St. Anthony Gets 20th Win; Other Thursday 2-2-2017 Basketball Scores

The St. Anthony Bulldogs closed out their girls basketball regular season on a winning note, posting their 20th win, picking up their second straight National Trail Conference championship and setting the stage for a successful postseason run starting with their own regional with a 71-31 victory Thursday night over the Brownstown/St. Elmo Bombers. The game was heard on KJ Country 102.3 and www.kjcountry.com. Videos of the game will also be available.

The Bulldogs scored the first 18 points of the game and eventually held a 42-point lead. St. Anthony led 28-9 after one quarter, 42-22 at halftime, and 57-24 after three quarters. 

St. Anthony shot 52% from the field, 30 of 58, including 8 of 16 threes. The Bulldogs made 3 of 6 foul shots, grabbed 25 rebounds, and turned the ball over just six times.

BSE shot 31% from the field, 11 of 35, including 1 of 8 threes. The Bombers were 8 of 10 from the line and pulled down 23 rebounds, but turned the ball over 22 times.

Abby Weis made five straight threes in the first quarter for St. Anthony and finished with a game-leading 26 points. Meg Richards finished with 14 points. Also for St. Anthony: Clare McHugh 8, Olivia Clausius 7, Shea Kinkelaar 6, Abbie Schmidt 6, and Sydney Gibson 4.

"We got off to a great start again," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman. "And then the defense turned it up a notch in the second half. Abbie Schmidt had a great senior night and hopefully that leadership carries over into the postseason."

Natalie Oberlink and Dana Shelton each scored 8 points for BSE. Also for the Bombers: Deana Shelton 5, Brandi Howard 4, and Elissa Baron, Averie Scholes and McKenzie Walk 2 each.

Brownstown/St. Elmo finished its regular season right at the .500 mark, 14-14. 

St. Anthony finished the regular season with a record of 20-8, the second straight season with 20 wins and the NTC regular season title, heading into its own regional next week.

St. Anthony said its regular season goodbyes to their lone senior, Abbie Schmidt, who was honored in ceremonies prior to the game.

At St. Anthony

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (31)

Scholes 1-0 -- 2, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Da. Shelton 3-1 -- 8, De. Shelton 1-3 -- 5, Cripe 0-0 -- 0, Baron 1-0 -- 2, Oberlink 2-4 -- 8, Howard 2-0 -- 4, Walk 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 11 FG, 8 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (71)

Schmidt 3-0 -- 6, Kinkelaar 3-0 -- 6, Weis 10-0 -- 26, McHugh 4-0 -- 8, Gibson 2-0 -- 4,  Repking 0-0 -- 0, Coffin 0-0 -- 0, Richards 6-0 -- 14, Clausius 2-3 -- 7, McGuire 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 30 FG, 3 FT.

Brownstown/St. Elmo          9    13      2      7    --    31

St. Anthony                        28    14    15    14    --    71

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 1 (Da. Shelton 1), St. Anthony 8 (Weis 6, Richards 2).

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Anthony 71, Brownstown/St. Elmo 31

Effingham 54, Salem 33

Palestine Hutsonville 33, Cumberland 31

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor 56, North Clay 38

Newton 44, Casey-Westfield 28

Central A&M 66, Shelbyville 20

Mattoon 59, Taylorville 40

Paris 50, Lawrenceville 33

South Fork 65, Ramsey 44

Vandalia 46, Carlinville 45

Sullivan 46, Clinton 38

Tuscola 56, Meridian 30

Flora 54, Red Hill (Bridgeport) 28

Marshall 55, Robinson 23

VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL

Oblong 76, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 48

St. Elmo/Brownstown 100, Sandoval 32

JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

Class 8-2A Neoga Regional

Paris Crestwood 37, Neoga 36

Class 8-3A Teutopolis Regional

Teutopolis 59, Cumberland 10