Moberly has gone 3-0 against Oak Grove recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Moberly Spartans will take on the Oak Grove Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Moberly will be strutting in after a victory while Oak Grove will be coming in after a defeat.
Moberly is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Macon: they outscored them in every quarter. Moberly took down Macon 64-48 on Tuesday.
Moberly found their leader in sophomore Collin Knox, who went 8 for 11 en route to 20 points plus seven rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Knox a new career-high in offensive rebounds (four). Another player making a difference was Mason Bivins, who went 5 for 11 en route to 12 points plus five rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, Oak Grove didn't have quite enough to beat Boonville on Tuesday and fell 45-42. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Phillip Nadeau, who went 8 for 15 en route to 19 points plus five rebounds and three steals. That was a full 45.2% of Oak Grove's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Reeves, who went 5 for 11 en route to 12 points plus five rebounds and two steals.
Moberly's win ended a nine-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1. As for Oak Grove, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Moberly won a contest that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in December of 2023, slipping by Oak Grove 57-56. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Oak Grove's Maurkalip Riley, who went 7 for 13 en route to 14 points plus eight rebounds and six steals. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Moberly to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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