 59-52 over Woodland.

Trenton Horman scored 19 points and Collin Dannenmueller netted 17 as Chaffee won on the road.

Taimen Taylor added 14 points for the Red Devils (2-1).

Kyle Reynolds paced Woodland with 20 points, while Evan Jones tallied 13 and Josh Hahn had 10.

St. Vincent 65, Kelly 64, OT

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent won its season opener by defeating Kelly in overtime. Justin L'Hote led the Indians with 20 points, Levi Felter scored 20 for Kelly.

Bloomfield 75, Richland 68

BLOOMFIELD ­ Missed free throws probably cost Bloomfield a win in regulation, but in the end, it was success from the charity strip that eventually lifted the Wildcats to a 75-68 double overtime win against Richland at home Friday in the first SCAA game for both schools.

Bloomfield was 7-of-14 from the free throw line in regulation, but went 9-of-10 from the charity strip in the two overtime periods to nail down the conference win and improve to 3-3 on the season.

Seth Hillšs 3-pointer for Bloomfield opened the scoring in the second overtime and pushed the Wildcats out to a 66-63 lead, but it was clutch free throw shooting in the waning seconds that sealed the win. Seniors Corey Smith and Blake Harris combined to go 5-of-6 from the line with less than 30 seconds remaining as the Rebels were forced to foul and hope for misses.

Harris finished with 19 points (three 3-pointers) to lead Bloomfield offensively, while Hill threw down 15, Corey Smith added 14 and Leighton Hensley scored 10.

Richland's Ryan Kleffer scored 21 for the Rebels, who now stand at 0-3 on the year. Drew Thornton added 13 and Mac Thornton had 11.

FRESHMAN

NMCC 42, Kennett 28

NEW MADRID -- The New Madrid County Central Eagles freshman basketball team defeated the Kennett Indians on Thursday night, 42-28.

Earl Grissom led the Eagles with 10 points. Lamonte Nelson added nine points while Rodricus Johnson chipped in with eight.