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7:30 Danielle King subbing in for Chris Parker of the Ozone 

8:30 Rod Gorman Bunker Head Basketball Coach

Lady Bears (21-12) advanced to the  Conference USA tourney with 74-69 over Florida International, they made close down the stretch nearly allowing a 15 point lead with 6:42 left in the fourth get away, following some turnovers and missed opportunities FIU cut the lead to 1 point with :38 seconds left, but the 11-0 run early in the game held up for the Lady Bears. They punched thier ticket to the Big Dance with 43-38 win over the Lady Techsters.  Holding LA Tech to just 12 points in the second half,  Kaemyn Bekemeier finished with sixteen points in 37 minutes, Lainie Douglas with 15 points and 5 blocked shots.  Bekemeier was named the CUSA Tournament MVP and Lanie Douglas was also a member of the all tournament team.   Lady Bears will head to Fort Worth TX on Wednesday to play in the "First Four" round of the NCAA womens tournament vs Stephen F Austin and the winner will advance to Play University of Texas. This marks the 18 time Missouri State has appeared in the NCAA Tournament field, as well as the 12th Conference tournament title, also the First Tournament title and NCAA appearance for Beth Cunningham as the Lady Bears head coach. 

#1 Seeds are UCONN South Carolina UCLA and Texas

A little side note, Arizona State and head coach Molly Miller also make the tournament as one of the "First Four" as an at large bid, winning two games in the Big 12 tournament including an upset win over Iowa State and losing a close game to the eventual champions West Virginia, so now the for the 1st time since 2019 Arizona State is in the tournamet with a 24-10 record and will play Virginia in Sacremento for the rights to move into a 10 seed and Play Georgia in the 1st round. 

Evangel Lady Valor under 1st year head coach Madi Wallace making hosting 2 rounds of the NAIA National Womens tournament at AG Financial Arena post a 79-74 win over University of Science and Arts Oklahoma 79-74 Cassidy Hambleton scoring 24 points,  but fell Saturday to Shawnee State University out of Ohio 81-67 in the round of 32.  Lady Valor finish 28-3. 

College of the Ozarks women defeated Eastern Oregon University Friday 82-67 in Mitchel South Dakota, But Saturday they fell to Dakota Wesleyan University 76-53

However with thier dual association they now wait to see about the NCCAA national championship tournament bid. 

NCAA Mens tournament 

#1 Seeds Duke Arizona Michigan and Florida

Missouri gets a 10 seed and will face Miami (FLA) in the 1st round of the west regional. 

And yes the 31-1 Miami of Ohio is in the Big Dance as maybe the last At-Large team selected and will play SMU in the "First Four" at Dayton. 

University of Arkansas and Local kid Treyvon Brazille enter the tournament as 4 seed, Matching up with Hawaii,  coming off of an SEC tournament championship game win over Vanderbuilt yesterday 86-75. Darius Acuff jr with 30 pts , Billy Richmond with 18 and Brazille with 16 including 4/5 from behind the arc. Brazille had 2 steals, 2 blocks and led the hogs in Rebounding with 9

The 2 Seeds are UCONN Houston Iowa St Purdue

World Baseball Classic

Team USA slowed the red hot bats of the Dominican Republic Last night with a 2-1 win.  Paul Skenes and the US pitching staff holds Dominican Republic to 1 run, a solo home run in the second inning,  USA also used the long ball for both of their runs in the 4th inning with solo shots from Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony in Miami last night. 

The United States will play the winner of Mondays Semifinal between Italy and Venezuela on Tuesday Night at 7pm ET in Miami. 

Bears Baseball: (12-7) 2-1 in CUSA took two of three from the Flames over the weekend despite being outscored 23-19 in the 3 game set.  Game 1 Liberty took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 7th then Carter Bergman hits a 2 run bomb in the top the 8 and the Bears hold on for the win. Trent Ash gets the win and Tyler Charlton picked up his 2nd save on the year. 

