Ade Popoola’s 30 points led the Moberly Greyhounds to a 65-62 win over Sauk Valley in the opening round of the 56th Annual William R. Bear Tournament in Freeport, Illinois, Friday afternoon.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. He made six threes on the afternoon. Javaris Moye added 12 for the Greyhounds. The Hounds had erased a 15-point deficit with a 21-4 run late in the first half, and were tied at 31 at the break. Moberly led by as many as eight in the second, but the Skyhawks had the ball down only three with ten seconds left.
Moberly is now 9-3, and plays Southeastern of Iowa in the semifinals Saturday morning at 11, with another game Saturday night at 7 or 9. Sauk Valley falls to 5-8. Find the game on our archive page, and our postgame interview with Coach Pat Smith below.
Coach Pat Smith postgame:
