Basketball Recap: South Shelby Picks Up Seventh Consecutive Victory

Cardinals

Previous Games

12/17/24 vs Canton	54-48
12/14/24 vs Palmyra	58-57
12/12/24 vs Monroe City	50-44
12/10/24 vs Marion County	70-29
12/06/24 vs Salisbury	49-37
+ 2 more games

South Shelby had won six straight games and Callie Mcwilliams did her part to make it seven on Tuesday. The South Shelby Cardinals secured a 54-48 W over the Canton Tigers thanks in part to Mcwilliams, who went 7 of 17 on her way to 19 points and three steals. She has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 12 times she's played.

South Shelby pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Canton, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-4.

South Shelby and Canton should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings. South Shelby (ranked fourth) will meet Brookfield (ranked 253rd) at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. South Shelby is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.3 points per game this season. Meanwhile, Canton (ranked 118th) will meet Mendon Unity (ranked 343rd) at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.