The Moberly teams picked up a sweep at Hannibal to start basketball play in the NCMC for the final season, on Tuesday.
The Lady Spartans scored the first 12 points of the second half and held on for a 38-32 victory. The score was 35-21 after three. The Lady Pirates got as close as six when Kirsten DeFreitas scored the only basket for Moberly in the 4th:
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. DeFreitas hit a pair of three-pointers and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. Kyia Tydings paced Moberly with 10. It was the third straight win for the Lady Spartans after opening the season with five losses. Malia Stolte led Hannibal with 19. The Lady Pirates drop to 3-3 and 1-1 in the NCMC.
The Moberly boys won their fifth straight game beating Hannibal 55-45. The Spartans only trailed on the first basket of the game and led by as many as ten in the game and by nine in the 4th quarter. Amar’e Hawkins helped seal the win:
Hawkins led four Spartans in double figures with 14. Kish Jacobs, Junior finished with 12 and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. Jarin Tydings and Ethan Land both scored 10. The Spartans improve to 6-1 and the Moberly teams will visit Marshall on Friday in a varsity doubleheader we will broadcast. Maurice Douglas led Hannibal with 17. The Pirates drop to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in the NCMC.
You can hear the broadcast of those games by going to the Game Archive section of our website.
postgame Donndre Smith:
postgame Brett Boyer:
