Leaders Hibernian powered on at the top of the Scottish Championship with a comfortable 2-0 home win over bottom side St Mirren.

Hibs needed just seven minutes to take the lead with Martin Boyle opening the scoring with a fine dinked finish from Andrew Shinnie's through-ball.

Jamie Langfield did well to deny Shinnie and Boyle as Hibs started to dominate but the Saints keeper was powerless to prevent Grant Holt making it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, the veteran striker smashing in from the edge of the area.

Jason Naismith missed a chance to get Saints back into the game at the start of the second half, his header easy for Ofir Marciano, and Hibs were soon back on the attack.

Boyle, Holt and John McGinn all went close to increasing the home side's lead before Langfield performed more heroics to keep out Holt's 74th-minute penalty, awarded for a foul on the 35-year-old by Gary Irvine.

That miss mattered little to the result, though, as Hibs remained three points cleat at the summit.

Mark Durnan scored an 82nd-minute winner as Dundee United continued their good recent form with a 1-0 victory over Falkirk at Tannadice.

Second-placed United had picked up 10 points from four games since going down 3-1 at Falkirk in September but it looked like they would fall further adrift of leaders Hibernian as the Bairns kept them at bay.

United striker Tony Andreu tested Danny Rogers early on and substitute Simon Murray was also denied by a good save from the visiting keeper in the second half.

Falkirk had their chances as well, with Luke Leahy failing to beat Cammy Bell after a defensive mistake, but it was United who would end up with the three points thanks to Durnan.

The defender fired past Rogers following a quick counter-attack to leave United still within three points of pacesetters Hibs, who beat St Mirren.

Mark Stewart struck in stoppage time as Raith Rovers kept the pressure on the Scottish Championship pacesetters with a 1-0 win over Queen of the South.

Queen of the South dominated for large stretches of the game but the victory sees Raith climb up to third in the table, while the Doonhamers slip down to fourth place.

Stephen Dobbie was wasteful in the first half as the visitors enjoyed the bulk of the possession.

And they picked up where they left off after the interval with Jake Pickard and Chris Higgins going close to breaking the deadlock with headers.

But with time running out Stewart got on the end of a cross from Rudi Skacel to fire home the winner.

Gary Oliver struck a last-minute winner as Morton made it three Scottish Championship wins in a row with a 2-1 win over Ayr United at Cappielow Park.

Morton started brightly and Ross Forbes shot narrowly wide before Gary Oliver saw another shot blocked and Jamie Lindsay dragged the follow-up wide.

But it was the visitors who went ahead in the 37th minute when Kevin Nisbet broke in down the left and drilled a shot across Andy McNeil and in off the right-hand post.

Jai Quitongo went close to levelling five minutes after the restart when his deflected shot went into the sidenetting.

Morton thought they were level in the 67th minute when Nesbitt volleyed home from 25 yards after Forbes' free-kick had been headed clear but the goal was ruled out by the linesman after initially being given.

However, they only had to wait six minutes to get their equaliser when O'Ware headed home Forbes' outswinging corner.

And Morton then won it at the death when Jon Scullion flicked on Lindsay's pass for Oliver to race clear and roll the ball home.

Dumbarton shared the points with fellow Scottish Championship strugglers Dunfermline in a 2-2 draw at the Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium.

Visiting midfielder Kallum Higginbotham saw his chip hit the crossbar early on but it was second-bottom Dumbarton who took the lead when Robert Thomson slotted home Joe Thomson's 37th-minute cross at the far post.

However, Dunfermline turned the game on its head in the second half with goals from Nicky Clark and substitute Joe Cardle putting them 2-1 up and, with just eight minutes to go, they were on course for only their third victory of the season.

The Pars could not hold on, though, with Dumbarton levelling just two minutes after Cardle's strike through Garry Fleming to salvage a draw and stay just a point below their opponents in the standings.