Cape Central 73 - Sikeston 63
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3rfan, that is the correct score. Sikeston was up @ the half 36-28 but the second half belong to the Cape Central Tigers. The indicators did not make the case for Sikeston to lose this game. Classes 4 and 5 have two weeks before districts. Class 4 districts 1 features @ Sikeston, Cape Notre Dame and Cape Central. The Sikeston Bulldogs hosting district 1 should give the edge to Sikeston 19-1.
One of my " Trusted Confidants " from SEMO made the call for this upset tonight but I did not see this coming.
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Blemish: Cape Central hands Sikeston first loss of season
Saturday, February 13, 2016By Derek James - Sikeston Standard Democrat
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Sikeston's Dominique Dyes works past Cape Central's Al Young in the third quarter Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at Cape Central High School.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Sikeston Bulldogs have not seen many chinks in its armor this season.
Heading into Friday, 19 opponents have given Sikeston its best shot, but the Bulldogs have found ways to not only hold off all challengers, but to do it convincingly in most cases.
Cape Central finally put a permanent dent in Sikeston's armor by handing the Bulldogs its first loss of the season with a 73-63 victory in front of a jam-packed, standing-room-only crowd at Cape Central High School on Senior Night.
When the final horn sounded, Cape Central's players and students rushed the floor in a wild celebration that continued into the hallways and corridors in the high school long after the game had ended.
"That's the best game, probably of all our career right now," said Cape Central senior Al Young, who led the Tigers with 23 points and 13 rebounds. "It makes a big statement. ... We can't take anything away from Sikeston. They're one of the best teams in the area and, right now, the best team in the state. We wanted it real bad. We look on the Internet every day and see, 'Sikeston's gonna beat Cape by 30. Sikeston's gonna beat Cape by 40.' Nobody had faith in us but us. We just came out there and wanted it more badly tonight."
Sikeston, which came into the game ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 4, fell to 19-1 on the season and saw its hopes for a SEMO Conference title as well as the top seed in Class 4, District 1 dealt a severe blow.
"I thought Cape played very well -- they out-played us in many facets of the game," Sikeston coach Gregg Holifield said. "We weren't aggressive and went into panic mode somewhat. We've got to get tougher and get better in adverse situations."
And once again, just like two years ago when Cape Central shocked the Bulldogs in the district championship game on this very court, Sikeston's normal stellar shooting touch took the night off against the Tigers.
Sikeston shot just 3 of 24 (13 percent) from 3-point range and they were just 22 of 64 (34 percent) overall from the field, including numerous point-blank looks at the basket that would somehow rattle out.
"Tonight we got a little lucky on some things that rolled our way," Cape Central coach Drew Church said. "We're fortunate."
But the Tigers made its own good fortune as they consistently handled Sikeston's defensive pressure while also winning the battle of the boards, out-rebounding the Bulldogs 33 to 29.
In addition, the Tigers were 31 of 52 (59.7 percent) from the field with nearly all of them coming on layups.
Cape Central only attempted three 3-pointers all night as they were content to patiently attack Sikeston's half-court zone defense with drives to the basket or long passes behind the full-court press.
"We didn't hold it as long," Young said. "In the first half we were holding it and letting their defense get set up, and in the second half we just sped up. We kept it moving and their defense kept moving and we found the open spots."
Cape Central found itself down by as much as 13 in the first half, but the Tigers quickly established a shift in momentum in its favor in the third quarter.
The Tigers seized control by out-scoring the Bulldogs 24-10 in the third quarter.
Trailing 36-28 at the half, the Tigers went on a 16-4 run to open the third quarter. One of the highlights of the run was a 3-point play by 6-foot-4 sophomore Austin Parker to tie the score for the first time at 40-40.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Cape Central's Blake Harris works against Sikeston's Earnest Fobbs to pull down the rebound after a free throw in the third quarter Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at Cape Central High School.
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Just seconds later after a defensive stop, Cape Central guard Jawone Newell drove to the hoop and gave the Tigers its first lead of the game -- a lead that they would not relinquish the rest of the night.
The Tigers then took a 44-40 lead on a Zyshon Mallory basket before Sikeston's Juwon Kimble finally snapped the drought with an inside shot.
"They came out after halftime and really played well," Holifield said. "We didn't have a sense of urgency. I thought we were hesitant in many ways. We didn't have much pressure and we were dragging back defensively. We knew what a difficult game it was going to be. They always play very well at home. Tonight was no different. They were outstanding. It was an outstanding playoff atmosphere."
