Sports – Monday, February 10th 2025

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers scored 19 points in the 1st and 2nd quarters building a 38-17 lead at halftime, then cruised to a 61-27 win over the Cabool Bulldogs. It was the third straight win for the Tigers who improve to 2-1 in the SCA Conference and 10-11 on the season. Salem was led by Braiden Gapsch with 19 points followed by Dannon Berry with 12 more. The Tigers will be at Willow Springs tonight for a varsity only game that will start at 5:00 in an attempt to beat the expected bad weather. That game can be heard on KSMO Radio and audio streamed on KSMO Media.

The Salem Boys JV defeated Cabool in a shortened two quarter game Friday night, 30-3. It was the sixth straight win of the Salem JV who improve to 11-5 on the season. They will NOT play tonight at Willow Springs and their next game will be Friday night at Thayer at 6:00.

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers will be at Cuba to face the Lady Wildcats tonight. This game has recently been updated to a varsity only game starting at 5:00. The Salem Lady Varsity Tigers are 4-15 and have lost their last eight.

Wade Taylor IV hit a three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left as the Texas A&M Aggies handed Missouri their first home loss this year, 67-64. Tamar Bates led Missouri with 16 points followed by Jacob Crews with 14 points and Mark Mitchell with 12 more. Missouri got off to a slow start and trailed at half-time by nine but went on a 15-2 run in the second half, but couldn’t hang on to the second half lead. The Tigers are now 17-6 on the year, and 6-4 in the SEC Conference. They will play host Oklahoma Wednesday night. You can listen to this game live on KSMO radio starting with pregame at 7:30.

The St. Louis Blues played in a thriller versus the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. In Ryan Suter’s 1,500th game, the Blues defeated the Blackhawks in an overtime shootout 6-5.

The Kansas City Chiefs played the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans for Super Bowl 59 last night and were overwhelmed by the Eagles, losing the game 40-22. The Eagles have won their 2nd Super Bowl Championship in franchise history.