Sports – Wednesday, February 11th 2026

Brady James stole the inbound pass and scored the game winning lay-up with 7.9 seconds left after Willow Springs tied the game on a three-pointer by Kolby James with 12 seconds left as the Bears and Salem Tigers battled down to the wire Tuesday night with the Bears beating Salem, 61-59 in SCA Conference play at the SHS Gym. The win gave the Bears a 3-1 conference record, the same as Salem, and move the Bears to 14-9 on the year. Eli Wofford scored 23 points to lead Salem with Gavin Sapaugh scoring 10 points and capturing 12 rebounds. Braiden Gapsch netted 11 points and Lincoln Thomas finished with 10 points for Salem who falls to 14-8 with the loss. Salem will play Thursday against Steelville in the makeup of their game that was snowed out January 27th around 7:30.

The Salem JV Tigers manhandled Willow Springs Tuesday night, 70-30. The Salem JV is 10-4 on the year. They will play around 5:00 Thursday night against the Steelville Cardinals at the SHS Gym.

The Bunker Lady Basketball Eagles beat Lesterville Tuesday, 64-26, to go to 19-2 on the year. Bunker will play St. Vincent Saturday at 3:00 in the People’s Community Bank Shootout. The Lady Indians enter the game with a 17-5 record.

The Missouri Basketball Tigers will head to College Station to face the Texas A&M tonight starting at 7:30 on KSMO Radio with the pre-game show. Missouri is 16-7 on the year and 6-4 in SEC Conference play, while the Aggies are 17-6 on the season and 7-3 in the SEC Conference.