The Plattsburg Tigers beat the Princeton Tigers 68-65 on Tuesday night, in quarterfinal round play at the Class 2, District 16 boys basketball tournament at Mid-Buchanan High School in Faucett.
Plattsburg trailed 50-48 headed into the final quarter, but had just enough surge to claim the victory, ending the PHS Tigers season, the first under Head Coach Damon Collins. Â Elijah Curl paced a balanced Plattsburg attack with 16 points. Â Darius Rawlings contributed 12 points, Jordan Kremer 11, and Tommy Young 10.
Princeton had a game-high 20 points from Blaine Millburn, while Calvin Berwanger had 18, and Andrew Smith 14 points.
The win sends Plattsburg into the district semifinals, and a meeting with the top-seeded Stanberry Bulldogs, who survived a Polo upset bid to win on Tuesday night, winning 54-44. Â Brad Hailey led the Bulldogs with 18 points. Â Cole Craig had 17 and Cory Luke 12 for the winning side. Â James Fleener had 21 points and Cole Bartlett 10 for the Panthers.
The Stanberry vs. Plattsburg boys semifinal will be Thursday night at 5:30.
The boy’s basketball season at Gallatin High School is over, with the Bulldogs falling to the Mid-Buchanan Dragons on Tuesday night, 49-34. Â Gabe Cole had 16 points with Morgan Corwin contributing 12 for GHS. Â Mid-Buch was paced by 13 points from Hunter Scaggs.
The Dragons, at 7 o’clock on Thursday night, will host the Maysville Wolverines in boy’s semifinal #2. Â Maysville, the #6 seed, swung a 64-58 quarterfinal upset of the East Atchison Wolves on Tuesday night.
The girls semifinals from Class 2, District 16 are set for tonight (Wednesday night), as the top-seeded Mid-Buchanan Lady Dragons host Plattsburg at 5:30, followed by an all-GRC “Battle of Lady Bulldogs”, with Gallatin and Stanberry meeting in a 2 vs. 3 seed semifinal at 7 o’clock.
