Area Boys

Baldwin 42, Jefferson Co. North 33

Baldwin City — The Baldwin High School boys overcame a cold-shooting night to pull away from Jefferson County North late.

Baldwin 2 14 14 12 — 42

Jefferson North 2 15 9 7 — 33

Baldwin scoring: Cornell Brown 19, Tim Craig 6, Luke Fursman 9, Michael Burton 5, Quinn Twombly 3

Mill Valley 79, KC Piper 77, OT

Shawnee — Logan Koch scored 36 points and Drew Boatwright added 22 to lead Mill Valley in its opener.

Piper 14 19 13 21 10 — 77

Mill Valley 12 13 19 22 12 — 79

Mill Valley scoring: Logan Koch 36, Davis Cantwell 2, Nick Friesner 11, Drew Boatwright 22, Wyatt Voorhes 4, Clayton Holmberg 4.

Ottawa 65, St. James 58

Ottawa — Isaac McCullough scored 22 points to lead Ottawa past St. James.

Ottawa scoring: McCullough 22, Blaue 13, Smith 10, Bunce 8, Matney 6, Jung 2, A. Stepp 2, C. Stepp 2.

Area Girls

Ottawa 42, St. James 37

Ottawa — Ottawa overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat St. James.

Ottawa 8 7 12 15 — 42

St. James 11 13 4 9 — 37

Ottawa scoring: Davidson 2, Natt 8, Foster 6, Moore 9, Fischer 17.

Perry-Lecompton 51 Atchison 41

Madison Hess scored 14 points, Lauren Jamison 13 and Dani Bowser 11 to lead the Kaws in their opener.

Perry-Lecompton scoring: Kai Jones 9, Madison Hess 14, Dani Bowser 11, Taylor Fuller 4, Lauren Jamison 13.

Jefferson Co. North 57, Baldwin 43

Baldwin City — The Chargers scored the last seven points of the second quarter and the first five after the break.

Baldwin 15 6 9 13 — 43

Jefferson North 16 13 17 10 — 57

Baldwin scoring: Karina Steinke 2, Maddie Ogle 6, Katie Jones 15, Corey Valentine 6, Alexia Stein 9, Hailey Cope 5.