KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2021

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

WALNUT GROVE LADY TIGERS 57 SKYLINE 56

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MISSISSIPPI 80 MIZZOU 59

TRIPS TO THE MAGNOLIA STATE HAVEN’T PROVEN TO BE MUCH FUN FOR THE TIGERS THIS SEASON….THEY TOOK IT ON THE CHIN LAST MONTH AT MISSISSIPPI STATE AND LAST NIGHT IN OXFORD, THE REBELS DOMINATED THE 2ND HALF TO UPEND THE COUNTRY’S TENTH RANKED SQUAD…JARKEL JOINER LED ‘OLE MISS WITH 21 POINTS…DRU SMITH HAD 17 FOR THE TIGERS…

THE REBELS PULLED AWAY FROM A 42-37 HALFTIME ADVANTAGE….MIZZOU WILL HOST ARKANSAS SATURDAY

 

MISSOURI STATE 65 ILLINOIS STATE 53

THE BEARS COLLECTED THE ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRETH VICTORY IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH A MISSOURI VALLEY DECISION AGAINST THE SALUKIS…COACH DANA FORD ON THE OFFENSE GETTING TRACTION IN THE SECOND HALF.

KEATON HERVEY RECORDED 18 POINTS WITH SIX REBOUNDS AND 3 BLOCKS..MISSOURI STATE SCORED 34 POINTS IN THE PAINT, AND SHOT 61% IN THE 2ND HALF AND WON A THIRD STRAIGHT CONFERENCE GAME AFTER DROPPING FOUR STRAIGHT TO DRAKE AND LOYOLA.

 

BASEBALL-

THE ROYALS HAVE BOLSTERED THE OUTFIELD WITH THE ACQUISITION OF BOSTON LEFTFIELDER ANDREW BENINTENDI IN A 3-TEAM SWAP INVOLVING THE RED SOX AND NEW YORK METS…THE FORMER ARKANSAS RAZORBACK WAS RUNNERUP IN THE 2017 AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BALLOTING, BUT MISSED MOST OF LAST SEASON WITH A RIBCAGE INJURY….ROYALS GENERAL MANAGER DAYTON MOORE..

ROYALS OUTFIELD PROSPECT KHALIL LEE IS GOING TO THE METS WITH OUTFIELDER FRANCHY CORDERO HEADED TO BOSTON AND OTHER PLAYERS WILL BE NAMED LATER IN THE DEAL..