The Gilmour Academy Lancers are taking a road trip to challenge the Avon Lake Shoremen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gilmour Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matchups -- so hopefully Avon Lake likes a good challenge.
On Tuesday, Gilmour Academy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 68-64 to Central Catholic. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (61), the Lancers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Avon Lake came up short against Barberton on Friday and fell 67-54. While losing is never fun, the Shoremen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 606th, while the Magics are ranked 238th).
Gilmour Academy's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-4. As for Avon Lake, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-7.
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