For much of Saturday’s Missouri Class 5 boys state basketball championship, Oakville (St. Louis) looked the part of champions. Then Hillcrest (Springfield) standout Dorial Green stepped up his game, and rallied the Hornets to a 54-49 win.
The 6-foot-5 sophomore scored 10 of his 21 points over the final 4-minutes, 17-seconds of the fourth quarter as the Hornets went on a 15-2 run to seal the triumph. Green also pulled down 13 rebounds in the contest.
Hillcrest (25-7) senior guard Trey Starks, the tournament’s leading scorer, posted a game-high 22 points on six-of –15 shooting from the field as the Hornets ruined Oakville’s 17-game winning streak. Isaac Sade added 10 points to the Hornet’s 13th straight win.
On back-to-back defensive stands, Green swatted Oakville (27-5) shots allowing the Hornets to turn a 44-40 deficit into a 45-44 advantage with 1:28 remaining in the contest. Green’s first rejection led to a Taylor Sade lay-up and a free throw after he was fouled.
After blocking a shot on Oakville’s next possession, Green scored on a put back to start a run in which he scored eight straight points.
“I thought their two kids that could score, Starks and Green, just had monster games against us,” Oakville coach Nick Traxler told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “They are just really good players and they did the things they needed to do in those last three minutes to win.”
Toraino Hellem led the way for Oakville, who finished fourth at last year’s Show-Me Showdown II, with 19 points. Garrett Reeg added nine points, six rebounds and three blocked shots, while Javier Duren chipped in nine points.
Class 4 Boys Championship – Kearney 47, St. Francis Borgia 43
With Saturday’s 47-43 win over defending champion St. Francis Borgia (30-1), Kearney put the skids on the Knights’ 46-game winning streak and got a little pay back all at the same time.
The Bulldogs fell to Borgia in the 2009 Class 4 title game by double-digits, but Saturday the Bulldogs employed a rugged 2-3 zone defense that shut down the Knight’s potent outside game, holding the defending champions to 6-of-20 shooting from behind the 3-point arc.
The Bulldogs (28-3), who became the first school since 2004 to win both the boys basketball and football state titles in the same school year, connected on a pair of 3-pointers to open the second half. Following Dillon Starzl’s lay-up, Kearney turned a 27-20 halftime deficit into a 28-27 advantage.
Starzl led all scorers for Kearney with 20 points and he had eight rebounds in the title contest. Grant Cozad added 10 points. Nathan Scheer and Ben Ruether scored 17 and 11 points respectively for the Knights.
Class 5 Girls Championship – Incarnate Word Academy 52, Blue Springs 43
For the second consecutive year the Blue Springs (26-4) girls were turned away from the school’s first state championship in basketball following a 52-43 loss to top-ranked Incarnate Word Academy Saturday.
After holding on to a 33-31 advantage at the conclusion of the third quarter, the Red Knights (30-1) broke open a tight contest in the final quarter building a 47-38 advantage late in the game.
Brianna Puni scored a team-high 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Red Knights. Brittany Carter added 12 points. Cherisse Burris led the way for Blue Springs with 16 points and eight rebounds. Tyonna Snow and Azia Washington added eight points each.
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Class 4 Girls Championship – Webb City 60, Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau 53
Hailey Roderique led Webb City (30-1) with 18 points, five rebounds and four steals in the Class 4 girls title game as the Cardinals posted a 60-53 win over Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau.
Also in double-figures for the Cardinal were Breanna Baker and Kaitlin Jaeger with 14 and 13 points respectively. Kyndal Clark added 11 points for Webb City. Allyson Bradshaw and Jane Morrill led Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau (26-5) with 18 and 16 points respectively.
Missouri State Basketball Tournament Top Scoring Performances
Boys
Brier West of Soldan scored 40 points in an 84-59 Class 4 quarterfinal win over Moberly…Soldan’s Brier West poured in 34 points in a 62-55 win over Republic in the Class 4 consolation game…Nathan Scheer of St. Francis Borgia ripped the cords for 28 points in an 83-72 Class 4 semifinal win over Soldan…Moberly’s Brennen Hughes scored 26 points in an 84-59 loss to Soldan in the Class 4 quarterfinals…Brier West of Soldan poured in 25 points in an 83-72 Class 4 semifinal loss to St. Francis Borgia…Christian Brother College’s Ryan Pierson ripped the cords for 24 points in a 69-57 Class 5 quarterfinal win over Webster Groves…Trey Starks of Springfield-Hillcrest scored 22 points in a 60-48 Class 5 quarterfinal win over Holt…Springfield-Hillcrest’s Trey Starks poured in 22 points in a 54-49 win over Oakville in the Class 5 championship game.
