Sports – Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020

Xavier Pinson scored 15 points and Jeremiah Tilmon netted 12 more as Missouri edged Bradley, 54-53. Missouri is now 6-0 on the season and they will play Tennessee on Wednesday at 8:00.

On Sunday, the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association reached an agreement to play a 56-game regular season starting on January 13th and end on May 8th. The Blues will shift to the West Division, which includes the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights. At the start of the season, fans will NOT be allowed to attend any games.

The Salem Girls Basketball Tigers will play in the Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament Saturday morning against Seymour at 10:30 at Mountain Grove. Salem is seeded 1st in that tournament. The winner will play Monday at 3:00 against the winner of the Dora/Plato game. The loser will play at 9:00 Monday morning against the loser of that game. Salem enters the tournament with a 5-3 record.

The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will play in the Cabool Holiday Tournament Saturday night at 7:30 against Summersville at the Cabool High School Gym. Salem is seeded 6th in the tournament. The winner will play the winner of the Licking/Plato game on Monday at 7:30, while the loser will play the loser of that game at 1:30 Monday afternoon. Salem is 1-3 going into the tournament. KSMO will NOT be broadcasting the game on Saturday night or on Monday.