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FLYING HIGH: Oran boys basketball wins 13th-straight, dominates Scott Central to claim Scott-Miss Conference Tournament
SIKESTON — It has been over one month since Oran last tasted defeat.
Chemistry is sky-high, which has led to 12 straight wins for the Eagles. That trend continued on Friday night, as the Eagles soared to a 91-71 win over Scott County Central in the championship game of the Scott County-Mississippi County Conference Tournament.
Jacob Shoemaker got the ball rolling for the Eagles, scoring on his first two shot attempts of the game. He finished with 24 points and eight rebounds.
Todd Priggel and Ty Johnson also contributed in the opening quarter, as each player went on a personal 6-0 run in the frame.
“The kids came out ready to play,” Oran head coach Joe Shoemaker said. “We knew we had to match their intensity, and on their floor is a tough battle. We made a couple of baskets; Jacob hit a couple early and got our intensity going. I thought we controlled the boards really well early in the game, and that was a big difference for us.”
As time expired in the first quarter, Scott County Central’s Keshawn Sanders banked in a 3-pointer and drew the foul, setting up a four-point play. Sander’s though did not convert on the free-throw, and Oran (21-1) headed to the second quarter up 32-14.
Shoemaker then showed off his defensive prowess to start the second quarter, as the senior, created a pair of turnovers and turned them into transition buckets. He finished the first half with 15 points and shot 6 of 11 from the floor.
“I was feeling good,” Jacob Shoemaker said. “I’m always nervous about getting out there and starting strong. It’s always something I try to work on, and we did a good job of it today. It feels good when you get a lead at their place.”
Overall, the Eagles finished the half red hot, shooting 22 of 40 (55 percent) from the field.
Priggel and Tyson Goodale also had strong halves in their own right.
Priggel shot 7 of 11 from the floor, for 16 points. He finished with a game-high 30 points.
Goodale shot 5 of 9 from the floor, for 11 points, while cleaning up four missed shots as well. Goodale finished with 17 points and nine boards.
“We got in a spot where we hit several shots in a row, and we were attacking the rim,” Shoemaker said. “We had one little stretch where we shot two or three threes in a row that missed, where we probably should have attacked the rim, but you’ll live with that. I can’t complain about the efficiency in the first half.”
Down 20 points, at halftime, Scott County Central came out of the break with something to prove.
The Braves went on a 15-8 run that stretched for nearly the entire third quarter, led by Sanders. Sanders scored eight points during that stretch, and finished with a team-high 27 points, while also grabbing five rebounds.
Settling down and not playing at a faster tempo than they should, is what Scott County Central head coach Matt Cline credited to his team’s run.
“We just settled down a little bit and didn’t turn the ball over,” Cline said. “I felt like we spotted them a 20-point lead at the beginning of the game. Weak passes, not running little press breakers and little things like that and spot them a 20-point lead and I felt like in the second half, we kind of played with them, but we were down so much, that it really didn’t make much of a difference.”
The Braves finished with 21 turnovers for the game, 10 of which came in the first quarter, as they could not figure out a way to get into a rhythm against Oran.
Game planning against the Eagles is a tough task. Coming into the game, Cline said that he thinks what they have is special.
“They’re just good,” Cline said. “Joe is doing a great job with them. I think they give the most consistent effort of about any team we’ve played all year. I’ve watched them quite a few times, between Christmas tournament and the Oran tournament, and this tournament and I feel like they give the most consistent effort of any team I’ve seen in Southeast Missouri.”
Friday’s win marks 13-straight for the Eagles, the longest streak since the 2012-2013 season when Oran one 10 games in a row.
