Basketball Friday: Close Losses for Branson, Hollister, Harrison Wins Include Buzzer Beater

Basketball Games covered on MOARK Sports Friday night were all close games including one buzzer beater.

That game happened in Harrison as the Goblins closed out their regular season by hitting a three at the buzzer in a 57-54 win over Huntsville. The Lady Goblins also won their regular season finale by downing Huntsville 53-43. 

Meanwhile in Missouri, the Branson Pirates nearly rallied from a late nine point deficit but still fell short, lost at Neosho 65-60. The Pirates furious late rally cut the lead to one in the games final minute but the Wildcats ran the clock down and got a basket with 20 seconds to go followed by a Pirate turnover after Branson called a timeout to set-up a game tying play which eventually resulted in another Neosho basket to account for the final margin. 

Also on the road last night, the Hollister Tigers fell short in their game at Marshfield, falling to the Blue Jays 48-44. 

Today on MOARK Sports, the Branson Lady Pirates have a 2:00 game against Top 10 Ranked Class 1 School Walnut Grove. The game was added to the schedule after a couple of cancellations by opponents of both schools lead to the open date. 

Other scores Friday Night: (Some Scores courtesy Ozark Sports Zone and Scorebook Live):
Boys
Aurora 60 Reeds Spring 51
Nixa 50 Webb City 40
Fair Grove 56 Forsyth 55
Blue Eye 66 Galena 44
Crane 56 Spokane 38
Chadwick 63 New Covenant 20
Niangua 57 School of the Ozarks 43
Jasper 51 Deer 42
Eureka Springs 59 Yellville-Summit 21
Bergman 77 Lincoln 61 

Girls
Alpena 60 Decatur 16
Valley Springs 51 Greenland 29