Cape Central carried a 52-46 lead into the fourth quarter and they were able to hold off every Bulldog challenge the rest of the way.
Sikeston's best chance to get back in the game was when sophomore Fred Thatch scored on an offensive putback and drew the foul to trim the lead to 55-52 with 4:53 left.
He missed the free throw and Parker scored a basket on the other end to make it 57-52.
A minute later Marquan Nelson picked off a pass on the press and drove in to score the layup to cut the lead to 57-54, but the Tigers responded with a basket by Newell and another conventional 3-point play by Parker to lead 62-54.
The Bulldogs last cut the gap to 66-60 on a Kevin Jones drive with less than two minutes remaining, but Parker answered again and Young sealed it from the free throw line.
In addition to Young's big night, Parker finished with 20 points. Mallory added 16 points off the bench.
"Al played great," Holifield said. "He just played absolutely very well. He did so many good things and he's hard to contain. Parker also played very well. He's such a good kid and a hard worker."
Thatch led the Bulldogs with 22 points and 13 rebounds, but he only had six points in the second half.
Kimble finished with 18 points and Dominique Dyes added 12 points.
"It wasn't flawless," Church said. "We gave up too many easy baskets in transition and gave up too many offensive rebounds, but all in all our team battled. Everybody played their tail off and played hard. Sikeston's phenomenal. They've got four shooters playing at a time and a great inside guy and they're hard to guard. I thought we got out on the shooters and made shots hard. Gregg does a great job and it's hard to guard what they do."
Despite Cape Central's efforts to shorten the game with ball-control possessions, the first quarter belonged to Sikeston.
The Bulldogs worked the inside, crashed the boards and hit a pair of 3-pointers to take an 18-9 lead after one.
Sikeston opened the second quarter well as Thatch finished off a steal with a fast-break dunk and Nelson hit a pair of free throws to give the Bulldogs its biggest lead of the night at 22-9.
"We did some good things early," Holifield said. "I thought we kind of established ourselves right off the bat."
The Tigers responded with a 10-2 run, six of the points coming from Mallory.
Cape Central got as close as three points twice, but Sikeston closed the half with a Kimble basket and an off-balance, buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Thatch to send the Bulldogs into halftime with a 36-28 lead.
But the Tigers took control in the second half behind its loud, raucous crowd.
Sikeston only caused 14 turnovers on the Tigers while on the other end of the floor, Cape Central's physical defense was causing the Bulldogs fits on offense.
Cape Central, which broke into the state rankings this week at No. 10 in Class 4, improved to 19-5 and now owns the crucial tie-breaker over Sikeston for the conference title and has a trump card for locking down the top seed at the district meeting that is scheduled to be held Saturday morning.
"They did a great job of defending us," Holifield said. "They did a great job of handling the basketball. They got more loose balls than we did. They rebounded better than we did. They just out-played us. We understand that and know that. Our guys have been around and I think they'll come in this weekend ready to practice and get better."
Sikeston will play its final SEMO Conference game on Tuesday when they host New Madrid County Central.
Junior varsity
Sikeston's J.V. team improved to 15-2 on the season with a 65-54 win over Cape Central's junior varsity.
Sikeston led 33-20 at the half and held off several Cape Central runs in the second half to pull out the victory.
Sikeston was led by Trey Jenkins with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Don Larry added 13 points.
-- The Southeast Missourian contributed to this report
Sikeston 18 18 10 17 -- 63
Cape Central 9 19 24 21 -- 73
SIKESTON (63) -- Fred Thatch 22, Juwon Kimble 18, Dominique Dyes 12, Marquan Nelson 7, Kevin Jones 4. FG 22, FT 16-24, F 15. (3-pointers: Dyes 1, Nelson 1, Thatch 1. Fouled out: none).
CAPE CENTRAL (73) -- Al Young 23, Austin Parker 20, Zyshon Mallory 16, Blake Harris 8, Jawone Newell 6. FG 31, FT 11-16, F 18. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none).
Blemish: Cape Central hands Sikeston first loss of season
Saturday, February 13, 2016By Derek James - Sikeston Standard Democrat
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Sikeston's Dominique Dyes works past Cape Central's Al Young in the third quarter Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at Cape Central High School.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Sikeston Bulldogs have not seen many chinks in its armor this season.
Heading into Friday, 19 opponents have given Sikeston its best shot, but the Bulldogs have found ways to not only hold off all challengers, but to do it convincingly in most cases.
