LICKING HEIGHTS KNOCKS DOWN GROVEPORT BEHIND GRITTY TEAM EFFORT

BALANCED TEAM PERFORMANCE PROPELLED HORNETS IN THE 4TH QTR

LICKING HEIGHTS 52

GROVEPORT MADISON 45 Final

Groveport Ohio - Tonight's non-league game which also was senior night for the Cruisers who hosted LCL Licking Heights jumped out with an early lead behind senior guard Duane Davis and senior Marlon Elliott Sr who both looked unstoppable early in the contest.

On a night that shots just weren't falling the Hornets showed a lot of grit and made plays collectively as a team and handled the Cruisers pressure defense pretty easy in the second half allowing the Hornets Dante Collier and Jayden Grifith to get going and knock down a few.

The hornets also got big plays tonight from Junior guards Kison Edmondson and Toure Young who both made plays down the stretch, Edmondson put the Hornets up 2 after knocking down a pair of one and one's with 1:44 to go.

Collier who is a big-time scorer struggled to find his rhythm but found other ways to get it done leading the Hornets with 15pts along with Yara Conde who had 14pts and continues to play big for Heights. Duane Davis and Kenyatta Whiteside led the way in scoring for the Cruisers who came up short in a hard-fought LCL-OCC matchup.

LICKING HEIGHTS

Dante Collier 15pts

Yara Conde 14pts

Jayden Griffith 9pts

Kison Edmondson 5pts

GROVEPORT MADISON

Duane Davis 15pts

Kenyatta Whiteside 8pts

Markell Holmes 6pts

Marlon Elliott Sr 5pts