Sports – Friday, March 17th, 2023

D’Moi Hodge scored 23 points and Kobe Brown netted 19 more as the Missouri Tigers came back in the 2nd half and beat Utah State Thursday in Sacramento by the score of 76-65. DeAndre Gholston scored 11 points for Missouri followed by Noah Carter with 10 points. Missouri, who is the 7th seed, will play Princeton on Saturday at a time yet to be determined. Princeton, who was seeded 15th, upset the 2nd seed Arizona Wildcats Thursday, 59-55 to advance to the game Saturday in Sacramento.

The Salem Baseball Tigers are scheduled to play in the Van Buren Wood Bat challenge on Saturday before starting the regular season on Monday at Steelville at 4:30.

Jack Flaherty pitched 4 1/3rd innings giving up all three Houston runs as the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Astros Thursday, 3-0. The Cardinals will play the Miami Marlins this afternoon at Jupiter, Florida. This weekend, the Cards will play Detroit Saturday at 11:55 and the New York Mets on Sunday, also at 11:55. If the Missouri/Princeton basketball game is at noon Saturday, the Cards game Saturday would not be aired on KSMO.

The Kansas City Royals used seven pitchers in shutting out the Oakland A’s Thursday, 2-0. They will play the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim today.

The St. Louis Blues will play the Washington Capitals tonight at 5:30 before hosting Winnipeg Sunday afternoon at 5:30. Both games can be heard on KSMO Radio.

The St. Louis Battlehawks are 3-1 in the first four weeks of the XFL season. They will play Saturday night against the D.C. Defenders.