The Smith-Cotton Tigers rallied past Eldon on Saturday to win the seventh- place game of the Smith-Cotton McDonald’s Classic boys basketball tournament 56-53.
The Tigers entered the fourth quarter down 38-37 before scoring the first five points of the fourth to take the lead.
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