Game 2 Bears down 3 going to the 9th Bergman again goes deep to make it  a 2 run game 11-9, Brant Kragel double driving in a run and then a 2 run single by Bognepohl to secure the 12-11 win with 4 runs in the 9th. Lance Wade with the win and Charlton again the Save (3)

Game 3 Bears give up 2 in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, 1 in the 4th and 4 in the 6th and fall 9-3, but still a series win for the Bears. 

CUSA Baseball Standings

Jax State 3-0 17-3

LA Tech 3-0 13-8

WKU 3-0 12-8

MSU 2-1 12-7

Dallas Baptist 2-1 11-9

Bears host Arkansas State (15-6) Tomorrow at 3pm Arkansas State coming off of taking 2/3 from Southern Miss. 

Drury Baseball takes 3 out of 4 from Lewis in GLVC conference action over the weekend on Mark Worley Feild at Meador Park. They are now 12-8 overall and 3-1 in the conference. They will be at Pittsburg State Tommorow for a 3pm game before hitting the conference road at Illinois Springfield. 

Evangel Baseball (13-15) (8-9) in KCAC took 2 of 3 from York University over the weekend and will host Avila tomorrow and then a 3 game set with Tabor College. 

Mission University Baseball, the Patriots are 15-16 overall and 4-2 in conference play, they host Calvary College Wednesday and then 3 with Crowley's Ridge College at Ozark Mountain Sports Complex on Friday and Saturday. 

High School Basketball over the Weekend

Class 1, 2 and 3 State Championships for Boys and Girls

Boys Class 1

Championship Bunker 61-Brunswick 54

3rd Place Faith Christian Academy 64-Kingsville 37

Boys Class 2

Championship Eugene 71-Hayti 56

3rd Place Penney 50-Clopton 25

Boys Class 3 

Championship 98-Miller Career Academy 34

3rd Place North Platte 61-Mountain View Liberty 57

Girls Class 1

Championship St. Elizabeth 68-Delta 64

3rd Place Rock Port 51-Northeast Cairo 38

Girls Class 2

Championship Tipton 76-Portageville 46

3rd Place Marionville 68-Barstow 49

Girls Class 3 

Championship Principia 60-St. Vincent 32

3rd Place Skyline 59-Lone Jack 42

Class 4 Boys Quarterfinals

Clayton 77-Dexter 54

Benton 65-St. Michael 43

Vashon 68-Orchard Farm 53

Logan-Rogersville 73-Nevada 39

Semifinals Friday 10am Clayton vs Benton, 12pm Logan-Rogersville vs Vashon

Class 5 Boys Quarterfinals

Sikeston 62-Vianney 60

Raytown South 66-Lincoln College Prep 57

MICDS 59-Holt 47

Hillcrest 71-Helias Catholic 57

Semifinals Friday 6pm Sikeston vs Raytown South 8pm MICDS vs Hillcrest

Class 6 Boys Quarterfinals

Cardinal Ritter 81-Marquette 76

Blue Springs South 74-Oak Park 73 in OT

De Smet 77-Francis Howell Central 54

Rockhurst 42-Kickapoo 29

Semifinals Friday 2pm Cardinal Ritter vs Blue Springs South 4pm De Smet vs Rockhurst

Class 4 Girls Quarterfinals

Doniphan55-St. Francis Borgia 45

Benton 69-Oak Grove 37

Cardinal Ritter 61-Kirksville 38

Strafford 66-Nevada 54

Semifinals Wednesday 10am Doniphan vs Benton 12pm Cardinal Ritter vs Strafford

Class 5 Girls Quarterfinals

Lift For Life 72-Festus 25

Grandview 45-Kearney 31

MICDS 42-St. Dominic 38

Marshfield 54-Helias Catholic 36

Class 5 Semifinals Wednesday 6pm Lift for Life vs Grandview 8pm MICDS vs Marshfield

Class 6 Girls Quarterfinals

Jackson 50-Marquette 45

Staley 65-Rock Bridge 27

Incarnate Word 63-Troy Buchanan 34

Lee's Summit West 60-Kickapoo 43

Class 6 Semifinals 2pm Jackson vs Staley 4pm Incarnate Word vs Lee's Summit West.