KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY DECEMBER 22, 2022

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

DIXON 66 CALVARY LUTHERAN 58

IBERIA 67 SMITHTON 49

GIRLS BASKETBALL-

LINCOLN 48 TUSCUMBIA 32

WARSAW 50 OSCEOLA 47

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MISSOURI STATE LADY BEARS 55 LITTLE ROCK 48

ANIYA THOMAS RECORDED 19 POINTS AND THE LADY BEARS COLLECTED A THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY TO GET ABOVE .500 GOING INTO MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAY…COACH BETH CUNNINGHAM FELT HER BALLCLUB WAS ABLE TO ADAPT TO SOME THINGS AS THE GAME PROGRESSED…

MISSOURI STATE WON THE REBOUNDING BATTLE 41-25 AND OWNED A TEN POINT ADVANTAGE IN BENCH SCORING…THE LADY BEARS ARE NOW 5-4 AND WILL PLAY NEXT THURSDAY AT INDIANA STATE….

TONIGHT-

#16 ILLINOIS AND MIZZOU IN THE BRAGGIN’ RIGHTS GAME TIPPING OFF AT 8:00 IN ST. LOUIS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

THE DECEMBER SIGNING PERIOD BEGAN WEDNESDAY…MIZZOU ANNOUNCED 21 NEW RECRUITS INCLUDING 7 FROM THE ST. LOUIS AREA…AT MISSOURI STATE, NEW HEAD COACH RYAN BEARD SECURED 13 NEW BEARS THAT FEATURES PLENTY OF OZARK CONFERENCE REPRESENTATION: COOPER ROY AND COLE FEUERBACHER FROM GLENDALE, ALONG WITH HESTON MILLER OF WEST PLAINS AND KICKAPOO’S ANDREW LINK..
IN ADDITION, REEDS SPRING’S CADEN WIEST WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT MISSOURI STATE…
AND CAMDENTON’S REECE WATERS HAS SIGNED FOR FOOTBALL WITH MID-AMERICA NAZARENE…