Nixa boys basketball fended off a hot-shooting Republic Tiger squad in front of a packed home gym on Tuesday night to run its record to 21-0 on the season.

It wasn't a typical Nixa game, but it was the result the Eagles have become used to this season.

"It was not very pretty. Republic guards as well as anybody in the area. I knew we wouldn't shoot as many threes as we normally do. They just guard so well," Nixa head coach Brock Blansit said. "Our guys just gritted it out."

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