MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MIZZOU 97 SOUTHERN INDIANA 91

THE DENNIS GATES COACHING ERA BEGAN ON A WINNING NOTE IN FRONT OF AN ANNOUNCED CROWD OF JUST OVER 10,000 FANS. THE TIGERS JUMPED OUT TO A QUICK START AND BUILT A 47-31 HALFTIME LEAD…

THE SCREAMIN’ EAGLES, MAKING THEIR DIVISION ONE DEBUT, GOT HOT WITH THEIR 3-POINT SHOOTING IN THE SECOND HALF TO MAKE THE GAME INTERESTING.
KOBE BROWN HAD 20 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS. HE LED SIX TIGERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES. MIZZOU WILL HOST PENN FRIDAY NIGHT IN COLUMBIA..

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MIZZOU 68 MISSOURI STATE 51

THE LADY BEARS TOOK A QUICK SIX POINT LEAD IN THE EARLY GOING, BUT THE VISITORS FROM COLUMBIA EMBARKED ON A 17-0 SCORING RUN TO TAKE CONTROL…MIZZOU LED 31-17 AT HALFTIME AND FINISHED OUTSCORING MISSOURI STATE 44-24 IN THE PAINT..LADY BEARS COACH BETH CUNNINGHAM….

STRAFFORD’S HAYLEY FRANK LED THE LADY TIGERS WITH 17 POINTS..MIZZOU WILL HOST BRADLEY THURSDAY NIGHT IN COLUMBIA…..THE LADY BEARS HOST SAINT LOUIS NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT GREAT SOUTHERN BANK ARENA…

NHL-

BOSTON 3 ST. LOUIS 1

SPECIAL TEAMS PROVED TO BE THE DIFFERENCE….THE BRUINS WERE TWO FOR TWO WITH THE MAN-ADVANTAGE…THE BLUES 0 FOR 3… BOSTON’S JAKE DEBRUSK CASHED-IN ON A POWER PLAY IN THE FIRST PERIOD WHILE PATRICE BERGERON NETTED THE GAME WINNER IN THE THIRD. TRENT FREDERIC ADDED AN INSURANCE GOAL LATE IN THE PERIOD TO SEAL THE VICTORY. THE B’S HAVE WON EIGHT OF THEIR LAST NINE GAMES AND ARE 11-2-AND-0 ON THE SEASON AND UNBEATEN AT HOME. ST. LOUIS COACH CRAIG BERUBE SAYS IT’S A SIMPLE EQUATION TO ESCAPE THE THROES OF THE CURRENT SLIDE…

BRAYDEN SCHENN SCORED FOR THE BLUES, WHO ARE NOW ON A SEVEN-GAME LOSING STREAK. ST. LOUIS SITS AT 3-7-AND-0 OVERAL WITH A GAME TONIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA…