Sports – Monday, December 31st, 2018
The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers defeated the Koshkonong Lady Jays Thursday night in the Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament by the score of 58-50 to move into the semi-final match against Willow Springs Friday night. In the third matchup of these two SCA foes, the Lady Bears got the best of Salem, 81-72. The loss put Salem into the 3rd place game against Mansfield Saturday. Even though Mansfield outscored the Lady Tigers in three of the four quarters, a huge 2nd quarter for Salem where they scored 27 points proved to be the difference as the Lady Tigers held on for 71-69 win. Salem was led by Taylor Norris with 31 points against Mansfield followed by Bella Jadwin with 15 points and Autumn Manthey with 10. Salem is now 9-5 on the year and they will travel to Thayer next Monday for SCA Play.
In the Mountain Grove Tournament Taylor Norris was named to the All-Tournament team for her fine play. Congratulations Taylor!
The Missouri Basketball Tigers completed a perfect December, beating Morehead State by the score of 75-61 Saturday at Mizzou Arena for its sixth straight victory. Mark Smith led the Tigers (9-3) with 22 points, Jordan Geist scored 20 and Kevin Puryear added 12 points and eight rebounds. Missouri will be off until January 8th when they host Tennessee.
The Missouri Football Tigers will face Oklahoma State this afternoon in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl this afternoon starting at 12:30 on KSMO Radio. Missouri has an 8-4 record.
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to lead the surging Pittsburgh Penguins past the St. Louis Blues by a 6-1 score on Saturday night. David Perron had the only Blues goal as they will host the New York Rangers tonight on KSMO at 5:30 or right after Missouri Football.
The Kansas City Chiefs finally clinched their third consecutive AFC West title and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, with a 35-3 trouncing of the Oakland Raiders Sunday. Patrick Mahomes threw for 281 yards that gave the first-year starter 5,097 yards and 50 touchdown passes on the year, joining Peyton Manning as the only QBs to hit 5,000 and 50 in the same season. The Chiefs will have a first round bye in the playoffs.