Photos: Staley beats Blue Springs in quarterfinals of Missouri Class 6 boys basketball playoffs
INDEPENDENCE - Thanks to a lockdown defensive effort, Staley held off Blue Springs, 54-41, in a Class 6 quarterfinal game featuring two of the best teams in the state Saturday night in front of a rocking crowd at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence.
Staley takes on Nixa at 6 p.m. Thursday on the campus of Missouri State University in the Missouri boys basketball Class 6 semifinals.
No team has scored 50 points in a game against Staley (26-4 overall record and ranked No. 2 in the in SBLive Missouri Top 25 boys basketball rankings) in the postseason. That includes high-powered Blue Springs (24-6 and ranked No. 23), which was held more than 20 points under its season average.
Here are photos from the game:
PHOTO GALLERY: STALEY 54, BLUE SPRINGS 41
(All photos by Todd Nugent)