Cardinals Allow Under 30 in Both Halves, Stomp Three Rivers, 75-51

(Park Hills, MO) The Mineral Area Cardinals began Region 16 play with a win over the Three Rivers Raiders, 75-51 on Kevin Thurman Night at the Bob Sechrest Fieldhouse on Saturday.

The MAC Defense was the story in the victory. Going into Saturday's affair, the Cardinals defense ranked tops in the nation with the lowest points allowed per game (50.4). MAC allowed 24 points against in the first half and just 27 in the second. Mineral Area Head Coach Luke Strege on the defesnive effort.

Ibo Drame tallied a game high 20 points in the win, Amarion Dickerson added 16 points and Dior Conners contributed 12 points. Was Coach Strege satisfied with the offense in the victory?

Three Rivers were paced by 11 points from Mo Niang, Lamont Jackson added 10 points. The Raiders fall to 0-2 in Region play and 5-9 overall. MAC is 12-2 and 1-0.

Mineral Area is off until Saturday to wrap up the 64th Annual Rotary Shootout, that features 6 high school games followed by the Lady Cardinals then Cardinals. The MAC men play Richard J. Daley for the third and final time of the season. Scheduled tip time 7:30p. You can hear all the action from the Rotary Shootout at the Bob Sechrest Fieldhouse on AM-1240 KFMO.

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Other Action From The Hardwood This Weekend:

Saturday:

WBB

New Mexico JUCO Invitational (@ Hobbs, NM)

Mineral Area 62, Hill College 57

BBB

67th Gene Steighorst Tournament (@ Hillsboro)

Championship Game

1-Central 63, 2-Festus 45

3rd Place Game

5-Hillsboro 83, 3-North County 76

GBB

Norm Stewart Classic (@ Missouri State University)

Ozark 47, Central 27

Sunday:

WBB

New Mexico JUCO Invitational (@ Hobbs, NM)

New Mexico 81, Mineral Area 67

GBB

Norm Stewart Classic (@ Missouri State University)

Lincoln Prep 68, West County 33


*All interviews included can be found in the AudioVault

Out of Town Scoreboard

Friday, Week 1 (KFMO, Video) - Final
North County16
Farmington49
Friday, Week 1 - Final
Owensville0
Central37
Friday, Week 1 - Final
Perryville35
Fredericktown21
Friday, Week 1 - Final
DeSoto14
Freeburg, IL30
Friday, Week 1 - Final
Hillsboro44
Moberly34
Friday, Week 1 - 3rd Quarter
Festus30
Rolla14
Friday, Week 1 - Final
Potosi21
St. Clair35
Friday, Week 1 - Final
St. Vincent35
Ste. Genevieve49
Friday, Week 1 - 4th Quarter
Monroe City22
Valle Catholic41
Friday, Week 1 - Final/
Herculaneum28
Windsor36
Jackson Tournament
Friday 
Fredericktown-
Parkway South-
No Games Today
   
   
No Games Today
   
   
No Games Today
   
   
MICDS Tournament, Pool Play
Friday 
Farmington-
Duchesne-
MICDS Tournament, Pool Play
Friday 
Farmington-
Cardinal Ritter-
Jimmy John's Invitational (@ Burlington, Iowa)
Friday 
Mineral Area-
John Wood-
Jimmy John's Invitational (@ Burlington, Iowa)
Friday 
Mineral Area-
Frontier-

Broadcast Schedule

Saturday, August 30:
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
Sunday, August 31:
10:15a, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
Monday, September 1:
12:20p, MLB: Athletics @ St. Louis*
Tuesday, September 2:
5:50p, MLB: Athletics @ St. Louis*
6:00p, VB: Mineral Area @ Jefferson+
Wednesday, September 3:
5:50p, MLB: Athletics @ St. Louis*
Thursday, September 4:
4:00p, SB: Farmington @ North County
6:00p, VB: Cape ND @ Potosi
Friday, September 5:
6:00p, NFL, Week 1: Kansas City vs Los Angeles (A)
6:00p, KFMOsports Tailgate Show fueled by McDonald’s+
6:20p, MLB: San Francisco @ St. Louis*
6:30p, FB, Week 2: Central @ Jefferson+^
Saturday, September 6:
5:20p, MLB: San Francisco @ St. Louis*
Sunday, September 7:
12:20p, MLB: San Francisco @ St. Louis*
Monday, September 8:
6:00p, VB: St. Pius @ Central
7:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Seattle*
Tuesday, September 9:
6:30p, VB: Arcadia Valley @ Potosi
7:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Seattle*
Wednesday, September 10:
4:00p, SB: Cape Notre Dame @ Farmington
7:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Seattle*
Thursday, September 11:
4:00p, VB: Fredericktown @ North County
Friday, September 12:
6:00p, KFMOsports Tailgate Show fueled by McDonald’s
6:15p, MLB: St. Louis @ Milwaukee*
6:30p, FB, Week 3: Fredericktown @ Central^
Saturday, September 13:
5:15p, MLB: St. Louis @ Milwaukee*
Sunday, September 14:
12:00p, NFL, Week 2: Philadelphia @ Kansas City
12:15p, MLB: St. Louis @ Milwaukee*
^ - denotes live video
+ -denotes game on KFMOsportsPlus
* - denotes game on B104.3