Bruce Marshall’s first coaching victory was a thriller……
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Olivia Dunwoody’s late three-pointer in overtime stood up giving the Moberly Lady Spartans a 47-45 victory at Macon. The Tigerettes came up empty on a couple late chances. The entire second half and overtime was back-and-forth. Reece Barnett gave Macon a 38-36 lead late in regulation. The Lady Spartans were able to get the game to overtime on this rush up the floor….
Barnett also gave Macon a 45-44 lead late in overtime before Dunwoody’s big shot. Olivia Dunwoody was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. Her game-winner gave her a game-high 14 points. Zoey Hannam followed with 13. The Lady Spartans improve to 1-1 and will be the six seed at the Centralia Tournament. They will play Salisbury Monday night at 7:30. Barnett paced Macon with 11.
In the boys game, sophomore Collin Knox bounced back from a scoreless opener to produce a game-high 18 points to lead Moberly to a 64-48 victory. Knox was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game….
The Spartans led by 10 at halftime and Macon only got as close as eight in the third. Ryder Lewis led the 1-2 Tigers with 17. Both Macon teams will host Kirksville on Thursday. The 1-1 Moberly boys will travel to Oak Grove on Friday night. We will have the broadcast on nemopressbox.com.
postgame interview with Lady Spartans coach Bruce Marshall:
postgame interviews with boys coaches Brett Boyer of Moberly and Dale Devenport of Macon:
