Moberly overcame a 13-point second quarter deficit to beat Oak Grove 61-58 in overtime, on the road, Friday night. After a pair of missed free throws, the Spartans had to make one defensive stand leading 59-58….
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox,com. Moberly trailed by ten at halftime, but outscored the Panthers 22-14 in the third quarter to catch up. The Spartans couldn’t get their first lead until late in regulation….
Kish Jacobs, Junior was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. He scored eight points, all after halftime, and also helped limited the Panthers leading scorer Phillip Nadeau to only four points in the second half and overtime.
Cameron Doubrava led Moberly with 16, while Mason Bivens chipped in 15. The Spartans improve to 2-1 and will be the three seed in the Centralia Tournament. Moberly will play Salisbury Tuesday night at 9:00. We will have the broadcast on nemopressbox.com. Oak Grove drops to 1-3, with the three losses all by three points.
Here is the postgame with coach Brett Boyer:
