FRIDAY:

LEBANON 64 HILLCREST 33

THE YELLOWJACKETS WON THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT GAME OF THE NEW YEAR AND THE OZARK CONFERENCE OPENER ON THE ROAD….LEBANON WAS UP
18 TO 9 AFTER THE OPENING PERIOD AND 33-14 AFTER SIXTEEN MINUTES… COACH BILL BROWN SAID IT WAS THE FIRST OF HOPEFULLY MANY LEAGUE VICTORIES…

QUENTON SHELTON SCORED 21 POINTS…ETHAN CHRISTAL AND TYLER WILLIAMSON EACH ADDED ELEVEN…THE YELLOWJACKETS ARE 9 AND 4 ON THE SEASON AND WILL HOST CAMDENTON TUESDAY AT BOSWELL AUDITORIUM…

WAYNESVILLE 54 PARKVIEW 52

KICKAPOO 74 ROLLA 68

GLENDALE 70 CAMDENTON 52

WEST PLAINS 58 CENTRAL 47

HARTVILLE 53 WILLOW SPRINGS 38

CONWAY 67 GAINESVILLE 50

LIBERTY 61 LICKING 53

BOLIVAR 90 WILLARD 64

STRAFFORD 47 MARSHFIELD 36

SKYLINE 77 EL DORADO SPRINGS 53

FAIR GROVE 58 STOCKTON 44

OWENSVILLE 66 OSAGE 47

AVA 47 HOLLISTER 35

FORDLAND 53 NIANGUA 40

COLE CAMP 66 OTTERVILLE 48

MACKS CREEK 77 WALNUT GROVE 51

BLAIR OAKS 58 BOONVILLE 42

MEXICO 67 EUGENE 51

ST. JAMES 68 NEW HAVEN 45

ST. ELIZABETH 74 VIENNA 47

BOURBON TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP:

RICHLAND 61 CUBA 36

GIRLS BASKETBALL FRIDAY-

PLATO 49 MOUNTAIN GROVE 47

BRADLEYVILLE 48 CONWAY 38

JEFFERSON CITY 49 WAYNESVILLE 11

WALNUT GROVE 62 MACKS CREEK 31

HALFWAY 39 DADEVILLE 30

OSAGE 62 BUFFALO 59

CLIMAX SPRINGS 69 HUMANSVILLE 5

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MISSOURI STATE 69 DRAKE 67

MISSOURI STATE 80 NORTHERN IOWA 66

WIN NUMBER FOURTEEN OF THE SEASON ON SUNDAY COMPLETED A WEEKEND SWEEP OF THEIR NEIGHBORS FROM THE NORTH..ABBY HIPP LED THE SCORING WITH FIFTEEN. ALEXA WILLARD ADDED TWELVE AND THE LADY BEARS UPPED THEIR RECORD TO 14-2 AND 4-0 IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY..A 20-5 RUN IN THE FIRST QUARTER PUT MISSOURI STATE IN FRONT…THE LADY BEARS FORCED 17 TURNOVERS AND OUTREBOUNDED U.N.I. 47-36…MISSOURI STATE WILL VISIT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS FRIDAY..

ARKANSAS 90 MIZZOU LADY TIGERS 73

SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 80 MISSOURI ST. LOUIS 68

MISSOURI S&T 91 QUINCY 76

DRURY 98 LINDENWOOD 84

CLARKE 71 EVANGEL 59

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

NORTHERN IOWA 80 MISSOURI STATE 57

THE PANTHERS HIT NINE OF THEIR FIRST TEN FIELD GOAL TRIES AND BLITZED THE BEARS AT JQH ARENA….COACH DANA FORD SAID IT WAS A DAY WITH FEW BRIGHT POINTS. A.J. GREEN LIT IT UP FOR U.N.I. WITH 28 POINTS INCLUDING SIX OF EIGHT FROM THREE-POINT DISTANCE. NORTHERN IOWA CONNECTED ON 13 THREE POINTERS AND WON IN SPRINGFIELD FOR THE EIGHTH TIME IN THE LAST NINE VISITS.
MISSOURI STATE HOSTS BRADLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT…

MIZZOU 91 FLORIDA 75

THE TIGERS TIED THEIR SEASON HIGH IN POINTS WITH 61% FIELD GOAL SHOOTING INCLUDING 63% FROM BEHIND THE ARC…COACH CUONZO MARTIN LIKED THE OFFENSIVE APPROACH. DRU SMITH LED THE WAY WITH 22 POINTS..JAVON PICKETT AND MARK SMITH ADDED 14 EACH..MIZZOU IS 9-6 AND 1-2 IN THE S.E.C. THE TIGERS PLAY IN STARKVILLE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH AN 8:00 TIPOFF AT MISSISSIPPI STATE…

QUINCY 88 MISSOURI S&T 81

DRURY 83 LINDENWOOD 62

MISSOURI ST. LOUIS 84 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 68

CLARKE 91 EVANGEL 71

NFL PLAYOFFS SUNDAY-

KANSAS CITY 51 HOUSTON 31

AFTER A DISASTROUS START, THE CHIEFS EXPLODED FOR FORTY ONE STRAIGHT POINTS AND OUT-GUNNED THE TEXANS TO RETURN TO THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR….HOUSTON JUMPED OUT TO A 24-0 LEAD BEFORE KANSAS CITY SETTLED IN BEHIND PATRICK MAHOMES 321 PASSING YARDS AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS. TRAVIS KELCE CAUGHT TEN FOR 134 YARDS AND THREE SCORES…THE CHIEFS ARE THE FIRST TEAM TO WIN A PLAYOFF GAME BY TWENTY POINTS AFTER TRAILING BY TWENTY..ONLY THREE TEAMS HAVE OVERCOME A BIGGER DEFICT IN POST-SEASON PLAY…KANSAS CITY WILL HOST TENNESSEE THIS SUNDAY WITH KICKOFF AT 2:05..THE WINNER ADVANCES TO THE NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2ND IN MIAMI..

GREEN BAY 28 SEATTLE 23

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES NEXT SUNDAY-

TENNESSEE AT KANSAS CITY 2:05

GREEN BAY AT SAN FRANCISCO 5:40

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONITE –

CLEMSON-LSU TONITE FROM THE SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS

NHL TONITE-

ANAHEIM AT ST. LOUIS