Sports – Sunday December 23rd

At the Holiday Hoops High School Basketball event this weekend:

Norborne Girls 37            Green City Girls 32

Norborne Boys 45            Green City Boys 46

Newtown-Harris Girls 17               North Nodaway Girls 41

Newtown-Harris Boys 57              North Nodaway Boys 19

In the second set of games:

Santa Fe Girls 67             Winston Girls 45

Santa Fe Boys 57              Putnam Co. Boys 59

N. Mercer Girls 66           Putnam Co. Girls 35

Kirksville Boys 51              Maryville Boys 50 OT

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College Basketball

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Laurence Bowers had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Number 12 Missouri over 10th ranked Illinois 82-73 in the annual Braggin’ Rights game yesterday. Alex Oriakhi added 13 points and 14 rebounds as the Tigers won their fourth straight in the 32-year-old series. Brandon Paul led the Illini with 23 points in St. Louis.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Stone scored 28 points, including two free throws with 28 seconds left that gave UMKC a 66-65 victory over Southeast Missouri State yesterday. Nate Rogers had 14 points, including three 3-pointers, for the Kangaroos. UMKC’s Fred Chatmon had 11 points and 13 rebounds in Kansas City, Missouri.