The Kirksville boys erased a nine-point halftime deficit to outlast Moberly 61-52 in overtime on the road Tuesday night. The Tigers went on top early in the fourth quarter and appeared to be in line for a regulation victory when Carter Pinkerton hit two free throws with 18 seconds left. Cameron Doubrava was able to get the game to overtime….
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Doubrava started the extra session with another triple. Kirksville then worked a pair of and-ones around an offensive rebound for a five-point trip. After the Spartans tied the game at 47, the Tigers got back-to-back treys from Jace Kent and Logan Martin to take the lead for good. Martin led a balanced attack with 14 points. Kirksville improves to 15-7 and 6-2 in the NCMC and the win gives the Tigers the inside track at the three seed in the upcoming district tournament. Doubrava finished with 20 points and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. The Spartans drop to 11-11 and 4-3 in the conference.
The Kirksville girls used a 21-4 third quarter to pull away for a 59-32 win over Moberly. Paishynce Fouts had 13 of her 15 in that third quarter and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. The Lady Tigers stay in first place in the NCMC at 7-1 and improve to 11-10 overall. Zoey Hannam paced Moberly with 11 and Kirsten DeFreitas had nine. Harper Crist made her first varsity start. The Lady Spartans drop to 4-16 and 1-6 in the conference.
Kirksville will play at Fulton on Friday while Moberly has a Randolph County doubleheader with Westran on Friday night at the MACC Activity Center. We will broadcast those games on NEMOPressbox.com.
postgame with Brett Boyer:
postgame with Bruce Marshall:
