The Chillicothe Hornets put together a solid four quarters of basketball and beat Maryville 52-42 in a conference game at Chillicothe. The win marked the first conference win since February 2nd 2010 and the first win over Maryville since 2009.
     Maryville's Payton Scarbrough was hot in the first quarter, picking up 13 of the team's 17 points. However, the Hornets increased their defense and Scarbrough was then held to one basket in the 2nd quarter and a trey at the end of the game. Chillicothe picked up the pace in the second quarter, holding Maryville scoreless most of the quarter and went on a 13-0 run to end the half with a 9 point lead. After Scarbrough hit his first three treys, the Maryville team went 0-13 from the outside until the final trey at the buzzer.
     Maryville closed the gap to four points late in the third but a bucket at the end of the third and one to start the fourth put the Hornets up by eight and the game was never in doubt after that.
      Chillicothe, playing their best four quarters of defense this season, held Maryville scoreless for more than four minutes in the fourth, up until a Scarbrough trey at the buzzer.