College Basketball:
MVC–Men
Murray St. 84, SIU 81 (Racers now 11-3, 3-0, at UIC 1/1/Salukis now 6-8, 0-3, vs Valparaiso 1/1)
Indiana St. 81, Belmont 80 (OT)
Northern Iowa 58, Valparaiso 48
Bradley 76, Evansville 68
Illinois St. 73, Drake 56
Top 25
20 Illinois 90, Southern 55 (Illini now 10-3, at Penn St. 1/3)
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MVC–Women
Belmont 68, SIU 56 (Salukis now 3-8, 0-2, a Drake l/2/Alayna Kraus, SIU: 20 pts, 4 rebs)
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Boys Basketball:
Appleknocker Holiday Tournament at Cobden
Zeigler-Royalton 74, Egyptian 44 (7th Place)
Pope Co. 58, Elverado 57 (5th Place)
Johnston City 51, Century 46 (3rd Place)
Cobden 53, Cairo 50 (Kyler White, Cobden: 22 pts, tournament MVP/Rahjon Woodson, Cairo: 17 pts) (Championship)
82nd Centralia Holiday Tournament
Memphis MHEA (TN) 52, Miller Career Academy (MO) 48
Evanston 74, Chicago Dyett 15
Chicago Marist 77, Champaign Central 27
Belleville West 54, Wekiva (FL) 51
Alton 69, Chicago Julian 39
Memphis Harding (TN) 68, Cahokia 39
Centralia 79, Sumner (MO) 26
Chicago King 51, Miami Southridge 38
Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Classic
Oakville (MO) 75, Granite City 56 (15th Place)
Decatur Eisenhower 49, Quincy 22 (13th Place)
Rockford East 57, Carbondale 50 (11th Place)
O’Fallon 59, Collinsville 55 (7th Place)
Lincoln 47, Belleville East 35 (5th Place)
Pattonville (MO) 71, Althoff 54 (Consolation)
Triad 44, McCluer North (MO) 38 (3rd Place)
Decatur MacArthur 61, Mt. Vernon 32 (Championship)
67th Columbia/Freeburg Holiday Tournament
Freeburg 70, Riverview Gardens (MO) 47 (7th Place)
Benton 46, Waterloo 35 (5th Place)
Seckman (MO) 59, Civic Memorial 56 (3rd Place)
Alton Marquette 67, Columbia 64 (OT) (Championship)
39th Dieterich Holiday Tournament
Grayville 79, Ramsey 59 (7th Place)
Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 56, South Central 45 (5th Place)
Robinson 53, Red Hill 50 (3rd Place)
Dieterich 49, Sullivan 44 (Championship)
Duster Thomas Hoops Classic at Pinckneyville
Carlyle 43, Mt. Carmel 34
Murphysboro 30, Jerseyville 27 (Qtr #1)
Richland Co. 68, Meridian 38
Woodlawn 66, Steeleville 36 (Qtr #2)
Christopher 55, Chester 50
Roxana 71, Pinckneyville 58 (Qtr #3)
Okawville 37, Trico 30
Sparta 71, Salem 55 (Qtr #4)
Steeleville 46, Jerseyville 35
Woodlawn 54, Murphysboro 51 (Kyle Cooper, Woodlawn: 27 pts, 2000 career pts) (Semi #1)
Pinckneyville 61, Salem 28
Sparta 60, Roxana 47 (Semi #2)
Mt. Carmel 76, Meridian 53
Carlyle 52, Richland Co. 38 (Cons semi #1)
Chester 50, Trico 43
Okawville 46, Christopher 24 (Cons semi #2)
Effingham/Teutopolis Christmas Classic
at Teutopolis
Champaign Centennial 74, Charleston 64
Effingham St. Anthony 65, Chicago Brooks 41
Oregon 54, Newton 48
Teutopolis 57, Pleasant Plains 27
at Effingham
Lawrenceville 64, Dixon 36
Lutheran North (MO) 57, Mattoon 53
Tolono Unity 80, Central A&M 49
Belvidere 55, Effingham 54
61st Eldorado Holiday Tournament
Edwards Co. 66, 5 Hamilton Co. 42