Cape Central finally put a permanent dent in Sikeston's armor by handing the Bulldogs its first loss of the season with a 73-63 victory in front of a jam-packed, standing-room-only crowd at Cape Central High School on Senior Night.
When the final horn sounded, Cape Central's players and students rushed the floor in a wild celebration that continued into the hallways and corridors in the high school long after the game had ended.
"That's the best game, probably of all our career right now," said Cape Central senior Al Young, who led the Tigers with 23 points and 13 rebounds. "It makes a big statement. ... We can't take anything away from Sikeston. They're one of the best teams in the area and, right now, the best team in the state. We wanted it real bad. We look on the Internet every day and see, 'Sikeston's gonna beat Cape by 30. Sikeston's gonna beat Cape by 40.' Nobody had faith in us but us. We just came out there and wanted it more badly tonight."
Sikeston, which came into the game ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 4, fell to 19-1 on the season and saw its hopes for a SEMO Conference title as well as the top seed in Class 4, District 1 dealt a severe blow.
"I thought Cape played very well -- they out-played us in many facets of the game," Sikeston coach Gregg Holifield said. "We weren't aggressive and went into panic mode somewhat. We've got to get tougher and get better in adverse situations."
And once again, just like two years ago when Cape Central shocked the Bulldogs in the district championship game on this very court, Sikeston's normal stellar shooting touch took the night off against the Tigers.
Sikeston shot just 3 of 24 (13 percent) from 3-point range and they were just 22 of 64 (34 percent) overall from the field, including numerous point-blank looks at the basket that would somehow rattle out.
"Tonight we got a little lucky on some things that rolled our way," Cape Central coach Drew Church said. "We're fortunate."
But the Tigers made its own good fortune as they consistently handled Sikeston's defensive pressure while also winning the battle of the boards, out-rebounding the Bulldogs 33 to 29.
In addition, the Tigers were 31 of 52 (59.7 percent) from the field with nearly all of them coming on layups.
Cape Central only attempted three 3-pointers all night as they were content to patiently attack Sikeston's half-court zone defense with drives to the basket or long passes behind the full-court press.
"We didn't hold it as long," Young said. "In the first half we were holding it and letting their defense get set up, and in the second half we just sped up. We kept it moving and their defense kept moving and we found the open spots."
Cape Central found itself down by as much as 13 in the first half, but the Tigers quickly established a shift in momentum in its favor in the third quarter.
The Tigers seized control by out-scoring the Bulldogs 24-10 in the third quarter.
Trailing 36-28 at the half, the Tigers went on a 16-4 run to open the third quarter. One of the highlights of the run was a 3-point play by 6-foot-4 sophomore Austin Parker to tie the score for the first time at 40-40.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Cape Central's Blake Harris works against Sikeston's Earnest Fobbs to pull down the rebound after a free throw in the third quarter Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at Cape Central High School.
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Just seconds later after a defensive stop, Cape Central guard Jawone Newell drove to the hoop and gave the Tigers its first lead of the game -- a lead that they would not relinquish the rest of the night.
The Tigers then took a 44-40 lead on a Zyshon Mallory basket before Sikeston's Juwon Kimble finally snapped the drought with an inside shot.
"They came out after halftime and really played well," Holifield said. "We didn't have a sense of urgency. I thought we were hesitant in many ways. We didn't have much pressure and we were dragging back defensively. We knew what a difficult game it was going to be. They always play very well at home. Tonight was no different. They were outstanding. It was an outstanding playoff atmosphere."
Cape Central carried a 52-46 lead into the fourth quarter and they were able to hold off every Bulldog challenge the rest of the way.
Sikeston's best chance to get back in the game was when sophomore Fred Thatch scored on an offensive putback and drew the foul to trim the lead to 55-52 with 4:53 left.
He missed the free throw and Parker scored a basket on the other end to make it 57-52.
A minute later Marquan Nelson picked off a pass on the press and drove in to score the layup to cut the lead to 57-54, but the Tigers responded with a basket by Newell and another conventional 3-point play by Parker to lead 62-54.
The Bulldogs last cut the gap to 66-60 on a Kevin Jones drive with less than two minutes remaining, but Parker answered again and Young sealed it from the free throw line.
In addition to Young's big night, Parker finished with 20 points. Mallory added 16 points off the bench.
"Al played great," Holifield said. "He just played absolutely very well. He did so many good things and he's hard to contain. Parker also played very well. He's such a good kid and a hard worker."
