Shoes Beat Mt. Zion, LIC, Lincoln Prairie Tourney Scores

MOUNT ZION -- Teutopolis captured a high school boys basketball victory over Mount Zion, 66-43 Tuesday evening.

The two teams played to an 11-11 opening quarter tie. Mount Zion moved ahead 16-15 at halftime.

But the Wooden Shoes did some heavy duty work in the third quarter, outscoring the Braves 30-17 to lead 45-28 going into the final period.

Evan Niemerg scored eight of his 12 total points in the quarter while Luke Ungrund tallied seven.

"We survived a bad first half shooting effort," said T-town Coach Chet Reeder. "In the second half our ball pressure on defense helped us get easy buckets. That in turn helped us make some outside shots."

Ungrund finished with 16 points to lead the Shoes in scoring while Niemerg tallied 12.

T-town won the battle of the boards by a 39-21 count. Evan Wermert pulled down nine rebounds. Ungrund had four steals.

At Mount Zion

TEUTOPOLIS (66)

Hardiek 1-3 -- 5, Althoff 0-0 -- 0, Niebrugge 1-0 -- 2, Bushur 0-0 -- 0, Niemerg 5-1 -- 12, M. Hardiek 2-0 -- 5, Poelker 2-0 -- 4, Addis 1-0 -- 3, Pruemer 0-0 -- 0, Ungrund 7-1 -- 16, Ruholl 2-1 -- 5, B. Deters 3-2 -- 8, M. Deters 3-0 -- 6, Siemer 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 27 FG, 8 FT.

MOUNT ZION (43)

Hamrick 3-1 -- 7, Ma. Adams 0-1 -- 1, Roberts 1-0 -- 2, Clark 2-0 -- 2, Me. Adams 2-2 -- 6, High 2-2 -- 7, Gilman 0-0 -- 0, DiTommaso 1-0 -- 2, London 6-1 -- 14, Moss 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 17 FG, 7 FT.

Teutopolis                 11    4    30    21    --    66

Mount Zion               11    5    12    15    --    43

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 4 (Niemerg 1, M. Hardiek 1, Addis 1, Ungrund 1), Mount Zion 2 (High 1, London 1).

Little Illini Conference Tournament

In the Little Illini Conference Boys Basketball Tournament at Paris High School Tuesday evening, Casey-Westfield and Olney advanced to the championship game.

Casey-Westfield defeated Marshall, 49-39 while Olney won over Robinson, 52-44.

Casey-Westfield will face Olney at 8 p.m. Friday for the crown. Marshall and Robinson square off for third place at 6:30 Friday.

In action tonight, Newton meets Paris at 6 p.m. and Lawrenceville takes on Flora at 7:30 p.m. in consolation bracket play. The winners advance to the consolation championship Friday at 5 p.m.

Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament

Five games were contested Tuesday evening at the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament.

In winner bracket play, Villa Grove/Heritage edged Okaw Valley, 60-57 while Cumberland downed Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 59-55 in overtime.

Cumberland trailed ALAH 11-8 after the opening quarter and 26-20 at halftime. The Pirates mounted a comebck with a 16-12 third period to trail by two going into the final quarter. Cumberland then tied the game at 49-49 sending it into overtime. Ross Hemmen knocked in four baskets while Brennyn Cutts scored five.

In the overtime period, Cutts continued with a three-pointer and two free throws while Hemmen and Elijah McElravy had a basket each and Gage Thompson a free throw.

Hemmen finished with 22 points while Cutts tallied 15.

Villa Grove/Heritage and Cumberland will meet for the conference tournament championship at 7 p.m. Saturday. Okaw Valley and ALAH square off for third place at 5:30 p.m.

In consolation bracket play, Tri-County won over Sangamon Valley, 75-58 while Arcola defeated Blue Ridge, 50-48 and Decatur LSA downed Argenta-Oreana, 53-36.

Tri-County advanced to meet Cerro Gordo/Bement at 6 p.m. Friday while Arcola takes on Decatur LSA at 7:30. The winners of those two games will meet for the consolation championship at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament

Game 12

Overtmie

ALAH (55)

Hilligoss 0-0 -- 0, Rocke 2-0 -- 4, Carroll 2-2 -- 6, Feagin 6-2 -- 14, Baker 1-1 -- 4, Romine 3-2 -- 8, Plank 4-6 -- 16, Wardrip 1-0 -- 3, Abercrombie 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 13 FT.

CUMBERLAND (59)

Hemmen 9-3 -- 22, McElravy 1-0 -- 2, Dill 2-0 -- 4, Thompson 1-1 -- 3, Brant 0-0 -- 0, Jones 0-0 -- 0, Boldt 2-0 -- 4, Napier 4-1 -- 9, Cutts 5-2 -- 15. TOTALS 24 FG, 7 FT.

ALAH                     11    15    12    11    6    --    55

Cumberland           8    12    16    13   10    --    59

3-point FG -- Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 4 (Plank 2, Bkaer 1, Wardrip 1), Cumberland 4 (Cutts 3, Hemmen 1).