Girls
Jazmin Hitchens of Incarnate Word Academy scored 27 points in a 67-33 Class 5 quarterfinal win over Poplar Bluff…Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau’s Allyson Bradshaw poured in 26 points in a 62-55 Class 4 semifinal win over St. Dominic…Jennifer Rocha of St. Dominic ripped the cords for 23 points in a 62-55 Class 4 semifinal loss to Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau…Staley’s Casey Brockman scored 23 points in a 60-58 Class 4 quarterfinal loss to O’Hara in overtime…Brynn Williamson of Staley poured in 23 points in a 60-58 Class 4 quarterfinal loss to O’Hara in overtime…Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau’s Jane Morrill ripped the cords for 22 points in a 58-51 Class 4 quarterfinal win over St. Francis Borgia…Casey Carroll of Springfield-Kickapoo scored 20 points in a 52-36 win over Fort Zumwalt West in the Class 5 consolation game.
Missouri State Basketball Tournament Scoring Leaders
Class 5 Boys Scoring Leaders By Average
Trey Starks, Springfield-Hillcrest 59 (19.7)
Derrick Dilworth, Webster Groves 19 (19.0)
Dorial Green, Springfield-Hillcrest 53 (17.7)
Toraino Hellems, Oakville 53 (17.7)
Cortez Conners, Webster Groves 17 (17.0)
Seth Jackson, Christian Brothers College 43 (14.3)
Tournament MVP: Dorial Green, Springfield-Hillcrest
Class 4 Boys Scoring Leaders By Average
Brier West, Soldan 99 (33.0)
Brennen Hughes, Moberly 26 (26.0)
Preston Guiot, Bolivar 21 (21.0)
Nathan Scheer, St, Francis Borgia 57 (19.0)
Kevin Stander, Republic 57 (19.0)
Dalton Kelley, Bolivar 18 (18.0)
Tournament MVP: Briar West, Soldan
Class 5 Girls Scoring Leaders By Average
Jazmin Hitchens, Incarnate Word Academy 53 (17.7)
Casey Carroll, Springfield-Kickapoo 42 (14.0)
Cherisse Burris, Blue Springs 41 (13.7)
Maddie Mason, Liberty 12 (12.0)
Chloe Nelson, Incarnate Word Academy 35 (11.7)
Tyonna Snow, Blue Springs 33 (11.0)
Kim Gorman, Cor Jesu Academy 11 (11.0)
Tournament MVP: Jazmin Hitchens, Incarnate Word Academy
Class 4 Girls Scoring Leaders By Average
Casey Brockman, Staley 23 (23.0)
Brynn Williamson, Staley 23 (23.0)
Allyson Bradshaw, Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau 61 (20.3)
Jane Morrill, Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau 55 (18.3)
Jennifer Rocha, St. Dominic 52 (17.3)
Katie Thomas, St. Francis Borgia 17 (17.0)
Rachel Connell, St. James 17 (17.0)
Tournament MVP: Hailey Roderique, Webb City
Missouri State Basketball Tournament Results
Class 5 Boys Quarterfinals
Christian Brothers College 69, Webster Groves 57
Oakville 53, Parkway West 35
Springfield-Hillcrest 60, Holt 48
Park Hill South 56, Lee’s Summit North 49
Semifinals
Oakville 47, Christian Brothers College 44 OT
Springfield-Hillcrest 50, Park Hill South 41
Final
Springfield-Hillcrest 54, Oakville 49
Consolation
Christian Brothers College 51, Park Hill South 43
Class 4 Boys Quarterfinals
St. Francis Borgia 64, Sikeston 51
Soldan 84, Moberly 59
Republic 54, Bolivar 52
Kearney 54, Warrensburg 33
Semifinals
St. Francis Borgia 83, Soldan 72
Kearney 43, Republic 31
Final
Kearney 47, St. Francis Borgia 43
Consolation
Soldan 62, Republic 55
Class 5 Girls Quarterfinals
Incarnate Word Academy 67, Poplar Bluff 33
Fort Zumwalt West 51, Cor Jesu Academy 39
Springfield-Kickapoo 41, Columbia-Rock Bridge 24
Blue Springs 43, Liberty 32
Semifinals
Incarnate Word Academy 55, Fort Zumwalt West 36
Blue Springs 52, Springfield-Kickapoo 41
Final
Incarnate Word Academy 52, Blue Springs 43
Consolation
Springfield-Kickapoo 52, Fort Zumwalt West 36
Class 4 Girls Quarterfinals
Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau 58, St. Francis Borgia 51
St. Dominic 52, Miller Career Academy 41
Webb City 57, St. James 36
O’Hara 60, Staley 58 OT
Semifinals
Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau 62, St. Dominic 55
Webb City 55, O’Hara 42
Final
Webb City 60, Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau 53
Consolation
O’Hara 40, St. Dominic 37
