Basketball Recap: Gilmour Academy Piles Up the Points Against Jefferson Area

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Gilmour Academy's strategy against Jefferson Area on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Gilmour Academy Lancers blew the Jefferson Area Falcons out of the water with a 56-14 final score. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Falcons are ranked 589th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Gilmour Academy's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Jefferson Area, they dropped their record down to 1-5 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.

Gilmour Academy didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 44-37 victory against Richmond Heights on the 29th. As for Jefferson Area, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Harvey at 7:00 p.m. on January 3rd.