Stories from Tuesday, February 11, 2014

PARK HILLS -- With Saturday's win over Mineral Area, the Lady Raiders are nearly certain to host a Region XVI Tournament game. The Lady Raiders were down by one with 3 minutes left Saturday and needed a win to keep pace with the Lady Cardinals in the Region XVI standings...

PARK HILLS -- The Three Rivers Raiders committed more turnovers than they made field goals Saturday night. The Raiders committed their first turnover on the opening possession and 16 in the first half. They added nine more in the second and shot 22-for-43 from the field, losing their sixth straight Region XVI game 90-73 at Mineral Area...

NEELYVILLE -- Poplar Bluff and Neelyville hadn't played each other much over the years. The teams played each other a handful of times. Poplar Bluff had never succumb to the Lady Tigers. Until Saturday that is. Neelyville took a lead with 30 seconds to play in the first half on a trey by Darby French. The Lady Mules were never out of contention, but never took a lead and tied the game just once the rest of the way as Neelyville prevailed 64-59...

NEELYVILLE -- Neelyville junior Matt Nicolay reached 1,000 career points Saturday night but it wasn't enough against two double-double efforts from a pair of Van Buren Bulldogs. Van Buren outscored the Tigers 40-27 in the second half and win 69-59. Bulldogs senior Tyler Griffin had a huge night with 32 points and 13 rebounds. He was 14-of-19 from the free-throw line. Senior Ricky Davis had the other double-double for Van Buren (7-11) with 15 points and 14 rebounds...