The Salem Wildcats fell at Wesclin in double overtime last night 49-46. The game was nip and tuck the entire way, with neither team able to put much distance between them and their opponent. The Wildcats were playing without Noah Nix who didn’t make the trip due to illness. Salem had to handle 6-6 big man Seth Macke who used his 250 pound body to push around the defenders and finish with a game-high 23 points. Salem was led by Gavin Zimmermann who made 5 three pointers for his 15 points, but none after the 3rd quarter. Connor Tennyson, who hit a shot near the end of regulation to send us to overtime, finished with 13 and Sam Greene added 11. Freshman Gavin Rahm had 13 of his 14 points in the 4th quarter and overtimes. Wesclin improves to 20-4 while Salem falls to 8-16. The Cats will travel to Columbia Friday night before hosting DuQuoin on Saturday.
The Salem JV had a double digit lead in the first half and early 3rd quarter, but Wesclin came roaring back to win 59-53. Owen Szpila led the Warriors with 30, Bryce Haar added 16. Ryegan Warren led Salem with 22, Ayden Rose finished with 9.
The Salem freshmen opened the night with a 66-51 loss to Wesclin. Trailing by 20 in the first half, Salem got 12 of his team-high 16 points from Payton Gullion in the 3rd quarter to cut the deficit to 7. Gullion had all 16 in the second half, Avery Gullion finished with 11. The Freshman are right back in action tonight when they host Nashville.
The Orphans freshmen are at home tonight against Breese Central.
Teutopolis traveled to Mt Zion and the Braves improved to 20-1 with a 55-39 win over the visiting Shoes. Lyncoln Keoster had 22 to lead Mt Zion and JC Anderson added 18. Garrett Gaddis led TTown with 9. The Shoes will play Mater Dei Friday and Centralia Saturday at the Pinckneyville Shootout.
Also last night, Mater Dei beat Madison 49-44, Fairfield over Cisne 63-46, Carlyle lost to Greenville 46-44, Highland upset Collinsville in overtime 62-57, Roxana beat Bunker Hill 73-41, Waterloo snapped Columbia’s 12-game win streak with a 53-49 victory. Woodlawn beat Grayville 59-46.
Little Illini: At the Little Illini Conference Tournament semifinals, Olney advanced to the finals with a 48-24 win over Casey Westfield. They will play Newton after their 65-60 win over Lawrenceville. Tonight is the consolation semifinals with Paris and Mt Carmel followed by Robinson and Marshall.
NTC: The National Trail Conference Tournament opened last night. CHBC defeated Neoga 53-49 to advance to tonight’s quarterfinal game against top seed St Anthony. St Elmo/Brownstown plays North Clay in another first round game. Last night, Altamont advanced with a 71-44 win over Windsor/Stew-Stras and Dieterich beat down South Central 62-20.
Scores:
Althoff 66 Granite City 55
Bethalto CM 58 Hillsboro 51
Bluford 61 Wayne City 39
Breese Mater Dei 49 Madison 44
Champaign Centennial 49 Charleston 44
Edwardsville 54 Mascoutah 52 (OT)
Fairfield 63 Cisne 46
Father McGivney 74 SIUE Charter 47
Greenville 46 Carlyle 44
Harrisburg 63 Hamilton County 54
Highland 62 Collinsville 57 (OT)
Mt Zion 55 Teutopolis 39
New Athens 72 Valmeyer 65
Newton 65 Lawrenceville 60
O’Fallon 72 MEL 48
Okawville 40 Marissa 35
Olney 48 Casey 24
Red Bud 84 Dupo 27
Roxana 73 Bunker Hill 41
Sparta 64 Trico 34
Staunton 46 Greenfield 44
Trenton 49 Salem 46 (2OT)
Vandalia 61 Central A&M 53
Vienna 66 Mounds Meridian 60
Waterloo 53 Columbia 49
Woodlawn 59 Grayville 46
