Missouri (MSHSAA) basketball state championships live updates: Day 4 scores, news, stories (3/16/2024)
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI – We are back at Mizzou Arena for the final day of the Missouri basketball season and the conclusion of the Class 4-6 boys and girls basketball championships.
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Missouri basketball championships schedule
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Class 4 boys third-place game: Logan-Rogersville 72, KC Central 44
Class 6 girls third-place game: Rock Bridge 60, Cor Jesu 51
Class 6 boys third-place game: Springfield Central 72, Oak Park 60
Class 4 boys championship game: Vashon 68, John Burroughs 37
Class 6 girls championship game: Incarnate Word 53, Kickapoo 43
Class 6 boys championship game: Cardinal Ritter 52, Chaminade 42
Class 4 boys championship game: Vashon 68, John Burroughs 37
Senior guard Nassir Binion scored a game-high 25 points, including 20 in the first half, as the Wolverines captured their fourth state title in four years.
Jordyn Richard scored nine points for Vashon (26-6), while Christian Williams and Andre Aaron added seven points apiece.
Ramzi Salem led Burroughs (27-5) with 21 points, including three 3-pointers.
Binion scored 20 points in the first half, including two dunks late in the second quarter, to help Vashon build a 10-point lead at halftime, 32-22.
The Wolverines closed the first half with a 13-3 run after Burroughs forged the games first tie at 19-19.
Vashon (26-6) won its seventh state title under coach Tony Irons. The Wolverines have also won championships in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Burroughs was playing in the state championship game for the first time since 1953.
Class 6 girls championship game: Incarnate Word 53, Kickapoo 43
Peyton Hill scores 17 points and Kaylynn Janes added 16 as Incarnate Word, playing without Dan Rolfes, defeated Kickapoo to win the Missouri Class 6 championship – their seventh straight title – and their 131st consecutive victory.
The championship was the 13th for Incarnate Word (31-0) since 2006 under Rolfes.
Mikayla Pilley and Josie Salazar scored 13 points apiece to lead Kickapoo (30-1). Allison Scott had 10 rebounds.
Incarnate Word led 12-5 after one quarter and then outscored Kickapoo 20-12 in the second quarter to take a 32-17 halftime lead.
Hill led all scorers with 10 points in the first half, while Janes added seven.
Kickapoo outscored IWA 12-11 in the third quarter and 14-10 in the fourth but the Chiefs were unable to complete the comeback.
Class 6 boys championship game: Cardinal Ritter 52, Chaminade 42
Cardinal Ritter earned its second straight state championship after taking control in the second half.
Chaminade trailed 16-10 after one quarter but outscored Cardinal Ritter 12-5 in the second to take a one-point lead at halftime, 22-21.
Chaminade sophomore forward Jamison White led all scorers with 12 points in the first half. Nashawn Davis led Ritter with eight points.
Missouri basketball championships coverage (stories/photos/videos):
Chaminade tops Oak Park in Missouri Class 6 boys basketball semifinals
Cardinal Ritter tops Springfield Central in Missouri Class 6 boys basketball semifinals
Kickapoo beats Cor Jesu in Missouri Class 6 girls basketball semifinals
Jimmy McKinney III helps Vashon beat KC Central in Missouri Class 4 boys basketball semifinals
John Burroughs boys top Logan-Rogersville in Missouri Class 4 basketball semifinal
Hot-shooting De Smet defeats Jefferson City to win Missouri Class 5 boys basketball championship
Lift for Life tops Chillicothe in overtime in Missouri Class 4 girls basketball semifinal showdown
De Smet starts strong in Missouri Class 5 boys basketball semifinal win over Winnetonka
Jefferson City rallies to beat Vianney in Missouri Class 5 boys basketball semifinals
Jordan Speiser leads Lutheran St. Charles past Smithville in Class 5 girls basketball semifinals
Burroughs tops Marshfield in Missouri Class 5 girls semifinals
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- Nate Latsch | latsch@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveMiz
