The Marion County R-II girls basketball team lost a tough season opener, 34-31, at home to Paris.
The Lady Mustangs got out to a 12-6 lead as Kennedy Hathaway and Riley Holt both scored five points to start the game.
Paris went on a 9-5 run to climb to within two going into half time and tied the game up at 23 going into the final period and won it with by out-scoring Marion County 11-8 the rest of the way.
Scoring for Marion County were Holt, 10, Grace Jensen-Page, eight, Hathaway, seven, Maya Bock, four, and Sam Kindhart, two.
The Lady Mustangs were scheduled to host North Shelby Tuesday before the Thanksgiving break.
2023-24 Mustang
Basketball Schedule
11/17 Paris L 31-34, 0-1
11/21 North Shelby
11/28 at Community
11/30 at Bevier
12/4-9 Monroe City Tourn.
12/11 N. Mo. HSA
12/15 Scotland Co.
12/18 LaPlata
1/2 at Brashear
1/5 Novinger
1/8 at Wells-Mid.
1/9 Bucklin
1/11 Madison
1/15-20 N. Shelby Tourn.
1/23 at Atlanta
1/26 at Mark Twain
1/29 Knox County
2/3 at Silex
2/5-10 Brashear Tourn.
2/13 at Canton
2/19-24 Districts TBA
