Ozark and Fair Grove came down to a final shot and a loose ball, and Ozark took control of the Spalding just in time.
Ozark (6-3) held on to beat Fair Grove 55-53 to survive and advance to the semifinals of the Gold Division of the 71st annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament in a squeaker Tuesday night at JQH Arena. Junior guard Parker Hanks put up 12 points, but it was his final basket on a driving layup that proved enough for Mark Schweitzer’s Tigers to win.
“(Hanks) didn’t have a very great game for his standards and my standards, so I thought it showed a lot of competitiveness, a lot of grit for him to stick with it like that.