WVC Splits With Vincennes

Last night at the Spencer Sports Center Wabash Valley hosted Vincennes University.

The WVC Lady Warriors improved to 4-0 with an 80 to 73 win over the Lady Trailblazers. Mariah McCully had 22 points for WVC while Gabi Baldridge added 15 points and 9 rebounds. Off the bench Ruby Angok had 11 points and 8 rebounds. VU falls to 500 with a 3-3 record.

The Warriors fell to the Trailblazers in a hard fought game 86 to 80. The Warriors were up at half time 44 to 37 but the last couple of minutes of the game belonged to VU. Leading WVC was Tyresse Williford with 20 points followed by Austin Trice with a double double 13 points and 14 rebounds while Marcus Garrett had 14 points. WVC is now 3-2 and the fourth ranked Trailblazers remain perfect at 6-0

Hilltop Hysteria At MCHS Friday Night

Mt. Carmel's Justin Carpenter Leads SEMO Into Evansville Thursday Night

From SEMO Athletics:

Southeast Missouri (1-1) at Evansville (2-0)

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017
Tip-off: 7 p.m., CT
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Arena: Ford Center (8,930)
Series History: Evansville leads, 9-5
Last Meeting: Evansville 80, SEMO 65 (Nov. 15, 2015 / Evansville, Ind.)
Head Coaches: Rick Ray (58-103 overall; 21-43 at SEMO; 11-21 OVC). Marty Simmons (283-249 overall; 185-176 at UE).
 
Media Coverage
Radio: SEMO ESPN 92.9 FM, Real Rock 99.3 FM (Erik Sean)
Video: ESPN3/WatchESPN
Live Stats: GoPurpleAces.com
Twitter: @SEMOMBB
Southeast Missouri Notes

Redhawks Head to Evansville
Southeast Missouri (1-1) continues Cancun Challenge play when it visits Missouri Valley Conference member Evansville (2-0) Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., CT, at the Ford Center.

Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Thursday's game on the radio at ESPN 92.9 FM and Real Rock 99.3 FM. Erik Sean will call the action. Video can be accessed online at ESPN3. Live stats are available at GoPurpleAces.com. Twitter updates provided @SEMOMBB.

Cancun Challenge
Thursday is the second of four games Southeast plays as part of this year's Cancun Challenge. The Redhawks dropped a 96-95 decision in overtime at Louisiana Tech Monday. After its game at Evansville, Southeast returns to Cape Girardeau for two days before departing for Cancun, Mexico on Sunday, Nov. 19. The Redhawks wrap up the event with games against Cal State Northridge (Nov. 21) and either Binghamton or Montana State (Nov. 22) at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. Fresno State and George Mason are also part of the tournament field.

Series History
Southeast trails its all-time series against Evansville, 9-5. The Redhawks meet the Purple Aces for the second time with Rick Ray as their head coach. UE beat Southeast, 80-65, the last time these teams faced each other on Nov. 15, 2015 in Evansville. The Redhawks are 1-6 all-time against the Purple Aces in Evansville with their lone road win coming on Feb. 22, 1947 (61-45).

Logging the Miles
Southeast is in the middle of two long trips is racking up the miles between ground and air transportation. Here is a look at the Redhawks travel itinerary:
Nov. 12 Charter Bus to St. Louis, Mo., 118 miles
Flight to Dallas, Texas, 551 miles
Flight to Monroe, La., 292 miles
Charter Bus to Ruston, La., 33.2 miles
Nov. 14 Charter Bus to Monroe, La., 33.2 miles
Flight to Dallas, Texas, 292 miles
Flight to Evansville, Ind., 642 miles
Nov. 16 Charter Bus to Cape Girardeau, 139.6 miles
Nov. 19 Charter Bus to Evansville, Ind., 139.6 miles
Flight to Cancun, Mexico, 1,736 miles
Charter Bus to Riviera Maya, 51 miles
Nov.  23 Charter Bus to Cancun, Mexico, 51 miles
Flight to Dallas, Texas, 1,031 miles
Flight to Evansville, Ind., 642 miles
Charter Bus to Cape Girardeau, 139.6 miles
Total Mileage    5,891.2

Against the Missouri Valley
Evansville is the first of three Missouri Valley Conference teams Southeast faces this season. The Redhawks also travel to Southern Illinois (Dec. 9) and host Bradley (Dec. 20) during non-conference play. Southeast is 108-190 all-time against the MVC. That record includes a 45-70 mark against SIU, 0-1 record vs. Drake, 5-9 record vs. Evansville, 2-8 mark vs. Bradley, 1-8 record vs. Illinois State, 0-2 record vs. Indiana State and a 55-92 mark vs. Missouri State.

