The Class 5 District 3 boys basketball semifinals at Parkway South on Wednesday night featured one of the biggest upsets of the young postseason.
No. 5 seed Marquette knocked off top-seeded Parkway South 50-40 to win its sixth straight game and earn a berth in the district championship contest on Friday night at South.
"We're just taking care of the ball better and we're making shots," Marquette coach Shane Matzen said of the winning streak. "It's like a snowball. People start getting confident and do the things they can do."
Marquette (17-10), which will meet rival Lafayette in the title game at 8 p.m. Friday, got 12 points from Mitch Cox, 11 from Ryan Rosburg and 10 from Dillon Jones.
Suburban West Conference champion Parkway South, the No. 9 team in the STLhighschoolsports.com large-schools rankings, fell to 20-7. Eric Laurent, Sam Jaouni and Matt Highsmith scored 10 points apiece.
"They probably didn't shoot as well as they normally do, which helped us," Matzen said of South. "They were in foul trouble, too."
Follow all of the playoff brackets here. In other district basketball action:
LAFAYETTE 50, SUMMIT 49 • The second-seeded Lancers overcame a six-point deficit in the final minute to top the third-seeded Falcons in the other Class 5 District 3 semifinal at Parkway South.
"We escaped," Lafayette coach Scott Allen said. "We were down six or seven in the last minute and our kids found a way. They made some big plays down the stretch."
Luke Kreienkamp converted a three-point play in the final seconds to make the difference and send Lafayette (18-8) into the district title game. Nick Messer led the Lancers with 13 points, including three 3-pointers, and Joel Pennington added 12 points.
Jory Woodson led Summit (18-9) with 18 points, all coming on 3-pointers, while Larry Miller added 13 points.
WEBSTER GROVES 72, ST. LOUIS U. HIGH 63 • The top-seeded Statesmen got a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds from Demetrious Robinson to take control of their Class 5 District 2 semifinal game at SLUH against the fifth-seeded Jr. Billikens in the second half.
In adddition to Robinson's big night, Webster also got 17 points from Rayshawn Simmons, 12 from Michael Gulve and 10 from Brennan Coltrane. (23-4).
The Statesmen, 23-4 and ranked fifth among area large schools, will play CBC in the district championship game at 7 p.m. Friday at SLUH. CBC is the No. 2 seed.
Austin Sottile led SLUH (13-15) with 20 points, while Matt Clark had 16 and Jack Kelley 10.
CBC 76, LADUE 64 • Aarion Penton scored 22 points, Patrick McCaw 13 and Jordan Barnett 12 to power the second-seeded Cadets (17-10) past the third-seeded Rams in the other Class 5 District 2 semifinal at SLUH.
Cornell Johnston led Ladue (19-9) with a game-high 23 points, while Andrew Maddock added 13.
VIANNEY 45, OAKVILLE 28 • The top-seeded Golden Griffins got 19 points from George Suggs and 18 from Brad Woodson to defeat the fourth-seeded Tigers in a Class 5 District 5 semifinal game at Fox.
Vianney (25-1) will meet third-seeded Lindbergh (14-13) in the district championship game at 7 p.m. Friday at Fox.
Sophomore forward Ervin Sarajlic led Oakville (9-18) with seven points.
LINDBERGH 54, KIRKWOOD 49 • Blake Welch scored 15 points and Nick Deloch added 12 to lead the third-seeded Flyers to an upset victory over No. 2 seed Kirkwood (15-12) in the other Class 5 District 5 semifinal at Fox.
