Sports – Friday, December 28th, 2018

The Salem Lady Tigers faced off against the Koshkonong Lady Jays on Thursday night in the second round of the Mountain Grove Tournament. A lethargic first half from Salem had the Lady Tigers on upset alert as Koshkonong took a 27-19 lead into halftime, but a 21-7 third quarter put Salem on top for good. The Lady Tigers would go on to win by a final score of 58-50 to advance to the semifinals against Willow Springs. Salem was lead in scoring by Taylor Norris with 17 points and Autumn Manthey contrinuted 10 points. The win improves Salem's record to 8-4 on the season. The Lady Tigers will face the Willow Springs Lady Bears for the third time this season in the semifinals on Friday at 6:00 PM. In the first match-up Willow Springs defeated Salem 77-69 in the championship game of the Norwood Tournament. Salem defeated Willow Springs 85-73 in a conference game two weeks later.

The Missouri Tigers will host Morehead State Saturday and you can listen to the game on KSMO starting at 12:30. Missouri is now at 8-3.

The St. Louis Blues hosted the Buffalo Sabres Thursday night at the Enterprise Center and came away with a 4-1 victory. The Blues host Pittsburgh Saturday starting at 6:30 with the pre-game show followed by the opening face-off at 7:00 on KSMO.