“The kids are playing hard,” Shoemaker said. “They got a lot of desire to win. They are very unselfish; they don’t care who scores; it doesn’t matter to them, and the thing is, they communicate and get along so well. They’re able to get on to each other and not pout about it and sulk; they take it and get better. That’s something I really commend this group for; whether it be someone saying something to someone else, they all know that we’re in it together.”
| SCC | 14 | 18 | 17 | 22 | — | 71 |
| Oran | 32 | 20 | 15 | 24 | — | 91 |
SCC (71) — Keshawn Sanders 27, Kioki Johnson 10, Garry Wilkerson 9, Landon Estes 8, Landon Glueck 8, Keron Banks 6, Caleb Gates 3. FG 26, FT 12-15, F 15. (3-pointers: Estes 2, Sanders 2, Glueck, Wilkerson, Gates. Fouled out: none)
ORAN (91) — Todd Priggel 30, Jacob Shoemaker 24, Tyson Goodale 17, Ty Johnson 13, Langdon Scheeter 6, Cooper Priggel 1. FG 34, FT 17-23, F 12. (3-pointers: Shoemaker 4, Johnson 2. Fouled out: none)
THIRD-PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP
East Prairie 81, Oak Ridge 58
SIKESTON — Leading by four points after one quarter of play, the East Prairie boys basketball team slammed the door on Oak Ridge in the second quarter, in the third-place championship of the Scott County-Mississippi County Conference Tournament on Friday.
Coming off the bench, Harrison Moore had some quality minutes for the Eagles, as he scored six of his 13 points in the frame.
Derez Tipler led East Prairie (12-9) with 19 points and had an efficient night shooting the ball, going 7 of 13 (54 percent) from the floor. Tipler also corralled 11 rebounds as well, for a double-double.
Two other East Prairie players joined Tipler and Moore in double-figures of the scoring column, as Caleb Patrick finished with 12 points, and Brian Merryman, with 10.
Merryman also added 14 rebounds.
David Layton scored 31 points for Oak Ridge (14-7) but struggled to find a groove early. He scored 11 points in the first half, on 5 of 13 shooting.
| Oak Ridge | 16 | 9 | 16 | 17 | — | 58 |
| East Prairie | 20 | 19 | 23 | 19 | — | 81 |
OAK RIDGE (58) — David Layton 31, Zach LeGrand 15, Kyran Newell 3, Tanner Schaumburg 2, Jeremiah Hamilton 2, Bryce Hahs 2, Brent Seyer 2, Drew Glueck 1. FG 21, FT 12-15, F 14. (3-pointers: LeGrand 3, Newell. Fouled out: none)
EAST PRAIRIE (81) — Derez Tipler 19, Harrison Moore 13, Caleb Patrick 12, Brian Merryman 10, Mason Bryars 8, Tyler McCurter 6, Jack Scruggs 5, Grant Hutcheson 4, Decker Dunn 2, Trea Cade 2. FG 33, FT 9-12, F 13. (3-pointers: Tipler 3, Merryman 2, Scruggs. Fouled out: none)
CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP
Chaffee 48, Scott City 39
SIKESTON — Chaffee managed to score just 12 points in the first half, trailing Scott City 14-12 heading into the locker room, in the consolation championship of the Scott County-Mississippi County Conference Tournament, on Friday night.
Breven Yarbro and Landon Tenkoff though paced the Red Devils, in the second half, as they outscored the Rams 22-7 in the third quarter and wound up winning the game 48-39 to capture the consolation title.
Yarbro scored 10 of his game-high 18 points in the third period, while Tenkoff did the bulk of the work in the fourth quarter — scoring six of his 10 points.
Eli Berry led Scott City (13-7) with 11 points, while Joe Panagos pitched in with 10 of his own.
The Rams got to within eight points of Chaffee (10-10) with 3:40 left to play, but ultimately the Red Devils found a way to claw out a win.
| Scott City | 11 | 3 | 7 | 18 | — | 39 |
| Chaffee | 4 | 8 | 22 | 14 | — | 48 |
SCOTT CITY (39) — Eli Berry 11, Joe Panagos 10, Camden Conner 9, Spencer Stratman 6, Mic Hillman 3. FG 16, FT 4-10, F 16. (3-pointers: Berry, Conner, Hillman. Fouled out: none)
CHAFFEE (48) — Breven Yarbro 18, Landon Tenkoff 10, Wyatt Parker 7, Douglas Lands 7, Drew Swinford 6. FG 17, FT 12-22, F 16. (3-pointers: Parker, Lands, Fouled out: none)