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COLUMBUS -- Cincinnati Mariemont won its first girls state soccer title with a 6-1 win over Liberty Benton in the Div. IV championship on Friday at ScottsMiracle-Gro Stadium.
Mariemont handed West Branch its only loss of the season with a 4-0 win in Tuesday’s state semifinal.
Grizzlies have 10 double-figure scorers in 142-111 romp over Pelicans in NBA Cup play
By PETER FINNEY JR. Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Jerami Grant scored 22 points, including seven points on an extended possession in the first half, and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the New Orleans Pelicans 142-111 in NBA Cup group play Friday night. In winning their sixth consecutive road game -- the best road record in the NBA and the best road start in franchise history -- the Grizzlies finished 18 of 45 from 3-point range while holding New Orleans to 7 of 31. The Grizzlies improved their NBA Cup record to 1-1 in the West’s Group B, and the Pelicans dropped to 0-2. Memphis has 10 players in double-figures in scoring. Saddiq Bey led New Orleans with 30 points, the first Pelican to score more than 30 points this season.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Jerami Grant scored 22 points, including seven points on an extended possession in the first half, and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the New Orleans Pelicans 142-111 in NBA Cup group play Friday night.
In winning their sixth consecutive road game -- the best road record in the NBA and the best road start in franchise history -- the Grizzlies overwhelmed the Pelicans with their perimeter shooting, finishing 18 of 45 from 3-point range while holding New Orleans to 7 of 31.
The Grizzlies improved their NBA Cup record to 1-1 in the West’s Group B, and the Pelicans dropped to 0-2.
The Grizzlies scored 13 consecutive points in a 1:07 span of the second quarter to build a 62-46 lead. Grant had seven points in seven seconds, nailing a pair of 3s and adding a foul shot after Zion Williamson was called for an illegal closeout..
Grant left with 7:36 left after colliding with Herb Jones on a head-first drive to the basket.
The Grizzlies had nine other players in double figures: Ty Jerome with 17, Cedric Coward, GG Jackson and Cam Spencer with 14, Isaiah Stewart and Cam Boozer with 12, Jaylen Wells with 11, and Taylor Hendricks and Javon Small with 10.
Saddiq Bey led New Orleans with 30 points, the first Pelican to score more than 30 points this season. Williamson had 22 points, five rebounds and three steals.
Memphis led 70-58 at the half and then 105-86 after three, stringing together three consecutive 35-point quarters. They added a 37-point fourth quarter to complete the rout.