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OAKVILLE 75, GRANITE CITY 56: In the 15th-place game of the 41st Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Classic, Oakville, of south St. Louis County, broke out to a 34-22 halftime lead and went on to win over Granite City.
Johnnie Coleman led the Warriors with 19 points, while Antonio Dean III came up with 15 points, and Xavier Harris had 14 points.
The Tigers are now 5-6, while Granite goes to 8-7.
PATTONVILLE 71, BELLEVILLE ALTHOFF CATHOLIC 54: The consolation bracket final saw Pattonville, of Maryland Heights, Mo., take a 33-26 halftime lead in going on to win the consolation championship of the Classic.
Luke Smith led the Crusaders with 15 points, while both Jay Crumble, Jr. and DeMaree Koonce scored 10 points apiece.
The Pirates are now 6-3, while Althoff is now 7-7.
O'FALLON 59, COLLINSVILLE 55 (OT): In the seventh-place game at Collinsville, O'Fallon led at halftime 23-21, but Collinsville rallied to tie the game after regulation 50-50 to force overtime, where the Panthers outscored the Kahoks 9-5 to take the game.
Ben Akoro led O'Fallon with 13 points, while Jayden Dancy came up with 10 points. Collinsville was led by Jace Wilkinson's 17 points, with Jordan Taylor adding 11 points.
The Panthers are now 4-12, while the Kahoks go to 6-9.
LINCOLN 47, BELLEVILLE EAST 35: In the Collinsville fifth-place game, Lincoln led at halftime 20-19, then outscored East in the second half 27-16 to take fifth place in the tournament.
Kameron Eutsey led the Lancers with 12 points, with Jalen Coleman adding six points.
The Railsplitters are now 12-3, while East is 8-5.
TRIAD 44, MCCLUER NORTH 38: In the third-place game at the Collinsville Classic, Triad came from behind to take a 19-18 lead, then outscored McCluer North of Florissant, Mo., 25-20 in the second half to take third place.
Tyler Thompson led the Knights with 12 points, while Lucas Thompson added 11 points.
Triad is now 9-5, while the Stars are now 9-3.
In the championship game of the Classic, Decatur MacArthur won over Mt. Vernon 61-32.
FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 46, METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 37: In a ninth-place semifinal game at the 64th Breese Mater Dei Catholic Christmas Tournament, McGivney took the game of Metro-East to advance to Tuesday's game.
Chase Jansen led the Griffins with 19 points, while Carson Barone had 10 points.
McGivney is now 10-5, while the Knights go to 3-9.
EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 44, GILLESPIE 40: In the seventh-place game of the Carlinville Holiday Invitational at the Carlinville Big House, EAWR led at halftime 22-17, and held off Gillespie the rest of the way to get the win.
Jasiah Brown led the Oilers with 16 points, while Jordan Spiller added on 13 points.
EAWR is now 3-8, while the Miners are now 0-12,
CARLINVILLE 75, LITCHFIELD 60: In the third-place game at Carlinville, the host Cavaliers led 39-27 at the half and coasted to the win over Litchfield.
Sawyer Smith led Carlinville with 22 points, while Tristan Thompson scored 19 points, Carter Ziln hit for 13 points, and Noah Convery had 10 points.
The Cavies are now 8-3, while the Purple Panthers drop to 9-5.
ROXANA 71, PINCKNEYVILLE 58: In the quarterfinals of the Duster Thomas Hoops Classic in Pinckneyville, Roxana led the host Panthers 32-18 at the half, and went on to advance to the last four.
Cohen Dugan led the Shells with 19 points, while both Sean Maberry and Aiden Stemm scored 17 points each, and Keelan Crawford had 11 points.
Pinckneyville is now 5-4 after winning their fifth-place semifinal game over Salem 61-23 later in the day. At the end of the day, Roxana stands at 11-3.
In other tournament games played on Monday, at the Sesser-Valier tournament, the host Red Devils defeated Marissa-Coulterville 56-49 to take seventh place, while in the consolation final, New Athens nipped Red Bud 65-63, in a ninth place semifinal at Mater Dei, Waterloo Gibault Catholic won over Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 53-46, in the fifth place semis at Mater Dei, St. Charles, Mo., West won over Mascoutah 43-24, while the host Knights defeated Highland 66-36, in the championship semifinals, it was Orchard Farm, Mo. winning over Trenton Wesclin 71-61, while Nashville got past Breese Central 65-60, in the opening round of the 82nd Centralia Holiday Tournament, Belleville West nipped Apopka, Fla., Wekiva 54-51, Alton defeated Chicago Julian 69-39, and Memphis Harding got past Cahokia 68-39.
Also, in the consolation final at Carlinville, Bunker Hill won over Hillsboro 65-53, In the Columbia-Freeburg Christmas Tournament, the co-host Midgets won the seventh place game over Riveview Gardens of north St. Louis County 70-47, Benton won fifth place over Waterloo 46-35, Rockwood Seckman of Fenton, Mo. defeated Civic Memorial to take third place 56-55, In the fifth place semifinals at the Don Mauer Holiday Invitational at Mary Institute-Country Day School in Ladue, Mo., Edwardsville defeated Francis Howell of Weldon Spring, Mo. 57-51. in the quarterfinals of the Duster Thomas Hoops Classic, Murphysboro nipped Jersey 30-27, while in the consolation quarterfinals, Carlyle won over Mt. Carmel 43-34, and Okawville defeated Campbell Hill Trico 37-30/
In addition, in the consolation semifinals at Pinckneyville, Carlyle won over Olney Richland County 52-38, and Okawville won over Christopher 46-24.
In the fifth-place semifinals, Steeleville won over Jersey 48-35, and in the semifinals, Sparta defeated Roxana 60-47, while at the Waverly Holiday Tournament, Jacksonville Routt Catholic got past Carrollton 65-40.