3 Herrin 68. 2 Massac Co. 54
1 Carterville 53, 4 Fairfield 43 (Semi #1)
7 Anna-Jonesboro 63, 6 Vienna 53 (Semi #2)
Hardin Co. 60, NCOE 52 (Landon Fricker, Hardin Co.: 30 pts) (Consolation)
Herrin 56, Edwards Co. 48 (5th Place)
Fairfield 68, Vienna 48 (3rd Place)
Carterville 59, Anna-Jonesboro 28 (Colton Hawkins, Carterville: tournament MVP) (Championship)
First Financial Tournament at Terre Haute South
Casey-Westfield 56, Shakamak (IN) 45
Marshall 57, South Vermillion (IN) 34
64th Mater Dei Christmas Tournament
Father McGivney 46, Metro-East Lutheran 37
Waterloo Gibault 53, Christ Our Rock Lutheran 46
St. Charles West (MO) 43, Mascoutah 24
Breese Mater Dei 63, Highland 33 (Gavin Peppenhorst, MD: 33 pts, 5 rebs)
Orchard Farm (MO) 71, Wesclin 61
Nashville 65, Breese Central 60 (Maddox Ritzel, Nashville: 31 pts, 8 rebs)
44th Sesser-Valier Holiday Tournament
6 Sesser-Valier 58, 8 Marissa/Coulterville 49 (Kyan Short, Sesser-Valier: 15 pts/Ky Portz, Marissa/Coulterville: 20 pts) (7th Place)
5 New Athens 65, 7 Red Bud 63 (Sawyer Sullivan, New Athens: 18 pts/Luke Quintin, Red Bud: 25 pts) (Consolation)
3 Du Quoin 67, 4 Altamont 64 (Layton Hawkins, Du Quoin: 22 pts) (3rd Place)
2 Goreville 40, 1 Waltonville 39 (Nick King, Goreville: GW FT w/:00/Gage Peterson, Waltonville: 18 pts) (Championship)
Taylorville Holiday Tournament
Jacksonville 72, Limestone 52
Sterling 77, Chicago Comer 42
Mt. Zion 43, Marion 36
Glenbard South 56, Taylorville 51
53rd Vandalia Holiday Tournament
Shelbyville 44, Nokomis 35
Flora 53, Macon Meridian 25
Cumberland 73, Greenville 43
Vandalia 75, Pana 65
Other scores
East St. Louis 81, Rockford Guilford 49
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Girls Basketball:
Benton Christmas Classic
Carlyle 51, Herrin 41 (13th Place)
Richland Co. 48, 7 Salem 36 (11th Place)
Mt. Zion 49, 8 Vienna 36 (Consolation)
Mt. Vernon 52, Hamilton Co. 51 (7th Place)
3 Triad 47, 5 Carbondale 46 (5th Place)
4 Benton 55, 6 Harrisburg 46 (3rd Place)
1 Civic Memorial 62, 2 Mt. Carmel 38 (Championship)
Carterville Christmas Round Robin
Sesser-Valier/Waltonville 48, Carterville 38
Anna-Jonesboro 63, Chester 54 (Kansas Craig, Jadyn Gerardi, Anna-Jonesboro: 18 pts each)
Christ Our Rock Lutheran Winterfest
Sandoval/Odin/Patoka 57, Vandalia 54
Du Quoin 56, Johnston City 38
Greenville 41, Christ Our Rock Lutheran 13
Wesclin 27, Father McGivney 22
Pinckneyville 48, Christopher 24
Dieterich Holiday Tournament
Ramsey/Mulberry Grove 48, Arcola 29 (7th Place)
Okaw Valley 54, Palestine/Hutsonville/Oblong 49 (5th Place)
Dieterich 63, Marshall 57 (3rd Place)
Brownstown/St. Elmo 71, Cumberland 6:00 (Championship)
Waterloo Holiday Tournament
Waterloo 85, Cahokia 7 (7th Place)
Marissa/Coulterville 47, Waterloo Gibault 25 (5th Place)
Alton Marquette 52, Red Bud 30 (3rd Place)
Columbia 50, Roxana 48 (Championship)
Other scores
Granite City 40, Jerseyville 35
Paris 55, Rockford Lutheran 52
Whitehall North Greene 61, East Alton/Wood River 27
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