Local Sports Stories
Tigers on the rise
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
A perplexed look came over the faces of Missouri basketball players Matt Lawrence, DeMarre Carroll and Keith Ramsey as Terry Moore spoke up last night in the interview room at Mizzou Arena.

Missouri women surprise even themselves
By DAVID BRIGGS of the Tribune’s staff
Not since 2001 had the MU women’s basketball team seen a scoreboard bear such a one-sided early score, and Shakara Jones could scarcely believe it.

Bruins live up to No. 1 rank
By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
Early in the fourth quarter of last night’s 64-28 loss to Rock Bridge, Rockhurst boys basketball Coach Mark Nusbaum glanced at the scoreboard and wondered how things had gotten so out of hand.

Bulldogs’ leaders turn the tables
By JON HADUSEK of the Tribune’s staff
HARRISBURG - They play different positions, but the contributions of Harrisburg guard Cory Via and forward Mason Hardin are of equal consequence. Each made their roles clear in the Bulldogs’ 74-45 defeat of Fayette last night.

Kewps girls win opener at Rolla Invitational
By the Tribune’s staff
Chasity Prince scored 21 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as the Hickman girl’s basketball team beat Newberg 68-39 in its first game of the Rolla Invitational.

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports
By JOE WALLJASPER
LeBron James was not happy Sunday when he was called for traveling late in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 80-77 loss to the Washington Wizards. Despite picking up his dribble beyond the free-throw line and taking three huge steps to the basket, James insisted he hadn’t traveled but had simply executed his “crab dribble.”

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