Basketball Recap: Jacob Sidwell and Noah Barnes Secure Win for Parkway South

Parkway South entered their tilt with Mehlville on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Mehlville Panthers 55-33. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while the Panthers are ranked 386th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Noah Barnes

Points

01/20/25 @ Mehlville	23
01/17/25 vs Riverview Gardens	24
01/13/25 vs Seckman	19
12/28/24 vs Clayton	23
12/26/24 vs Ladue Horton Watkins	23

Parkway South was led to victory by Noah Barnes and Jacob Sidwell. Barnes went 6 for 14 on his way to 23 points in addition to five assists and four steals, while Sidwell went 8 of 13 en route to 17 points along with five boards and three steals. The game was Barnes' eighth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Tyler Shanfeld, who posted four points.

Parkway South has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.8 points per game. As for Mehlville, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.

Parkway South will square off against Lutheran South at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mehlville has already played their next contest (against Northwest), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.