The Milan Wildcats, with momentum from Monday night’s Milan Tournament championship win over Marceline, took a 23-20 lead to the half against visiting Gallatin on Tuesday night, holding standout forward Isaac Bird scoreless in the first 16 minutes.
The Bulldogs flipped the developing script in the third quarter, outscoring Milan 22-3 and rolling to a 57-39 Grand River Conference road win, heard on KTTN FM 92.3.
Junior forward Payton Feiden led Gallatin with 19 points, with Bird and Boston Bell each scoring nine, Layton Shubert eight, and Brett Hemry seven points, as Gallatin improves to 14-5 overall and, at 5-1 in GRC play, stayed one game behind Putnam County and Maysville for the divisional title.
Milan, falling to 14-8 overall, and 3-3 in GRC play, had 14 points from Ahmet Niasse, nine points from Chekh Niasse, and eight points from Jeremy Bennett.
The Milan girls rolled to victory in the opener, as Cady Pauley’s 26 points, combined with 13 from Gracie Dickson, boosted the Lady ‘Cats to a 63-20 win over Gallatin. Milan is now 18-4 overall and a perfect 6-0 in GRC Eastern Division play, dropping Gallatin to 0-16 overall and 0-6 in GRC competition. AnnaBelle Ball had nine points to lead the Lady Bulldogs.
Here are the other scores from Tuesday, February 1, 2022:
GIRLS:
Mid-Buchanan 51, North Harrison 19
Princeton 49, Maysville 39
King City 48, Worth County 14
Polo 49, South Harrison 25
Pattonsburg 56, Stanberry 51
St. Joseph Christian 57, North Andrew 23
Mercer 67, Winston 38
Grundy R-V 64, Gilman City 53
Maryville 68, Lathrop 47
Centralia 49, Brookfield 29
Marceline 74, Novinger 34
Higbee 38, Brunswick 33
BOYS:
Centralia 60, Brookfield 35
Higbee 69, Brunswick 39
Chillicothe 61, St. Pius X 52
Benton 79, Cameron 39
Grundy R-V 68, Gilman City 44
Winston 67, Mercer 24
Albany 57, North Harrison 35
Worth County 77, King City 32
North Andrew 71, St. Joseph Christian 52
Stanberry 72, Pattonsburg 43
Polo 55, South Harrison 52
Maysville 60, Princeton 52
