Missouri: Borgia basketball gets by Beal and Chaminade

St. Francis Borgia seniors Tyler Ressel and Nathan Scheer scored 55 points collectively to lead the defending Class 4 champions to an 81-75 win over defending Class 5 king Chaminade on Monday.

But it was sophomore point guard Bryce Dolan who drilled a pair of 3-pointers to pull Borgia even with the Red Devils after Chaminade stretched a two-point halftime advantage into a 45-39 lead early in the second half.

Dolan’s hot outside shooting keyed a 12-2 Knight run that put coach Dave Neier’s squad on top for good at 51-47. For the game, Borgia knocked down 12 3-pointers to extend its winning streak to 23.

Chaminade junior Bradley Beal, who recently committed to Florida, did pull the Red Devils within 71-70 with a lay-up at the two-minute, 28-second mark of the fourth quarter. But St. Francis Borgia knocked down 10 of 13 free throws down the stretch.

"They really have a good team," Neier told the St. Louis Post Dispatch of Chaminade. "I’m not fooling anybody on that. I think everyone knows that. They won the 5A championship last year and they are one of the favorites this year. It took a total team effort for us to be in the game with them and for us to have the opportunity at the end to come out with the win."

Ressel led the way for Borgia with 29 points in the contest, while Scheer scored 26. Beal was the game’s leading scorer with 33 points. Brendan Kelly and Luke Bumgarner added 13 and 12 points, respectively, for the Red Devils. Borgia hasn’t lost since falling 76-67 to the Red Devils last January.

So far this season the Knights have upended defending Class 3 champion Maplewood-Richmond Heights (75-54), defending Class 3 runner-up Whitfield (78-75), 2009 Class 4 semifinalist Jefferson City-Helias (61-44) and Chaminade to earn the billing as Missouri’s best boys basketball team.

Below is a look at some of the top scoring performances from last weekend and the rest of the boys and girls basketball rankings.

Missouri boys scoring leaders
Dakota Hawk of Walnut Grove scored 46 points in an 88-75 win over Lutie…Mountain View-Birch Tree’s Derek Daniels poured in 37 points in a 67-66 win over Licking…Gerald Jones of McCluer South-Berkeley ripped the cords for 37 points in a 72-65 loss to University City…Mount Vernon’s Zack Kleine scored 37 points in a 71-51 win over Pea Ridge…Justin Miller of Niangua poured in 36 points in a 71-67 win over Walnut Grove…Republic’s Kevin Stander ripped the cords for 34 points in a 67-51 win over Carl Junction…Steven Jennings of Hurley scored 34 points in a 102-75 loss to New Covenant Academy…Thomas Jefferson’s Logan Colston scored 32 points in a 52-43 win over Christian Outreach…Dylan Price of Spokane poured in 31 points in a 70-62 loss to Pleasant Hope…Sullivan’s Tyler Garner ripped the cords for 30 points in a 70-67 loss to North County…Marcus Whitt of Columbia-Hickman scored 29 points in a 64-57 loss to Rockhurst…Platte County’s Jacob Hardie scored 28 points in a 72-52 win over Smithville…Mycole Pruitt of Kirkwood ripped the cords for 28 points in a 75-67 win over Maplewood-Richmond Heights…Crane’s Levi Cook poured in 28 points in a 65-51 loss to Strafford…Tony King of Maplewood-Richmond Heights scored 27 points in a 75-67 loss to Kirkwood…Fort Zumwalt South’s JR Alexander ripped the cords for 27 points in a 48-45 loss to St. Charles West.