Wire to Wire
Southeast took a strong Louisiana Tech team to the wire in a 96-95 overtime loss on Nov. 13. Freshman Justin Carpenter made two free throws with 30 seconds left and the Redhawks got a big stop to force the game to overtime. Louisiana Tech went on a 7-0 run, did not miss a field goal (5-of-5) and made 7-of-10 free throws to escape in the extra period. Both teams went back-and-forth to 13 ties and 10 lead changes and scored a combined 86 points in the paint. Eight different players scored double figures between the two teams, including four with 20 or more. The 95 points were Southeast's most in a game against a Division I opponent since it put up 98 against UT Martin on Feb. 12, 2015.

Great Start
Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference guard/forward Denzel Mahoney is off to a great start in 2017-18. Mahoney scored over 20 points in each of his first two games and enters Thursday's matchup ranked second in the league in scoring with 23 points per contest. Only Eastern Kentucky's Nick Mayo (25 ppg) is ahead of Mahoney this young season. He presently ranks ninth in the nation in free throws made (17).

Freshmen Rise
Freshmen Ledarrius Brewer, Justin Carpenter and Ray Kowalski combined to score 49 points in Southeast's one-point loss at Louisiana Tech (Nov. 13). Brewer pitched in 20 points and grabbed six rebounds and Carpenter added 17 points and six boards off the bench. Kowalski put up 12 points in his first career double-digit game. Brewer (17 ppg) and Carpenter (10.5 ppg) are second and fourth on the team in scoring, respectively.

League Leader
Freshman Justin Carpenter leads the Ohio Valley Conference in field goal percentage after two games this season. Carpenter is shooting 81.8 percent on 9-of-11 field goals. he made seven of his field goals at Louisiana Tech (Nov. 13).

Where the Redhawks Rank
Southeast ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring offense (88 ppg), scoring margin (+5.5), free throw percentage (.825), field goal percentage (.488), rebounding defense (33.5 rpg) and assists (18.5). The Redhawks are also second in turnover margin (+2.50) and assist/turnover ratio (1.7).

Dalton Dishes
Point guard Jonathan Dalton had seven assists in each of his first two start this season. Dalton enters Thursday's game ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference and 13th in the nation in assists. His seven assists against both Missouri Baptist (Nov. 10) and Louisiana Tech (Nov. 13) are a career-high.

Familiar with the MVC
Rick Ray's first NCAA Division I coaching job was at Indiana State. Ray was an assistant coach there from 1997-2004, helping ISU to consecutive 20-win seasons and NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999-2000and 2000-01. In 1999-2000, the Sycamores compiled a 14-4 record in the Missouri Valley Conference and won the regular-season title. ISU then won the MVC Tournament the following season. The Sycamores upset No. 4 seed Oklahoma in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament. In addition, Ray was part of the ISU sta  that defeated perennial power Indiana in back-to-back seasons.

Double-Digit Scorers
Southeast put four or more players in double figures for the second-straight game this season. Denzel Mahoney paved the way with 25 points, Ledarrius Brewer scored 20, Justin Carpenter added 17, Ray Kowalski pitched in 12 and Daniel Simmons tallied 11. Mahoney (21), Brewer (14), Simmons (13) and Jonathan Dalton (11) scored double figures vs. Missouri Baptist (Nov. 10).

Tyra's 23 Leads IU Past Southern

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  –  Another pair of double-doubles and a strong second half helped lead Indiana to a 64-49, on Tuesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
 
Junior forward Kym Royster set a new career-high with 15 rebounds, seven of which were offensive, to go along with a career-high 14 points to record her second-career double-double. Senior forward Amanda Cahill turned in her second double-double in as many games with 13 points and 10 boards while senior guard Tyra Buss led all scorers with a game-high 23 points and a game-high five assists.
 
