Spartans Eclipse Last Year’s Win Total In A Split At Marshall

The Moberly boys eclipsed last year’s win total with a 65-55 victory at Marshall on Monday night. The Spartans improve to 13-11 and 5-3 in the NCMC, both of which are now better than last year (12-15/4-6).

Leading 17-11 a pair of underclassmen hit back-to-back triples to start the second quarter….

Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. The Spartans increased their lead to as much as 18 points in the third quarter. Cameron Doubrava led Moberly with 22 points and was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. Kish Jacobs, Junior scored 13 and Mason Bivins added 11. Chase Thompson led all scorers with 25 points. The Owls, who played without 6-6 post Brody Kueker, who is recovering from an illness, drop to 10-13 and 2-6 in the conference.

The Marshall girls used a 13-point run from the mid-third into the fourth quarter and pulled away for a 42-27 win over Moberly. Saniya Powell led with 11 points, while Ainsley McCracken finished with 10. The Lady Owls snapped a 10-game losing streak to Moberly and improve to 6-16 and 2-6 in the NCMC.

Olivia Dunwoody tallied 10 for Moberly and Zoey Hannam was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game getting to the free throw line six times for 12 attempts and scoring nine points. The Lady Spartans drop their fifth in a row to fall to 4-18 overall and 1-7 in the conference. Friday will be Senior Night at Moberly High School and Mexico will be the opponent. We will broadcast the games on NEMOPressbox.com.

postgame with Brett Boyer:

postgame with Bruce Marshall: