Brownstown/St. Elmo Third At Pana Girls Tourney

PANA -- Brownstown/St. Elmo High School finished third at the Pana Girls Basketball Tournament during the weekend.

In the semifinals Friday, Brownstown/St. Elmo fell to Camp Point Central, 32-21.

The two teams played to a 6-6 opening quarter tie before Camp Point Central took a 19-11 halftime lead.

BSE came back with an 8-6 third quarter to pull within 25-19 but Camp Point Central had a 7-2 final quarter for the win.

Presley Williams led the Bombers with eight points while Dayana Haslett added seven.

BSE dropped into the third place contest against Highland and the Bombers won 38-28.

BSE trailed Highland 10-6 after the opening quarter but came back with an 11-3 run as Madi Miller hit two regular baskets, Haslett a three-pointer and Addie Sasse two free throws.

Highand then had a 13-6 third period surge to lead 26-23 going into the final quarter.

From there, Miller connected on a basket and was four of four at the line for six points and Williams hit a basket and two free throws as BSE had a 15-2 run to win 38-28.

The championswhip game went to Breese Mater Dei over Camp Point Central, 56-37. Fifth place was taken by Gillespie over Pana, 58-29.

Breese Mater Dei's Maris Zurliene was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.

Named to the all-Tournament Team were Madi Miller and Dayana Haslett from Brownstown/St. Elmo, Kaia Vickery and Mia Brawner from Gillespie and Jordan Bircher and Sophie Schroeder from Highland.

Pana Tournament

Friday Game

BSE (21)

Wililams 2-3 -- 8, Sasse 1-0 -- 2, M. Barker 0-0 -- 0, Huddlestun 0-0 -- 0, Haslett 0-0 -- 0, P. Barker 0-0 -- 0, Haslett 3-1 -- 7, Miller 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 8 FG, 4 FT.

CAMP POINT CENTRAL (32)

Peters 1-7 -- 9, Miller 5-3 -- 13, Huston 0-0 -- 0, Bockhold 1-3 -- 5, Niekamp 1-0 -- 3, Gerenbacher 0-2 -- 2, A. Stephens 0-0 -- 0, K. Stephens 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 8 FG, 15 FT.

BSE                  6      5    8    2    --    21

CPC                  6    13    6    7    --    32

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 1 (Williams 1), Camp Point Central 1 (Niekamp 1).

Third Place Game

BSE (38)

Williams 2-2 -- 6, Sasse 0-4 -- 4, P. Barker 5-3 -- 14, Miller 5-4 -- 14. TOATLS 12 FG, 13 FT.

HIGHLAND (28)

Frey 1-0 -- 2, Bircher 3-4 -- 13, Klucker 0-0 -- 0, Holemann 0-0 -- 0, Gould 0-0 -- 0, Schroeder 3-1 -- 9, Fleming 1-0 -- 2, Kleiboecker 1-0 -- 2, Nanney 0-0 -- 0 TOTALS 9 FG, 5 FT.

BSE                   6     11      6    15    --    38

Highland          10      3    13      2    --    28

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 1 (Haslett 1), Highland 5 (Bircher 3, Schroeder 2).