Sports – Tuesday, February 24th 2026

The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers fell to the St. Clair Lady Bulldogs Monday night at St. Clair, 63-50. Madison Mercer scored 18 points to lead Salem and Paisley May added 17 more as the Lady Tigers finish the regular season with a 9-16 record. They will play in the Class 4, District 3 Tournament Monday night, March 2nd at 7:00 against the Sullivan Lady Eagles at Cuba.

The Salem Lady JV Basketball Tigers fell to the St. Clair JV Lady Bulldogs Monday night by the score of 41-16 to end their regular season.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers received a second seed for the Class 4, District 3 Tournament and will have a bye on Tuesday, March 3rd. The Salem Tigers first game will be Thursday night. March 5th at 7:00 against either St. Clair or Cuba at the Cuba High School Gym.

The Bunker Lady Eagles built a 50-9 lead at halftime over Lesterville Monday night in the first round of Class 1, District 1 Tournament in Bunker and never looked back beating the Lady Bearcats, 66-26. The Lady Eagles will play the Oak Ridge Lady Bluejays, who beat South Iron Monday night, 68-41. That game will be Wednesday night at 6:00 at the Scott County Central gym.  Bunker is 23-3 on the year while Oak Ridge is 14-9. Oak Ridge has won 10 of their last 11 games. KSMO Media will provide an audio broadcast of the game on the KSMO YouTube Channel and the KSMO Stream Facebook Page.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers will host Tennessee tonight at 8:00. Listen to this game live on KSMO Radio with pregame coverage beginning at 7:30. Missouri enters the game with an 18-9 overall record and 8-6 in the SEC Conference. The Volunteers are 20-7 on the year and 10-4 in the SEC Conference.