SCAA boys hoops: Advance boys rally past Scott City 69-58, Bloomfield beats Richland 69-33

ESSEX, Mo. - The Bloomfield Wildcats improved to 2-2 in regular season SCAA Conference play Thursday night with a 69-33 win against the Richland Rebels.

The game was originally scheduled for Dec. 13, but was postponed because of snow.

Bloomfield (5-7) outscored Richland in every quarter.

Bloomfield standout center Noah Vandiver once again led his team in scoring with 26 points. Nathan Newell and Tim Fox both scored 10 points for the Wildcats.

Adam Lane paced Richland with 10 points. Skyler Harper tallied nine points and Josh Thornton added eight more for the Rebels.

Richland remains in search of its first regular season conference victory Friday when it hosts Advance.

Bloomfield visits Malden Friday in a non-conference showdown.

Varsity Boys: Bloomfield 69, Richland 33

Bloomfield 25 14 25 5 - 69

Richland 11 10 10 2 - 33

BLOOMFIELD (69) - Tim Hector 3, Nathan Newell 10, Caleb Pulley 1, Tim Fox 10, Tyler Battles 4, Jacob Clary 2, Austin Battles 5, Noah Vandiver 26, Triston Mitchell 5, Alex Gibbs 3. FG 27, FT 10/20, F 13. (3-pointers: Newell 2, Fox 2, Battles 1. Fouled out: none)

RICHLAND (33) - Skyler Harper 9, Caleb Clark 3, Jacob Gonzales 3, Josh Thornton 8, Adam Lane 10. FG 13, FT 4/9, F 14. (3-pointers: Harper 1, Clark 1, Gonzales 1. Fouled out: none)

Notes: Bloomfield won the junior varsity game against Richland 56-29. The Bloomfield junior varsity currently supports a record of 7-4.

PHOTO BY KYLE CARTER - RICHLAND SCHOOL Richland R-1 senior Tristan Wamble (10) drives the ball down court past Bloomfield senior Austin Battles during the third quarter of their game on Thursday night. The Wildcats defeated Richland 69-33 on the night. Richland will host Advance Friday.

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ADVANCE, Mo. - The Advance Hornets varsity boys basketball team fell behind 24-14 after one quarter, but made up all the deficit before halftime and won the second half by 11 points on its way to a 69-58 win against the Scott City Rams Thursday night.

Lane Below tallied 37 points for Hornets. He hit six of the Hornets' nine 3-pointers.

Austin Miller added 11 more for Advance. Eli Seger scored nine and Dalton Wilson tallied eight.

Trent Pobst led Scott City with 18 points. Dylan Keller tallied 16 points and Isiah Berry added 13 more for Scott City.

Scott City beat Advance 55-54 in the junior varsity contest.

Advance visits Richland Friday night.

Advance 69, Scott City 58

SCS 24 8 9 17 - 58

AHS 14 18 23 14 - 69

SCOTT CITY (58) - Dylan Keller 16, Trent Pobst 18, Isiah Berry 13, Brock Velsmarr 3, Tyler Rodgers 2, Braden Cox 6. FG 22, FT 11/16, F 13. (3-pointers: Pobst 1, Berry 2. Fouled out: none)

ADVANCE (69) - Austin Miller 11, Lane Below 37, Eli Seger 9, Alex Morse 3, Dalton Wilson 8, Brian Whitson 1. FG 25, FT 10/16, F 14. (3-pointers: Below 6, Miller 2, Morse 1. Fouled out: none)