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Top stars, best performances in Ohio high school boys and girls basketball (Jan. 3-8)

Here are some stars from the past week’s boys and girls basketball games across Ohio.
Mike Swanson|
Top stars, best performances in Ohio high school boys and girls basketball (Jan. 3-8)
Top stars, best performances in Ohio high school boys and girls basketball (Jan. 3-8)

Here are some stars from the past week's boys and girls basketball games across Ohio.

If you know of a top performance we should include, please let us know in the comments.

Pictured above is Archbishop Hoban's Lanae Riley (photo by Mike Cook).

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Lanae Riley, Archbishop Hoban girls basketball

Riley had 39 points and nine rebounds in an 83-62 win over Solon and then 27 points and six rebounds en route to Hoban’s 63-40 victory over Olentangy Liberty. 

Beth Hardwick, Cardington girls basketball

Drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat Northmor 56-53.

Jazmin Torres, St. Vincent-St. Mary girls basketball

Had 20 points as the Irish took down Lutheran East 60-38.

Zoe Best, Shawnee girls basketball

Best finished with 21 points, logging 11 points and three steals in the final quarter. Shawnee defeated Spencerville 49-41 to remain unbeaten this season. 

Sinai White, Start girls basketball

Finished with 13 points as Start defeated Whitmer 37-32. 

Cassidy Lafler, Dublin Coffman girls basketball

Lafler led her team with 19 points to take down Gahanna Lincoln 64-40.

Dublin Coffman extended their winning streak to 8 with a win over Gahanna last night 📈 @cassidy_lafler@TaylorCovingto7@tessagrady34@taraflynn@LadyRocksHoopspic.twitter.com/kvDuAOskYF

— Gee Dowlen (@gdowlen3) January 5, 2022

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Sage Woolace, Stryker girls basketball

Dropped 22 points in Stryker’s 39-34 win over Delta. 

Riley Irwin, Liberty-Benton girls basketball

Scored 14 points for the Eagles as they picked up a road victory against Kalida 40-22.

Emily Bratton, Bloom Carroll girls basketball

Scored 22 points vs. Circleville, recording her seventh 20-plus-point game of the season. 

Mali Thornton, Eastmoor Academy girls basketball

The 5-foot-9 sophomore posted 21 points at Briggs to rout the Bruins 69-17. 

Sam Whitmer, Elder boys basketball

Finished with 12 points and five assists as the Panthers defeated Moeller 46-37. 

Jahlil Graham, Canton McKinley boys basketball

Scored 22 points and hit the buzzer-beater to lift McKinley to a 61-58 win over Jackson.

Ardell Banks, Massillon boys basketball

Had 18 points, 11 rebounds and three assists in Massillon’s 94-72 win over Northwestern. 

BBK: Your Game 2 Player of the Game is Massillon's @50kdell, who had both dunks on the day, posted a double-double by scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, and dished 3 assists@mike_breck@WQKT1045@TigersCoachHose
#TDR#WQKTSteveSmithHolidayHoopsClassicpic.twitter.com/BawVXQimQZ

— Joshua T. McWilliams (@josh_mc1982) January 9, 2022

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Justin Rupp, Norwayne boys basketball

Led the way with 14 points and 10 rebounds as Norwayne defeated Lucas 53-46 to get its fifth consecutive win. 

Trevor Moss, Orange boys basketball

Moss set a program record for most points in a game with 50 in the Lions’ 75-58 victory over Youngstown Academy For Urban Scholars.

Devin Reese, Streetsboro boys basketball

Finished with 28 points to upset Woodridge 64-57.

Devin Royal, Pickerington Central boys basketball

Had 19 points, four rebounds and two assists in a 58-53 win over Gahanna Lincoln.

Ajay Sheldon, Dublin Coffman boys basketball

Scored a game-high 38 points and grabbed four rebounds as the Shamrocks beat previously unbeaten Upper Arlington 58-52. 

Josh Evans, New Albany boys basketball

The 6-foot-5 small forward was the top scorer with 22 points to power the Bulldogs to a 63-60 win over Teays Valley. 

Trey Robertson, Waverly boys basketball

Dropped 32 points in a win over Portsmouth West, recording his eighth 23-plus-point game of the season. 

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Mike Swanson
MIKE SWANSON

Mike Swanson is the VP of Content for High School On SI. He's been in journalism since 2003, having worked as a reporter, city editor, copy editor and high school sports editor in California, Connecticut and Oregon.

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