MARBLE HILL -- The Woodland Cardinals improved to 1-1 on the year with a 63-57 victory over Oak Ridge in the Woodland Invitational Basketball Tournament.

"We had great defensive intensity, and we were able to get a lot of fast-break layups off the defense in the first half," said Woodland coach David Mirly. "Then we were able to knock down some free throws down the stretch and showed a lot of composure."

Woodland, the sixth seed, took a 37-22 lead into the half as Josh Hahn scored 13 or his 15 points in the second quarter to key Woodland's 25-11 advantage in the frame.

"That was our big quarter, and Josh was a big part of that," said Mirly.

No. 7 Oak Ridge charged back to tie the game in the second half, but Seth Gaines drained a 3-pointer to give the Cardinals some breathing room.

Gaines finished with 18 points on the night, while Timmy Abner, Chad Gaines and Jeremy Hutson each added eight in the win.

"We were up by three with about two minutes left in the game, and he hit one to put us up by six," Mirly said. "That was just a really big shot for us."

Oak Ridge was led by Dylan Abbott's 18 points, while Garret Light and Lance Felter scored 13 and 11, respectively.

Woodland takes on the Delta Bobcats today at 5 p.m. in the consolation championship.

No. 2 Perryville 71,

No. 3 Meadow Heights 46

MARBLE HILL -- The second-seeded Pirates exploded in the second half of Thursday's semifinal to post a 25-point victory over No. 3 Meadow Heights.

Rick Dunn led Perryville with 28 points, while Jon Hecht added 14 in the victory. Tyler Wagner paced the Panthers with 17 points, and Thomas Mitchell scored 13.

With the scored tied at 27-all at the half, the Pirates outscored Meadow Heights 22-11 and 22-8 over the final two quarters to earn a berth in tonights championship game against Cape Girardeau Notre Dame.

No. 1 Notre Dame 95,

No. 5 Leopold 34

MARBLE HILL -- The Bulldogs wasted no time in showing why they were the top seed in the tournament as they posted 32 points -- just two shy of Leopold's total for the game -- in the opening eight minutes.

Ryan Willen led all scorers with 25 Bulldog points, while Ty Williams (20 points), Austin Greer (17) and Mark Himmelberg (10) all reached double figures in the win.

Darren VanGennip poured in 20 points for Leopold.