2014 PB Showdown -- Day 3

2014 POPLAR BLUFF SHOWDOWN CHAMPIONS (DAR photo/Paul Davis)

Here's the final day of the 28th annual Poplar Bluff Showdown at Peters Gym:

Here's the tournament bracket.
Here's a look back at Day 2.
And here's a link to Day 1.
For our fans in Union City, here's a link to listen to the final on the Mules broadcast.

Wednesday's Games
Seventh place: Forrest City 67, BTW-Memphis 58
Fifth place: Overton 61, Har-Ber 60
Third place: CBC-St. Louis 70, Grenada 62
Championship: Poplar Bluff 52, Union City 50

All-Tournament team:
Chris Stocks, Poplar Bluff
Malik Stockdale, Union City
Mason Cline, Har-Ber
Trey Spencer, Grenada
Joseph Eyler, Poplar Bluff
Marcus Deberry, Union City
Kenny Lesley, CBC

SCORING LEADERS

Player, School G1-G2-G3 Total

Tyree Beason, BTW 20-24-25 69

Chris Stocks, Poplar Bluff 25-18-26 69

Malik Stockdale, Union City 26-23-11 60

R.J. Glasper Jr., Forrest City 17-15-26 58

Marcus Deberry, Union City 19-16-20 55

Trevious Spencer, Grenada 16-16-18 50

Kenny Lesley, CBC 15-10-23 48

Christian Willis, CBC 12-23-11 46

Trajan Norment, Forrest City 15-17-13 45

Avery Benson, Har-Ber 13-18-7 38

Keith Wilson, Overton 9-14-14 37

Jordan Barnes, CBC 11-11-13 35

Mason Cline, Har-Ber 15-6-14 35

Jerry Hurt, Overton 9-13-10 32

Malik Smith, Overton 7-14-10 31

Tereke Eckwood, Har-Ber 10-9-12 31

Tyler Dorris, Grenada 3-7-20 30

Malik Metcalf, Poplar Bluff 7-15-8 30

Donte Simpson, Union City 2-12-13 27

LaMontrell Randle, Forrest City 6-11-9 26

Nick Wheeler, CBC 13-7-6 26

Patrick Tillman, Poplar Bluff 3-15-8 26

Chauncy Blakely, BTW 14-6-5 25

Get updates from the final here.

From earlier:

FINAL: CBC 70, Grenada 62

Four free throws help CBC close it out.
CBC's lead cut to 59-66.
Grenada gets within 10 but misses a 3 midway through the fourth quarter.
After three quarters, CBC is up 47-37.
Midway through the third, CBC is up 40-32.
At halftime, CBC leads 32-23.
After one quarter, CBC and Grenada are tied at 11.
FINAL: Overton 61, Har-Ber 60

With 4.7 left, Overton misses 2 free throws, Har-Ber's Avery Benson gets a long but good look at a 3 that hits the front of the rim.
Har-Ber misses shot in paint, ball rolls out of bounds to Har-Ber. Eackwood drives to the basket and is fouled with 7.1 to play. He makes first but misses second. Rebound goes out of bounds off Har-Ber with 6.0 on clock. Overton up 61-60.
Overton hits a free throw with 27 to play.
Overton hits a free throw with 49 seconds left but Har-Ber's Mason Cline (3-point contest winner) hits a 3 with 40.1 to play to cut margin to 60-59. Har-Ber uses its last timeout.
A 3 by Tereke Eckwood cuts Har-Ber deficit to 59-56.
Har-Ber ball coming out of a timeout down 59-53 with 61 seconds left.
Overton up 58-53 with 2:19 left.
With 3 1/2 minutes left, Har-Ber ties it at 53.
After 3, Overton leads Har-Ber 45-44.
Har-Ber catches up with 2:45 left in third. Tied at 39.
With 5 minutes left in third, Overton up 37-34 with the ball.
Har-Ber rallied to within four but Overton took a 33-27 lead into halftime.
Overton jumps out to a 12-4 lead midway through the opening quarter. Lamarcus Corne hit a long 3 at the buzzer to put Overton up 18-8 heading into the second. ... Keith Wilson hits a 3 to start second. It's now 21-8.

SEVENTH PLACE

R.J. Glasper scored 26 points including five during the tail end of a 17-2 fourth-quarter run that gave Forrest City a 67-58 win over BTW-Memphis.

There were 10 lead changes and eight ties before the Mustangs started to pull away. Trajan Norment put Forrest City (4-8) ahead for good with 5 minutes let.

Norment had 13 points while Glasper had seven assists and six rebounds.

Tyree Beason's 25 points led BTW (7-6) while Torrieous Carwell chipped in eight points and eight rebounds.

Boxscores list player, FGM-A (3FGM-A) FTM-A total points.

Championship

Union City 17 11 15 7 -- 50

Poplar Bluff 7 14 16 15 -- 52

UNION CITY (13-2) -- Polk 1-3 (0-1) 0-0 2. Simpson 3-5 (1-2) 6-7 13. Sisco 0-2 0-0 0. Stockdale 4-8 (1-3) 2-4 11. Deberry 7-14 (4-8) 2-2 20. Steward 0-8 (0-2) 2-4 2. Moffatt 1-2 0-0 2. Reid 0. Bumpus 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 16-43 (6-16) 12-17 50.

POPLAR BLUFF (9-2) -- Eyler 2-6 (0-1) 1-2 5. Tillman 3-9 (1-3) 1-2 8. Lucas 1-4 (1-3) 0-1 3. Stocks 8-17 (5-9) 5-6 26. Stuckenschneider 0-3 (0-3) 0-0 0. Metcalf 3-4 (1-1) 1-2 8. Francis 1-5 (0-1) 0-0 2. Totals: 18-48 (8-21) 8-13 52.

REBOUNDS: Union City 26 (Simpson 7. Stockdale 6.) Poplar Bluff 26 (Tillman 10. Stocks 4.) Offensive rebounds (second-chance points): Union City 9 (10). Poplar Bluff 10 (11). ASSISTS: Union City 4 (Steward. Polk. Sisco. Deberry.) Poplar Bluff 10 (Eyler 4. Tillman 4.) BLOCKS: Union City 2 (Deberry. Bumpus.) Poplar Bluff 0. STEALS: Union City 7 (Bumpus 2.) Poplar Bluff 7 (Eyler 2. Stocks 2.) TURNOVERS (points off): Union City 16 (11). Poplar Bluff 14 (12). Total fouls (fouled out): Union City 19 (Sisco). Poplar Bluff 16 (Stuckenschneider).

Third Place

CBC-St. Louis 11 21 15 23 -- 70

Grenada 11 12 14 25 -- 62

CBC (6-4) -- Barnes 5-10 (1-5) 2-2 13. Powell 0-6 (0-3) 3-4 3. Wheeler 1-2 4-8 6. Willis 3-8 (0-1) 5-5 11. Lesley 8-12 7-9 23. Orf 0. Richmond 0-0 3-4 3. Goddard 0-2 (0-2) 0-0 0. Catchings 3-8 2-6 8. Bommarito 1-3 (1-3) 0-0 3. Buske 0. Totals: 21-51 (2-14) 26-38 70.

GRENADA (7-4) -- Spencer 6-15 (4-9) 2-2 18. Dorris 6-14 (5-9) 3-5 20. Everette 1-2 (1-2) 0-1 3. Taylor 2-5 (0-1) 0-2 4. Hearns 0-1 0-2 0. Dorsey 2-6 (1-3) 0-0 5. Knox 0. Brown 0. Martin 2-6 (2-6) 0-0 6. James 2-2 0-1 4. Rice 0. Bradley 1-4 0-0 2. Totals: 22-55 (13-30) 5-13 62.

REBOUNDS: CBC 42 (Catchings 11. Wheeler 9. Lesley 7.) Grenada 29 (Spencer 6. Everette 6. Hearns 5.) Offensive rebounds (second-chance points): CBC 16 (15). Grenada 9 (10). ASSISTS: CBC 11 (Barnes 4. Willis 3.) Grenada 11 (Dorsey 5. Spencer 3.) BLOCKS: CBC 1 (Lesley.) Grenada 4 (Bradley 2.) STEALS: CBC 7 (Barnes 3.) Grenada 2 (Dorris. Dorsey.) TURNOVERS (points off): CBC 12 (14). Grenada 13 (8). Total fouls (fouled out): CBC 18 (Bommarito). Grenada 29 (Bradley). Technical foul: Bommarito.

Consolation

Har-Ber 8 19 17 16 -- 60

Overton 18 15 12 16 -- 61

HAR-BER (9-3) -- Eckwood 3-9 (1-1) 5-9 12. Cline 5-12 (4-9) 0-0 14. Benson 3-8 (1-2) 0-0 7. Brandon 4-10 (0-1) 4-4 12. McNee 4-7 0-0 8. Phillips 0. Toomer 0. Knight 2-3 (1-2) 2-2 7. Andrews 0. Totals: 21-49 (7-15) 11-15 60.