Missouri girls scoring leaders
Hannah Harman of Walnut Grove scored 37 points in a 61-39 win over Lakeland…Marion C. Early’s Kasey Painter poured in 32 points in a 79-65 loss to Fair Grove…Shelby Winkelmann of Hermann ripped the cords for 31 points in a 67-32 win over Warrenton…John Burroughs’ Lea Johnson scored 28 points in a 44-36 win over Windsor…Shanique Buford of Beaumont poured in 28 points in a 59-30 win over Northwest Academy…St. Francis Borgia’s Maggie Vossbrink ripped the cords for 28 points in a 66-52 win over St. Dominic…Lauren McCurry of Pleasant Hope scored 28 points in an 80-46 win over Forsyth…Lutheran St. Charles’ Katherine Hoffmeyer poured in 25 points in a 52-47 loss to Rosati-Kain…Erin Emerson of Rosati-Kain ripped the cords for 24 points in a 52-47 win over Lutheran St. Charles…Kirkwood’s Natalie Fryrear scored 24 points in a 69-45 win over Ursuline…Sharne Morris of Valley Park scored 24 points in a 47-41 win over Crossroads College Prep…Billings’ Jordan Chastain poured in 24 points in a 53-31 win over Marionville…Erin Gavin of Fair Grove ripped the cords for 24points in a 79-65 win over Marion C. Early.

Missouri boys basketball rankings

Top 10
1. St. Francis Borgia (7-0)
2. Chaminade (5-1)
3. McCluer North (5-0)
4. Branson (7-0)
5. Kearney (5-0)
6. Hazelwood Central (6-0)
7. Sikeston (7-0)
8. Webster Groves (4-0)
9. Columbia-Rock Bridge (2-1)
10. Nixa (7-0)

Class 5
1. Chaminade (5-1)
2. McCluer North (5-0)
3. Branson (7-0)
4. Hazelwood Central (6-0)
5. Webster Groves (4-0)
6. Columbia-Rock Bridge (2-1)
7. Nixa (7-0)
8. McCluer (3-1)
9. Liberty (3-0)
10. Christian Brothers College (6-1)

Class 4
1. St. Francis Borgia (7-0)
2. Kearney (5-0)
3. Sikeston (7-0)
4. Moberly (2-0)
5. Clayton (7-1)
6. O’Hara (5-0)
7. Fulton (6-0)
8. Lincoln College Prep (0-0)
9. Mexico (5-2)
10. De Soto (7-2)

Class 3
1. Hogan Prep (6-2)
2. Whitfield (3-2)
3. Blue Eye (2-0)
4. Cardinal Ritter (5-1)
5. Blair Oaks (5-1)
6. Arcadia Valley (8-0)
7. Principia (4-1)
8. Seneca (5-1)
9. Brentwood (5-1)
10. Mount Vernon (4-1)

Missouri girls basketball rankings

Top 10
1. Nixa (7-0)
2. Hazelwood Central (5-0)
3. Incarnate Word Academy (7-0)
4. St. Joseph’s Academy (4-0)
5. Cor Jesu Academy (5-0)
6. Webb City (4-0)
7. Columbia-Rock Bridge (4-1)
8. Parkway South (5-0)
9. Miller Career Academy (3-0)
10. Blue Springs (5-1)

Class 5
1. Nixa (7-0)
2. Hazelwood Central (5-0)
3. Incarnate Word Academy (7-0)
4. St. Joseph’s Academy (4-0)
5. Cor Jesu Academy (5-0)
6. Columbia-Rock Bridge (4-1)
7. Parkway South (5-0)
8. Blue Springs (5-1)
9. Liberty (4-1)
10. Fort Zumwalt West (5-0)

Class 4
1. Webb City (4-0)
2. Miller Career Academy (3-0)
3. Platte County (6-1)
4. St. Joseph-Benton (4-0)
5. St. James (5-0)
6. Notre Dame de Sion (1-1)
7. Savannah (6-0)
8. Pacific (6-0)
9. Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) (3-1)
10. Smithville (3-1)

Class 3
1. Cardinal Ritter (5-0)
2. Skyline (1-0)
3. Fair Grove (0-0)
4. Hermann (6-0)
5. California (7-0)
6. Macon (4-0)
7. Mount Vernon (2-1)
8. South Shelby (4-0)
9. Lawson (6-0)
10. St. Joseph-Bishop LeBlond (2-1)

Class 2
1. Sparta (8-0)
2. New Franklin (3-0)
3. Couch (1-0)
4. Laquey (4-0)
5. Penney (6-0)
6. Purdy (5-1)
7. Canton (3-1)
8. Harrisburg (2-0)
9. Thayer (2-0)
10. Orrick (3-1)