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Posted: Jan 07, 2022
- The Gilmour Academy varsity boys basketball team posted a 78-65 victory over Euclid High School to open the New Year
- The game was part of the 15th annual Scholastic Play-By-Play Classic, which featured six games hosted by Euclid during the day
- Adisa Molton II '23 earned Game MVP honors for the Lancers
- Molton had 12 points, six rebounds, a game-high nine assists and a pair of steals
- Five Lancers finished in double figures, led by Nathan Flaherty '22 and Nathan Nootbaar '22
- Flaherty had 18 points and seven rebounds and shot 4-of-6 from distance
- Nootbaar also posted 18 points and seven rebounds, going 8-of-13 from the floor
- Brandon Rose '23 tallied a double-double, netting 14 points and a team-high 11 rebounds, and also added a game-high six blocks
- Dorjan Flowers '23 finished with 10 points, five rebounds and six assists for Gilmour
- With the score tied at the end of the first quarter, Gilmour outscored the hosts 23-12 in the second frame to take control
- Euclid cut its deficit to four in the fourth quarter, but the Lancers closed the game on a 14-5 run
- Gilmour put forth a fantastic defensive effort, holding Euclid to just 32.5 percent from the floor
- The Lancers shot 7-of-13 from downtown while the Panthers were just 6-of-35
- Gilmour had assists on 21 of its 29 made field goals
- Gilmour will face Brush High School in a neutral-site matchup Saturday afternoon as part of the Everything Leads Back Invitational
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