OVERTON (13-4) -- Hurt 3-9 (2-6) 2-6 10. Wilson 6-8 (2-4) 0-0 14. Briggs 2-2 (1-1) 1-2 6. Bady 0. Smith 2-5 4-7 10. Johnson 6-7 (4-5) 1-4 17. Gassett 1-2 2-4 4. Kelly 0-1 0-0 0. Hudson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 21-35 (9-17) 10-25 61.

REBOUNDS: Har-Ber 24 (Brandon 6. Eckwood 4. McNee 4.) Overton 24(Wilson 8. Smith 6.) Offensive rebounds (second-chance points): Har-Ber 7 (4) Overton 5 (2). ASSISTS: Har-Ber 15 (Eckwood 5. Cline 4.) Overton 16 (Hurt 6. Wilson 3. Bady 3.) BLOCKS: Har-Ber 0. Overton 2 (Smith 2). STEAL: Har-Ber 7 (Eckwood 3.) Overton 5 (Hurt 2.) TURNOVERS (Points off): Har-Ber 11. (23) Overton 16 (12). Total fouls (fouled out): Har-Ber 20 (Brandon). Overton 18 (Smith).

Seventh Place

BTW-Memphis 15 12 18 13 -- 58

Forrest City 16 11 21 19 -- 67

BTW (7-6) -- Blakely 2-12 (0-1) 1-2 5. Lewis 3-8 0-1 6. Carwell 3-10 (1-6) 1-2 8. Beason 9-18 (3-9) 4-4 25. Sumlin 0-2 0-0 0. Payne 1-2 0-0 2. Jackson 0-4 (0-2) 0-0 0. T.McDaniel 1-2 0-0 2. D.McDaniel 1-2 (1-1) 0-0 3. Farmer 1-1 0-0 2. Oakley 1-2 (1-1) 0-0 3. James 1-3 (0-1) 0-2 2. Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 23-67 (6-21) 6-11 58.

FORREST CITY (4-8) -- Glasper 9-18 (2-6) 6-10 26. Johnson 1-2 0-0 2. Williams 3-6 (0-2) 2-4 8. L.Randle 4-13 (1-1) 0-0 9. McNutt 1-6 (0-3) 1-2 3. Norment 6-13 (1-4) 0-0 13. Wilson 0-1 0-0 0. Gollat 1-2 0-0 2. Kidd 0. Brown 1-1 0-0 2. M.Randle 1-5 (0-1) 0-0 2. Blackwell 0. Totals: 27-67 (4-17) 9-16 67.

REBOUNDS: BTW 40 (Lewis 8. Carwell 8.) Forrest City 41 (L.Randle 8. Glasper 6. Williams 6. McNutt 6.) Offensive rebounds (second-chance points): BTW 16 (11). Forrest City 15 (10). ASSITS: BTW 14 (Blakely 7.) Forrest City 15 (Glasper 7.) BLOCKS: BTW 2 (Lewis 2.) Forrest City 4(McNutt 2.) STEALS: BTW 5 (Blakely. Beason. T.McDaniel. Farmer. Oakley.) TURNOVERS (Points off): BTW 18 (10). Forrest City 11 (21). Total fouls (fouled out): BTW 14. Forrest City 8.

HISTORY LESSON:

This was the first time since 2004 that host Poplar Bluff played in the final. The Mules were 1-6 all-time playing for the championship.

Poplar Bluff beat Little Rock Parkview 67-37 in the final of the 2004 tournament. Tyler Hansbrough, Ben Hansbrough and Brad Chronister were named to the all-tournament team that year. Union City lost in the semifinal 50-48 in the semifinal.

In 2003, Poplar Bluff lost to Parkview 51-43 in the final. The Mules went on to win the first of their two state titles the following March.

In 2000, Poplar Bluff lost to Vashon 75-46.

The 1994 Mules lost 72-59 to Booker T. Washington of Tulsa in the final.

In 1992, Louisville (Ky.) Pleasure Ridge Park beat Poplar Bluff 75-57 in the final after losing 46-34 to Little Rock McClellan in 1991 final.

The very first Showdown final featured the Mules losing to Louisville Central 69-63. Central beat Kansas City Paseo featuring Anthony Peeler 87-81 in the semifinal.

NO CONTROVERSY

While a tournament in California banned a team for wearing "I can't breathe" warm-up shirts recently, it was not an issue at the Showdown. Overton came out prior to its opening-round game Monday wearing the black shirts with the quote that have been worn by NBA and college teams. The student-athletes chose to wear the shirts for the first time Monday, coach John Anderson said. Prior to their game Wednesday, the Memphis school wore Poplar Bluff Showdown shirts that each school receives for playing in the tournament. Anderson said it was the team's decision.