Sports – Thursday, March 6th 2025

Luke Pryor had a double-double to help lead the Salem Basketball Tigers to a 58-49 win over the #1 seeded Cuba Wildcats Wednesday night at Owensville as Salem will advance to the District Finals Friday night at 6:00 against the #2 seeded Owensville Dutchman. Pryor finished with 16 points and ten rebounds while Braiden Gapsch added 11 points followed by Lincoln Thomas and Gavin Sapaugh who each added ten points. Cayden Moody for the second straight game hit three 3-pointers in the 1st half, where in this game, they all come in the second quarter when Salem outscored Cuba, 22-7 to take the lead for good. Salem is 14-14 on the year and they will face Owensville who defeated St. James Wednesday, 51-45. Salem beat Owensville in December in Salem, 47-32. Admission to the game is $6.00 per person who is six years of age and older. The game will be carried on KSMO Radio (AM 1340 and FM 95.7) and also audio streamed on KSMO Media. The game will be video streamed on MSHSAA.TV and the cost is $10 plus fees per device. Start time Friday night will be around 5:45 with Tiger Talk and Coach Jared Patterson.

The Missouri Tigers dropped their second straight game for only the second time this season as they fell to Oklahoma Wednesday night, 96 to 84. Missouri was led by Mark Mitchell with 18 points followed by Caleb Grill with 16 more. Missouri is now 21-9 on the year and they are 10-7 in the SEC Conference. They will host Kentucky Saturday morning at 10:30 in their final regular season game before the SEC Tournament and you can hear the game on KSMO Radio.

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