After playing their opponent on near-even terms for a half, the Pilot Grove Tigers began the third quarter with an 11-2 run which cleared the way for them to win pretty comfortably at Concordia on Wednesday, Feb. 4, beating the Orioles, 68-48 in action that was heard on KMMO-FM.
A flurry of five Concordia three-pointers, four of them coming from Nephi Hon, kept the home team in the game for the first two periods as a slumping Oriole squad trailed Pilot Grove only 16-15 following the opening eight minutes and then 27-24 at intermission. The last two quarters belonged solely to the Tigers who led 49-34 after three frames before coasting home with their 20-point, 68-48 victory over Concordia.
Improving to 13-8 on the year, the Tigers had three players in double figures. Lyle Christy mustered 19 points while Ryland Skaggs added 18 and Tyson Martin chipped in with 13. For the Orioles, the loss was their sixth in a row as they dropped to 6-13 overall. Nephi Hon paced the losing side with 20 points as Brody Willis tacked on 12.
Earlier in the evening, the girls’ matchup was pretty much over before it began. It took visiting Pilot Grove 11 and a half minutes just to score as they lost to Concordia, 52-12. The Orioles led the Tigers, 15-0 after one period and then 30-4 at the break, prior to wrapping up their 40-point victory over the CAC team.
Now 10-9 for the season, Alex Oetting knocked down four threes and scored 12 points to pace Concordia while Kynleigh Abney tallied 11 and Ava Mueller contributed 10 of her own. Meanwhile, no one scored more than four points for a Pilot Grove squad that fell to 3-17 on the year.
Other scores from Wednesday night:
Girls
Concordia 52, Pilot Grove 12
Higbee 77, Hardin-Central 49
Prairie Home 36, New Bloomfield 21
Northeast (Cairo) 43, South Shelby 36
Boys
Pilot Grove 68, Concordia 48
Higbee 68, Hardin-Central 52
Harrisonville 67, Leeton 35
New Bloomfield 64, Prairie Home 33
Northeast (Cairo) 70, South Shelby 59
Hallsville 64, Owensville 40
KMMO’s microphones will travel to Glasgow on Thursday evening, when the Yellowjackets host Salisbury for a non-conference doubleheader. Pregame is at 5:50 p.m. on KMMO-FM 102.9, with the girls game at 6 p.m. and boys contest around 7:30 p.m. Both games will stream on our website, KMMO.com.
Games also scheduled for tonight include:
Doubleheaders
Heartland Christian (Bethel) at Bevier
Brookfield at Brunswick
Savannah at Gallatin
Meadville at Hale/Bosworth
Wellington-Napoleon at Hardin-Central
Milan at Macon
Columbia Independent at Madison
Westran at Marceline
North Missouri Knights vs Norborne (at Keytesville)
Harrisonville at Oak Grove
Linn County at Southwest Livingston/Breckenridge
Jamestown at Vienna
Sturgeon at Wellsville-Middletown
Girls
Smith-Cotton at California
Boonville at Hallsville
Heartland Christian (Belton) at Leeton
Bucklin/Macon County at Northwestern/Keytesville
Lone Jack at Pembroke Hill
Consolation Semifinals at the Kaysinger Tournament, State Fair CC
5) Otterville vs 8) La Monte
3) Cole Camp vs 7) Lincoln
At the La Plata Tournament
Marion County vs Atlanta
Boys
Blair Oaks at Boonville
Lafayette County at Crest Ridge
Montgomery County at Harrisburg
Bucklin/Macon County at Northwestern (Mendon)
KC Northeast at Richmond
Holden at Warsaw
Consolation Semifinals at the Kaysinger Tournament, State Fair CC
5) Cole Camp vs 8) Stover
6) Otterville vs 7) Northwest (Hughesville)
At the La Plata Tournament
Marion County vs Atlanta