Prep Girls Basketball
Highland off to hot start for second straight season
EWING, Mo. -- The Highland girls basketball team is off to an undefeated start for the second straight season, but there's a difference between the two starts. "Last year, we knew we were the underdogs, and we aren't this year," senior guard Kaitlin Benson
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Prep Girls Basketball
Prep roundup: Boulware's free throw caps Clark County comeback
Aubry Boulware's free throw with four seconds remaining gave the Clark County girls basketball team a 51-50 victory over Keokuk (Iowa) on Monday night. The Indians trailed the entire game until Alexis Ellison made a 3-pointer with 1:24 remaining to put th
Prep Boys Basketball
Prep roundup: Highland makes 10 3-pointers in rout
EWING, Mo. -- The Highland boys basketball team made 10 3-pointers in a 63-29 rout of Scotland County on Monday night. The Cougars held Scotland County (0-4) to two points in the first quarter. Kaden Koch led the Cougars with 14 points. Dylan Schroeder had
Prep Boys Basketball
Ippensen healthy after knee surgery, focusing on ending career on high note
CAMP POINT, Ill. One serious knee injury can be a major setback in any athlete's career. Two serious injuries, however, could derail a career. Lane Ippensen wasn't about to let that happen. Ippensen, a 6-foot-3 senior forward for the Central boys basketba
Prep Boys Basketball
Game Preview: QND at Palmyra
QND at Palmyra When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: Palmyra High School. Records: QND -- 4-2. Palmyra -- 4-1. Radio: WGEM 105.1 FM, WTAD 930 AM/103.3 FM Extra points: The Panthers won their first four games against Canton, Louisiana, Mark Twain and Paris, but th
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Beyond the Boxscore: Meyer happy with defensive effort on Jones
It seems odd to believe that a basketball team played well on defense when allowing one player to score 30 points, but a case could be made for Quincy Notre Dame against Hannibal's Dezi Jones. Jones scored 30 points on 12-for-26 shooting ...
Men's College Basketball
Hawks survive scare from NAIA opponent HLGU
QUINCY -- Quincy University men's basketball coach Ryan Hellenthal wants to see his team sustain leads and put away games. The Hawks didn't do that Saturday afternoon, and it nearly cost them a victory over an NAIA opponent. Hannibal-LaGrange University er
Prep Boys Basketball
Boys basketball roundup: Monroe City routs Palmyra for tourney title
The first quarter seemed to have the makings for a close championship game in the 94th annual Monroe City Tournament. The host Monroe City boys basketball team had a different idea. Monroe City outscored Palmyra 22-5 in the second quarter and ran away wit
Prep Girls Basketball
Girls basketball roundup: Summers' effort not enough for Panthers
Jada Summers scored 28 points, but the Monroe City girls basketball team fell to 52-47 to Paris in Saturday's Monroe City Tournament championship game. Summers scored 17 of her points after halftime, but couldn't overcome the two-point halftime deficit. P
Men's College Basketball
Men's college basketball roundup: Johnson scores 29 for Wildcats
Mike Johnson didn't get a break for the Culver-Stockton College men's basketball team Saturday. For his effort, Johnson scored a game-high 29 points and led C-SC to an 82-75 Heart of America Athletic Conference victory over Baker at Charles Field House. J