Indiana shot 41.5 percent from the floor on the night, including 44.4 percent in the third quarter. They would go on to outrebound the Jaguars, 58-35, with strong performances from freshman guard Jaelynn Penn who grabbed nine and sophomore forward Bre Wickware who recorded eight.
 
Freshman Bendu Yeaney also joined her teammates in double figures with 10 points to go along with six rebounds.
 
In the first, IU (1-0) would go up by as many as six after a 7-0 run after Cahill popped it from the right side on the dish from Buss. But Southern would close out the quarter with its own run, this time a 6-0 advantage, to tie the score 17-17 after the first ten minutes.
 
The Jaguars (0-1) would go up by as many as six in the second quarter, but Indiana closed out the half on an 11-0 run in the final 4:54 including a Buss 3-pointer with five seconds remaining to take a 36-32 lead at halftime.
 
Heading into the third quarter, Southern would cut the lead down to one less than a minute in before Penn was fouled on a 3-pointer to send her to the line where she sank all three free throws. Royster pushed the IU lead back up to seven with 5:30 to play on a move inside while Buss help stretch the lead back to ten on a layup. The Hoosiers would hold the Jaguars to just seven points in the fourth quarter to hold on for the victory.
 
QUOTABLE
Head coach Teri Moren 
"I thought that this was a great test for us. Southern was a team that we didn't have much film on, we were their very first game and we had to go based on last year's film and it's kind of difficult to simulate just how aggressive and long that they were. But I thought it was a great test for us. Not obviously very happy with our turnovers and us not taking care of the ball tonight. I thought that was not the stuff we wanted to take especially when our turnover goal tonight was under 12. Tonight, we wanted to be right at seventy five percent and we were under that. Two areas where we fell short tonight, but as far as the kind grind it out game it was for our young kids especially. Tyra, Amanda and Kym have certainly have been in games like that, but I thought it was a great experience for our younger kids."
 
NOTABLE

• Indiana wins the first ever meeting between the two schools.
• Seniors Amanda Cahill and Tyra Buss made their 100th career starts in 100 career games played.
• Junior forward Kym Royster secured her second-career double-double with new career-highs with 14 points and 15 rebounds.
• Senior forward Amanda Cahill notched her 31st career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• With her 23 points, Buss now has scored 1,652 points in her IU career as she sits seventh all-time and is 117 points shy of fifth place (Cyndi Valentin, 1,769). She also took over sole possession of second place all-time in assists with her five dimes and currently has 416 in her career.                       

UP NEXT
Indiana returns to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Friday, November 17 when it hosts Western Kentucky. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. ET.  

Story courtesy of IU Athletics.

SMS Boys Sweep West Salem

Tonight, the St. Mary’s Rockets played host to the West Salem Warriors. In junior varsity matchup the Rockets defeated the Warriors by a score of 26 to 18. Leading the scoring for the Rockets was Elliott Acree with 6 points, Reed Stinson with 6 points, Steven Haase with 3 points, James Martin with 3 points, Jesse Brogan with 2 points, Asher Coston with 2 points, Kasen Dulgar with 2 points, Blake Strine with 2 points. Also receiving playing time was Eric Acree, Tobias Fullop, and Brady Porter.

In the varsity nightcap, the Rockets defeated the Warriors by a score of 45 to 14. Leading the scoring for the Rockets was Gehrig Jones with 15 points, Elliott Acree with 12 points, Steven Haase with 8 points, Jesse Brogan with 6 points, Eric Acree with 2 points, and James Martin with 2 points. Also receiving playing time was Tobias Fullop, Reed Stinson, and Asher Coston. The Rockets next game is Thursday, November, 16th at Jasper (Fairfield) with C-game starting 5:15pm.

WVC-VU Clash Wednesday Night In Mt. Carmel

The place to be for some exciting basketball Wednesday evening (15th) is the Spencer Sports Center on the campus of Wabash Valley College. 

The WVC basketball teams will be hosting Vincennes University.  All four teams are ranked in the NJCAA Preseason Poll.  That’s a FIRST!

The VU men are ranked 4th in the nation while the WVC men are 24th.  The WVC women are 15th while the VU women are 22nd.

At 5:30 the Lady Warriors 3-0 will take on the Lady Trailblazers 3-2.

At 7:30 it will be the Warriors at 3-1 playing the 5-0 Trailblazers.

St. Mary's Lady Rockets

On Monday, November 13th, the St. Mary’s Lady Rockets hosted the Owensville Lady Kickapoos. In the 8th grade game, St. Mary’s defeated Owensville, 40 - 28. St. Mary’s led 5 - 4 at the end of the first quarter; 13 - 12 at halftime; and 31 - 14 at the end of the third quarter. St. Mary’s outscored Owensville 18 – 2 in the third quarter to help secure the win. Savannah Zimmerman scored 18 points to lead St. Mary’s in scoring. Mady Young added 12 points, Olivia Stinson 6 points, and Emma Keepes 4 points. Owensville was led in scoring by Maddie Kautzman with 16 points.

The Lady Rockets defeated the Lady Kickapoos in the 7th grade game, 23 - 12. The Lady Rockets led 9 - 0 at the end of the first quarter; 17 - 0 at halftime; and 19 - 10 at the end of the third quarter. Eden Wankel led St. Mary’s in scoring with 6 points. Lindy Rafferty added 4 points, Nora Jones 4 points, Lauren Hall 2 points, Anna Gill 2 points, Mady Young 2 points, Madison Stevens 2 points, and Lexi Stevens 1 point. Also seeing playing time were Olivia Trimble, Nevada Brown, Sarah McCorkle, Kali Walker, and Ava Turner.

St. Mary’s will be back home on Friday, November 17th, hosting Jasper Grade School in WEAA Conference action. The 7th grade game will begin at 6:00 pm, with the 8th grade game to follow.

WVC Lady Warriors

The Wabash Valley College Lady Warriors won on the road again Friday night as they defeated a very good State Fair ball club at Poplar Bluff Missouri in the Three Rivers Classic. Final score was 64 to 55 with WVC now at 2-0 on the season and the Lady Roadrunners are 2-2.

Coach Luke Scheidecker would play nine players and eight of the nine would score. Only two Lady Warriors were in double figures led by Mariah McCully with 26 points and Gabi Baldridge would add 10 and she picked up a double double with 10 rebounds.

WVC will play the host Three Rivers on Saturday afternoon at 3 PM.

WVC Warriors

The Warrior Classic at WVC found Wabash Valley and Olney Central winners in the first round of play. Olney Central came from behind tied the score at the end of regulation and then won in overtime over Danville Area College 96 to 90. Olney is now 3-0 on the season Danville Area is 1-1.

Wabash Valley had a battle with West Kentucky Tech but came out on top 113 to 94. Tyresse Williford was one of seven Warriors in double figures with 18 while Austin Trice had 17 and a double double with 21 rebounds. WVC is 3-0 on the season while WKT is 3-3.
At 1 PM Saturday it will be Olney Central taking on West Kentucky Tech and 3 Pm it will be WVC playing DAC. Coach Mike Carpenter was head coach at DAC for several years and the head coach at DAC DaJuan Gouard was his assistant. So more to this game than most.

St. Mary’s Lady Rockets hosted the Ft. Branch Lady Twigs

On Tuesday, November 7th, the St. Mary’s Lady Rockets hosted the Ft. Branch Lady Twigs. In the 8th grade game, St. Mary’s defeated Ft. Branch, 41 - 25. St. Mary’s led 10 - 6 at the end of the first quarter; 21 - 7 at halftime; and 39 - 13 at the end of the third quarter. Savannah Zimmerman scored 21 points to lead St. Mary’s in scoring. Eden Wankel added 6 points, Emma Keepes 6 points, Olivia Stinson 4 points, and Maleah Armstrong 4 points. Ft. Branch was led in scoring by Holmes with 9 points.