Thatch led the Bulldogs with 22 points and 13 rebounds, but he only had six points in the second half.
Kimble finished with 18 points and Dominique Dyes added 12 points.
"It wasn't flawless," Church said. "We gave up too many easy baskets in transition and gave up too many offensive rebounds, but all in all our team battled. Everybody played their tail off and played hard. Sikeston's phenomenal. They've got four shooters playing at a time and a great inside guy and they're hard to guard. I thought we got out on the shooters and made shots hard. Gregg does a great job and it's hard to guard what they do."
Despite Cape Central's efforts to shorten the game with ball-control possessions, the first quarter belonged to Sikeston.
The Bulldogs worked the inside, crashed the boards and hit a pair of 3-pointers to take an 18-9 lead after one.
Sikeston opened the second quarter well as Thatch finished off a steal with a fast-break dunk and Nelson hit a pair of free throws to give the Bulldogs its biggest lead of the night at 22-9.
"We did some good things early," Holifield said. "I thought we kind of established ourselves right off the bat."
The Tigers responded with a 10-2 run, six of the points coming from Mallory.
Cape Central got as close as three points twice, but Sikeston closed the half with a Kimble basket and an off-balance, buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Thatch to send the Bulldogs into halftime with a 36-28 lead.
But the Tigers took control in the second half behind its loud, raucous crowd.
Sikeston only caused 14 turnovers on the Tigers while on the other end of the floor, Cape Central's physical defense was causing the Bulldogs fits on offense.
Cape Central, which broke into the state rankings this week at No. 10 in Class 4, improved to 19-5 and now owns the crucial tie-breaker over Sikeston for the conference title and has a trump card for locking down the top seed at the district meeting that is scheduled to be held Saturday morning.
"They did a great job of defending us," Holifield said. "They did a great job of handling the basketball. They got more loose balls than we did. They rebounded better than we did. They just out-played us. We understand that and know that. Our guys have been around and I think they'll come in this weekend ready to practice and get better."
Sikeston will play its final SEMO Conference game on Tuesday when they host New Madrid County Central.
Junior varsity
Sikeston's J.V. team improved to 15-2 on the season with a 65-54 win over Cape Central's junior varsity.
Sikeston led 33-20 at the half and held off several Cape Central runs in the second half to pull out the victory.
Sikeston was led by Trey Jenkins with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Don Larry added 13 points.
-- The Southeast Missourian contributed to this report
Sikeston 18 18 10 17 -- 63
Cape Central 9 19 24 21 -- 73
SIKESTON (63) -- Fred Thatch 22, Juwon Kimble 18, Dominique Dyes 12, Marquan Nelson 7, Kevin Jones 4. FG 22, FT 16-24, F 15. (3-pointers: Dyes 1, Nelson 1, Thatch 1. Fouled out: none).
CAPE CENTRAL (73) -- Al Young 23, Austin Parker 20, Zyshon Mallory 16, Blake Harris 8, Jawone Newell 6. FG 31, FT 11-16, F 18. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none).
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I told ya a long time ago metro in this C4 D1 it doesn't matter who u are or what your ranked u have to bring it every nite if u want to survive
You are correct Train. I did not see this upset coming and the " Indicators " didn't either. I would not worry about the results of the Cape Central-Sikeston game. It appears the Bulldogs had one of those games when very things went right. ( Central was the reason things did not go right and aided by the Bulldogs) That happens in a long 16 week schedule but the Bulldogs have two weeks to make needed corrections. for districts and beyond.
The Sikeston Bulldogs probably had 3-4 bad games during the first 19 games but their talent and organization was so much better then the opponents, it did not show up in the loss column. I see this loss as a blessing and now it's time to get down to business.
Train, I've been it both winning and losing locker rooms after big games. Believe it when I say, the " Winning locker room " is much happier then a losing locker room. This could be the coaches finest hour when he or she addresses the team after an upset. An upset loss during the regular season is easier to overcome then a loss during districts and beyond. The verdict is still out on how Father Tolton, Sikeston, Hazelwood Central, Parkway West, Westminister and others handle adversity this late in the season.
Adversity this late in the season will result in two ways. Early or late check in in districts or the team will come back stronger then ever.
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Knowing Coach Holifield the way I do and he's not a HOF coach for nothing I'm betting they come back strong as ever .... It may not be good to be New Madrid tonite
Train, it appears you are indeed a ' True Believer ". Most teams would be honored to have you a fan.
