PREP ROUNDUP: NMCC slips by East Prairie, Risco gets rare win over Bernie

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

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EAST PRAIRIE -- New Madrid County Central pulled away late in the fourth quarter as they squeaked out a 78-70 win over East Prairie Tuesday night on the road.

Chris Farr had 23 points to lead NMCC (2-1) while Javarcus Word added 18. Palmer Campbell added 17.

East Prairie (0-1) got 22 points from Brett Ellis, 11 from Dylan Lingle and another 10 from Derez Tipler.

East Prairie led 55-52 after the third quarter but Campbell scored 11 of his 17 in the fourth quarter to help NMCC gain a lead and then separate themselves from East Prairie. The game was tied at 37-all at halftime.

NMCC16211526--78
East Prairie14231815--70

NMCC (78) -- Palmer Campbell 17, Tyler Sprouse 4, Craig Beasley 4, Javarcus Word 18, Chris Farr 23, Ronnie King 6, Jamal Jackson 4, Deon Jenkins 2. FG 27 FT 19-30 F 22. (3-pointers: Campbell 1, Word 1, Farr 3. Fouled out: none.)

EAST PRAIRIE (70) -- Luke Marcum 3, Deverence Jones 8, Dylan Lingle 11, Derez Tipler 10, Brett Ellis 22, Jon Ross Slayden 3, Cade Douglas 9, Alex Cowgill 4. FG 25 FT 18-25 F 24. (3-pointers: Lingle 1, Tipler 1. Fouled out: none.)

BERNIE INVITATIONAL

Risco 58, Bernie 45

The eight-seeded Risco Tigers stayed alive and moved into the consolation championship game after its win Tuesday at Bernie High School.

Drew Fortner, Nathan Burnett and Morgan Ludwig scored in double figures for the Tigers. Fortner and Burnett each had 16 while Ludwig added 13.

Gavin Brown scored 12 for No. 4 Bernie (0-2) while Dalton Hobgood had 11 and Nate Dillinger chipped in 10.

Risco (1-2) will play in the consolation finals on Friday at 5:30 p.m., against wither Holcomb or Piggott, Ark.

This was Risco's first win over Bernie since 2006 and just the third win in the last 13 years.

Risco1420915--58
Bernie1510713--45

RISCO (58) -- Drew Fortner 16, Nathan Burnett 16, Morgan Ludwig 13, Ethan Young 4, Ethan Pipkin 4, EJ Myers 3, Tony Greene 2. FG 23 FT 9-12 F 16. (3-pointers: Burnett 2, Myers 1. Fouled out: Young.)

BERNIE (45) -- Gavin Brown 12, Dalton Hobgood 11, Nate Dillinger 10, Alan Pippens 6, Alex Whitehead 3, Jayce Burk 3. FG 13 FT 14-18 F 14. (3-pointers: Hobgood 2, Whitehead 1, Dillinger 1, Burk 1. Fouled out: none.)

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