Basketball Recap: Six Straight Road Victories for Monroe City

It was a proper cat-fight when Monroe City faced off against South Shelby on Tuesday. The Monroe City Panthers came out on top in a nail-biter against the South Shelby Cardinals, sneaking past 57-55. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Cardinals are ranked 225th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Panthers

Previous 6 Games (Away)

02/04/25 @ South Shelby	57-55
01/31/25 @ Clark County	53-51
01/21/25 @ Clark County	54-33
01/14/25 @ Hannibal	66-49
12/11/24 @ Marion County	77-23
12/09/24 @ Louisiana	59-28

Monroe City's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-3. As for South Shelby, their loss dropped their record down to 12-9.

Monroe City didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 59-56 defeat against Bowling Green on the 7th. As for South Shelby, they have also already played their next contest, a 53-44 loss against Palmyra on the 7th.