Gore sweeps conference pair from Gans

The regular-season finales for both the Gore and Gans teams took place Monday night at Bryant “Big Country” Reeves Fieldhouse, with both Riverside Conference games going to the visitors to spoil Senior Night for Gans as the Lady Pirates started the night with a 51-26 win over the Lady Grizzlies, then the Pirates defeated the Grizzlies 4225.

GIRLS

GORE 51, GANS 26

After a basket by Madi Pilkington got the Lady Grizzlies (4-19 overall, 1-8 in Riverside Conference play) knotted at 4-all with 5:03 left in the first quarter, the Lady Pirates (8-12, 5-3) ended the period with a 7-0 run to take an 11-4 lead after a quarter.

Gore doubled Gans 12-6 in the second period to up the Lady Pirates’ halftime advantage to 23-10.

After a pair of Emily Daily free throws gave Gore its largest lead of the night at 15 points at 27-12 with 5:38 left in the third quarter, the Lady Grizzlies went on a 9-3 run, capped by another basket by Pilkington, to cut Gore’s lead to 30-21 with 2:34 remaining in the period. However, that ended up being as close as Gans would get.

Gore closed out the quarter on a 6-1 run, capped by Daily’s 3-point basket with 17 seconds left, to put the Lady Pirates ahead 36-22 after three quarters.

Gore got its lead to as great as 29 points at 51-22 on a pair of Kennedy Williams free throws with 3:05 left in the game.

For the contest, Williams led all scorers with a game-high 19 points to lead Gore, followed by Daily and Ricki Huckbay with eight points each, River Shoemake with seven points, Lily Wooten with three points and Rayleigh Moore, Sophie O’Connor and CoCo Carter with two points apiece.

In defeat, Pilkington, Skylyn Bird and Aaliyah Taylor all scored six points to lead Gans, followed by K’Cee Osborn with four points, Sophie Pulice with three points and Maddie Freeman with a free throw.

BOYS

GORE 42, GANS 25

The Pirates (17-6 overall, 7-1 in Riverside Conference play) scored the game’s first 12 points before the Grizzlies (0-22, 0-9) saw Austin Hines break the ice for the hosts with a 3-point basket with 1:17 left in the first quarter. Gore took a 14-3 lead after the first eight minutes.

Back-to-back 3s by Hines and Cristian Gaona cut the Gans’ deficit to 14-9 with 6:53 left before halftime. It ended up being as close as the Grizzlies got as they were blanked the rest of the second period by the Pirates, whose first-half ending 15-0 run put them ahead 29-9 at halftime.

Gore’s lead got to as great as 22 points at 38-16 with 6:23 left to play in the game on a 3-pointer by Eli Munson.

For the game, Keeton Rowe led Gore with nine points, followed by Cain Cooper with eight points, Nash Thouvenel with seven points, Munson with six points and Tate Brooksher and Logan Markou with four points apiece.

In defeat, Hines scored a game-high 12 points to lead Gans, followed by Jarrett Frazier-Barter with six points, Gaona with four points and Lucas Flute with three points.