Xavier 47, Mount Pleasant 37
Joe Bean led a balanced Xavier attack with 12 points as the Saints outscored Mount Pleasant by nine in the second half for a 47-37 opening night win last night at Panther Gymnasium.
Bean canned 2-of-3 treys and finished 4-of-6 from the foul line.
Trysten Vazquez had 11 points and eight boards for Xavier, as well.
The Panthers were led by Dewon Trent, who finished with a game-high 16 points collecting eight rebounds, as well.
Payton Hagans chipped in with nine.
Xavier has beaten Mount Pleasant in 12 consecutive matchups.
0-1, the Panthers will travel to Fort Madison Friday.
Winfield-Mount Union 60, Pekin 39
Winfield-Mount Union used a 20-9 second quarter run to pull away from Pekin for a 60-39 win last night in Winfield.
The Wolves outscored Pekin 17-8 in the fourth quarter to prevent any late Panther rally.
Winfield moved to 1-0.
Pekin is 0-1.
WACO 58, Holy Trinity 29
WACO led 32-8 at the end of the first half as the Warriors dominated Holy Trinity for a 58-29 victory last night.
The Warriors were suffocating on the defensive end and got easy looks at the bucket for the majority of the night.
WACO is 1-0, they’ll take on New London on Friday night.
Holy Trinity will travel to Cardinal.
Other area finals:
- Van Buren County 49, Central lee 42
- First win under new head coach and Mount Pleasant graduate Trey Magnani
- Danville 45, West Burlington 43
- Cardinal 45, Notre Dame 42
- Mediapolis 50, Hillcrest Academy 35
- Wapello 58, Columbus 20