Sports – Monday, February 22nd, 2021

Kasey Richards scored 19 pints for Licking Friday night leading the Lady Wildcats to a 56-37 win over Salem at Licking. Anna Sullins scored 11 and Kiley Ingram added 10 more as the Lady Wildcats improved to 18-8 on the year. Salem was led by Bella Jadwin with 14 points followed by Ashton Bowers with 12. Salem falls to 13-8 on the year and they will play today at 5:00 at Ava in a key SCA contest. Salem is 4-1 in the SCA and Ava is 5-1 in the conference and 16-5 on the year. You can hear the game on KSMO and online at ksmoradio.com.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers dropped a 57-45 decision to Bunker Friday afternoon in non-conference play. Salem falls to 2-17 on the year and they will be at Ava tonight to face the Bears in SCA play. Salem is 0-3 in the conference. They have makeup games with Mountain Grove on Wednesday which is Senior Night, and Mountain View-Liberty on Thursday which is Homecoming.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers snapped their three-game losing streak with a convincing 93-78 win over South Carolina Saturday. Dru Smith and Jeremiah Tilmon each scored 17 for the Tigers who had five players in double figures. The Tigers are 14-5 overall and 7-5 in the SEC. They will play Ole Miss Tuesday night.

Logan Couture’s 3rd period goal with 7:52 left proved to be the winner as San Jose beat St. Louis, 5-4 after the Blues rallied with four 2nd period goals to tie the game, 4-4. Zach Sanford, Ryan O’Reilly, Brayden Schenn and Jordan Kyrou all scored for the Blues who will face the LA Kings tonight at 7:00. KSMO will join that game in progress after Salem Tiger Basketball from Ava.