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District upset
No. 4 Portageville taken down by No. 5 South Pemiscot 56-54
BLOOMFIELD -- Watching a late lead escape them, fourth-seeded Portageville fell 56-54 to fifth-seed South Pemiscot on Monday in the opening round of the Class 2, District 1 Tournament.
"We just missed so many easy shots around the basket tonight," Portageville head coach Jason Irby said. "We had a lot of opportunities when we had a two to four lead to stretch it. The ball just seemed to find a way to bounce the wrong way."
Both teams struggled shooting all night, but it was Portageville who held their biggest lead of the night, 47-43, with 5:30 left in regulation.
That advantage was quickly stolen when an unanswered layup, followed by a 3-pointer allowed South Pemiscot to move ahead by a point with 2:06 remaining.
Portageville's final lead came 30 seconds later when a pair of free throws from Dominique Walker shifted the one-point advantage their way.
A put-back from Collin Gilmore was followed by a pair of free throws, however, to put South Pemiscot back in control, 52-49, with 1:09 to play.
Walker scored in the paint to close Portageville within a point on their next possession, but were forced to foul soon after as South Pemiscot attempted to run out the clock.
South Pemiscot went 4 for 6 on their next three trips to the line while getting a key rebounds to extend their lead to five points with 12 seconds remaining.
A 3-pointer from Ben Story with only four seconds left on the clock gave Portageville some life as they closed back to within two points.
South Pemiscot was able to seal the win when one final steal attempt on the base line by Portageville was narrowly averted, allowing them to run out the clock.
"Our offensive execution could have been better," South Pemiscot head coach Aaron Bidewell said. "But against a fantastic, athletic team like they are you have to take what you can get as far as buckets go.
"As far as our defense and rebounding goes, we didn't block out a few times when we needed to in the first half. Besides that, our execution was pretty good."
A large portion of credit for South Pemiscot's win goes to the team's effort at the charity stripe. They hit 18 of 23 (78 percent) while going a perfect 10 of 10 on free throws in the first half.
"We really struggled at the beginning of the year with that," Bidewell said. "I think we were at like 50 percent as far as free throws go. Our kids came in focused to work on it. A few beat me to the gym today, so I'm just happy today as far as them getting up here and shooting as well as they did."
Four South Pemiscot scorers reached double-digits on the night with Anthony Primer scoring 16 points to lead the way. Logan Carter had 13 points while Jacob Trammell and Seth Harris scored 11 and 10 points respectively.
In his final game for Portageville, Walker contributed a game-high 23 points, including 13 points alone in the first quarter.
"We had a lot of opportunities around the basket," Irby said. "We didn't finish and had loose balls we couldn't corral. In a close game like that you have to have those."
Portageville finished the year at 13-11, but much sooner than they'd had hoped. They'll lose nine seniors to graduation.
"We had kind of an up and down year," Irby said. "Not the year I thought we'd have, but I'm proud of them for persevering through. We had a good group of kids as far as effort and they just fell a little short tonight."
South Pemiscot moves on to face the top-seeded Hayti Indians on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the semifinals.
| S. Pemiscot | 21 | 14 | 7 | 14 | - | 56 |
| Portageville | 18 | 13 | 13 | 10 | - | 54 |
SOUTH PEMISCOT (56) -- Collin Gilmore 6, Anthony Primer 15, Jacob Trammel 11, Logan Carter 13, Seth Harris 10. FG 17, FT 18-23, F 16. (3-pointers: Trammel 3, Carter 1. Fouled out: none.)
PORTAGEVILLE (54) -- Cody Carpenter 3, Ben Story 6, Dion Foster 6, Dominique Walker 23, Robert Anderson 4, A.V. Banks 9. FG 19, FT 7-9, F 23. (3-pointers: Carpenter 1, Story 1, Foster 2, Walker 2. Fouled out: Caleb Gooch, Daniel Allen.)
Holcomb 48, Bloomfield 35
BLOOMFIELD -- Avoiding a near upset, third-seeded Holcomb came back to defeat sixth-seeded Bloomfield, 48-35, in the opening round of the Class 2, District 1 Tournament.
Bloomfield stormed out of the gate on a 21-5 run that included taking a 16-5 lead into the first quarter. By halftime, however, Holcomb had closed back within 21-19 after outscoring the Wildcats 14-5 in the final eight minutes of the half.
The Hornets took the lead in the third before entering the fourth ahead 32-30. In outscoring Bloomfield 16-5 in the final frame Holcomb held on for the win.
Ryan Reeves had a game-high 18 points for the Hornets and the Wildcats were led by Zac Goode's 17 points.
| Bloomfield | 16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | -- | 35 |
| Holcomb | 5 | 14 | 13 | 16 | -- | 48 |
BLOOMFIELD (35) - Caleb Baker 11, Zac Goode 17, Brett Ruch 3, Thomas Sanders 4. FG 11, FT 6-8, F 19. (3-pointers: Goode 4, Baker 3. Fouled out: Ruch)
HOLCOMB (48) - Cameron Clark 6, Ryan Reeves 18, Jamie Massey 12, Michael Glover 12. FG 17, FT 8-16, F 13. (3-pointers: Reeves 4, Glover 1, Clark 1. Fouled out: none)
Bernie 73, Senath 53
BLOOMFIELD -- The second-seeded Bernie Mules took down seventh-seeded Senath-Hornersville on Monday 73-53 in the opening round of the Class 2, District 1 Tournament.
Try Kirkpatrick had a game-high 28 points to lead Bernie, included nine 3-pointers on the night. David Baker added 18 points to Bernie's effort with Bryan Jennings and Landon Woods scoring 11 points each.
| Senath | 21 | 5 | 17 | 10 | -- | 53 |
| Bernie | 15 | 11 | 29 | 18 | -- | 73 |
SENATH-HORNERSVILLE (53) - Zach Johnson 2, Kyle Moore 23, Shane Crawford 9, Austin Autry 16, Jamie Fernandez 2, Hunter Satterfield 1. FG 20, FT 12-26, F 21. (3-pointers: Moore 1. Fouled out: Oltman, Autry Moore)
BERNIE (73) - Landon Woods 11, B.J. Jennings 11, Troy Kirkpatrick 28, David Baker 17, Joey Walker 2, Sam Turner 4. FG 27, FT 9-18, F 22. (3-pointers: Kirkpatrick 9, Jennings 1. Fouled out: Walker)
Hayti 69, Campbell 33
BLOOMFIELD -- Top-seeded Hayti rolled to a 69-33 win over eighth-seeded Campbell on Monday in the opening round of the Class 2, District 1 Tournament.
Maurion Newbill had 21 points to lead the Indians while Frankie Burden Jr. pitched in 13.
Campbell was led by Chris Vaughn's 17 points.
| Campbell | 13 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -- | 33 |
| Hayti | 24 | 20 | 22 | 3 | -- | 69 |
CAMPBELL (33) - Chris Reed 2, Matt Goodnight 3, Joey Baggett 3, Austin Wethington 2, Matt Campbell 2, Chris Vaughn 17, Ethan Reed 2, Wyatt Adams 2. FG 13, FT 3-5, F 10. (3-pointers: Goodnight 1, Baggett 1. Fouled out: none)
HAYTI (69) - Kenyatte Brooks 10, Maurion Newbill 21, Josh Smith 2, Michael Thomas 2, Cedric Harris 4, Karnard Humes 4, Austin Watkins 4, Brandon Burden 4, Demetrius Luster 5, Frankie Burden Jr. 13. FG 31, FT 3-9, F 7. (3-pointers: Brooks 2, Newbill 1, Harris 1. Fouled out: none)