Ft. Branch defeated St. Mary’s in the 7th grade game, 34 - 16. The Lady Rockets trailed 8 – 1 at the end of the first quarter; 21 - 8 at halftime; and 24 -13 at the end of the third quarter. Lauren Hall led St. Mary’s in scoring with 8 points. Nora Jones scored 3 points, Lexi Stevens 2 points, Lindy Rafferty 2 points, and Eden Wankel 1 point. Also seeing playing time were Anna Gill, Olivia Trimble, Nevada Brown, Sarah McCorkle, Kali Walker, Madison Stevens, and Ava Turner. Fleetwood led the Lady Twigs with 8 points.

St. Mary’s will participate in the Meet the Lady Aces and the Future Lady Aces event on Thursday, November 9th, at the High School, 6:30pm. St. Mary’s will be back home on, Monday, November 13th, hosting Owensville with the 7th grade game beginning at 6:00 pm, with the 8th grade game to follow.

Last night the St. Mary’s Rockets took on the New Hebron Eagles

Last night the St. Mary’s Rockets took on the New Hebron Eagles. In the junior varsity matchup the Eagles defeated the Rockets by a score of 52-13. Leading the scoring for the Rockets was Asher Coston with 4 points, Jesse Brogan with 4 points, Elliott Acree with 2 points, Eric Acree with 2 points, and Tobias Fullop with 1 point. Also receiving playing time for the Rockets was James Martin, Reed Stinson, Kasen Dulgar, Blake Strine, Brady Porter.

In the varsity match-up the Rockets were defeated by the Eagles by a score of 50-18. Leading the scoring for the Rockets was Elliott Acree with 11 points, Gehrig Jones with 6 points, and Jesse Brogan with 1 point. Also receiving playing time for the Rockets was James Martin, Eric Acree, Tobias Fullop, and Reed Stinson. The Rockets next game is a home game Thursday against Cisne with the C-game starting at 5:15.

Pairings for the 2017 Toyota Classic

The pairings for the 2017 Toyota Classic have been released.

Mt. Carmel vs Boonville Final

Mount Carmel (4-4)vs. Boonville (5-4)

October 13, 2017

Quarters 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Boonville 0 14 7 7 28
Mt. Carmel 7 6 8 12 33

Quarter Team Touchdown Extra Point
1st
8:59 MC 56 yd pass; Kaleb Applebey to Austin Rager Kick good by Stipp
2nd
6:48 Boonville 20 yd run by Luke Conner Kick good by Dean Ewin
5:44 MC 60 yd pass Applebey to Patberg Kick blocked
1:49 Boonville 5 yd run by Conner Kick good by Ewin
3rd
8:26 Boonville 32 yd pass, Brandon Schnuck to Blake Rhinehart Kick good by Ewin
2:44 MC 1 yd run by Applebey Rager to Applebey
4th
11:16 MC 1 yd run by Applebey Kick blocked
8:08 Boonville 15 yd run by Conner Kick good by Ewin
:46 MC 1 yd pass Applebey to Rager Run failed

Mount Carmel Boonville
First Down 24 21
Rushes – yards 43-161 35-209
Passing 166 135
Comp – Att- Int 10-19-0 9-12-0
Punts – Average 5-20 3-36
Fumbles - lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties - yards 2-10 12-105

Individual Stats

Rushing School Athlete Yards
MC Kight 24-108
MC Whittler 10-43
MC Applebey 9-10
Boonville Conner 31-191
Boonville Schnuck 1 (-1)
Boonville Beavin 3-19

Passing School Athlete Yards
MC Applebey 10-19-0: 166 yds
Boonville Schnuck 9-12-0: 135 yds

Receiving School Athlete Yards
MC Rager 3-60
MC Patberg 2-69
MC Stipp 3-16
MC Kight 2-21
Boonville Rhinehart 3-56
Boonville White 2-38
Boonville Conner 2-18
Boonville Hicks 1-14
Boonville McKinney 1-9

BOYS GOLF

BOYS GOLF

First Round play is underway at the IHSA Class 1A Boys Golf State Finals at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington.

Click the link for the latest team scores from the IHSA as the Mt. Carmel Golden Aces look to bring home the state championship.