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GCL Fall Winter Spring Schools GCL: News In The News State Champions Joe Quinn Award College Commitments All Sports Trophy History News La Salle Defeats Oak Hills For Sixth Straight Win Posted on 1/26/2020 at 11:23 a.m. No. 1 Moeller Keeps Rolling; St. Xavier Gets Back On Track Junior forward Ayden Schneider scored a team-high 19 points to help La Salle record a 50-45 victory against Oak Hills in a non-conference basketball game Saturday night between two of the top teams in the South Division and Greater Miami Conference, respectively. It was a big weekend for Schneider, who led the Lancers with 17 one night earlier in a 44-43 win at Elder and was named the Most Valuable Player in a game featured as past of the Mercy Health Hoops Classic. The win was the sixth straight for La Salle (16-1), which sits one game behind top=ranked Moeller in the GCL South standings at the halfway point of the six-game league schedule. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Oak Hills (11-5), which is one-half game off the lead in the 10-team GMC with six league games still remaining to be played. Schneider’s 19 points came on 6-of-10 shooting from the field, hitting 6-of-7 free throws to go along with a team-best nine rebounds. He was joined in double figures by juniors Justin Lovette and Jeff Queen Jr., who added 14 and 10 points, respectively, as La Salle rans its record to 4-0 against GMC opponents this season. Senior guard Cam Brandt of Oak Hills led all scorers with 23. Moeller (15-1), the two-time defending Division I state champion that has been atop the Associated Press DI state poll since its first installment earlier this month, extended its home winning streak to 43 games by jumping out to a 29-11 halftime lead and holding Colerain to single digits in all four quarters of a 58-23 victory late Saturday afternoon at the Brisben Family Education Center on Montgomery Road. Senior guard Max Land scored a game-high 15 points, while junior forward Logan Duncomb added 13 points and a team-high six rebounds. Moeller connected on 23-of-41 field goals for 56.1 percent shooting. The Crusaders, whose lone loss this season is at Akron St. Vincent-St, Mary, the state’s No. 1-ranked team in DII on December 7, hosts Winton Woods at 7:30 p.m. Thursday before a rematch with La Salle at 7:30 Friday night. Moeller beat La Salle, 45-43, on the road on the opening night of GCL South play three weeks ago. A Crusaders’ win against La Salle will clinch at least a share of another GCL South title. Moeller, which has won or shared the last seven league championships, has won 22 straight GCL South games and currently holds a one-game lead over La Salle. St. Xavier (11-4), which had lost two of its last three games after putting together a nine-game winning streak, hopes to start a new streak after posting a 43-35 win against Toledo Rogers last night at St. Xavier. The Bombers trailed by five points at halftime, but came alive in the third quarter to outscore Rogers, 18-7, and take the lead. Senior Hank Thomas narrowly missed a double-double, finishing with game highs of 16 points and nine rebounds. Before heading to Elder next Friday, St. Xavier will be tested on Tuesday night when it hosts Covington Catholic, Northern Kentucky’s top-ranked team that is playing its best basketball of the season and owns a 17-3 record that includes a 16-game winning streak. CovCath’s last loss was to La Salle, 55-46, back on December 13 in Park Hills, Ky. Elder (7-8) will attempt to snap a three-game skid when it travels to Beavercreek at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Moeller Extends Streaks, Lead In GCL South Posted on 1/25/2020 at 8:46 a.m. Road Victory At Elder Keeps La Salle In Thick Of League Race Moeller’s Max Land, Logan Duncomb, Alex Williams and Michael Currin combined to score 55 points on a near-perfect shooting night for the group, connecting on 19-of-21 field goals to help the Crusaders to a 59-43 victory against St. Xavier on Friday night at the sold-out Brisben Family Education center on Moeller’s campus – extending four impressive winning streaks for the state’s top-ranked team in the process and keeping a one-game lead in the South standings at the halfway point of the league schedule. La Salle remained one game off the pace by posting a 44-43 win at Elder on a basket with seven seconds left by senior guard Jaylen Lemons that gave the Lancers their fifth consecutive win and moved them in sole possession of second place in the GCL South. The lone loss for La Salle (15-1, 2-1 GCL South) is a 45-43 setback in the GCL South opener three weeks ago at La Salle. The two teams are scheduled to meet again next Friday at Moeller. Moeller (14-1, 3-0) connected on 21-of-29 field goals, good for 72.4 percent shooting, and built a 29-20 lead over St. Xavier at halftime. Land finished with a game-high 17 points, hitting 6-of-6 field goals, including 3-of-3 on three-point goals. He actually missed one free throw, going 2-of-3. Duncomb and Williams were both 5-of-6 from the field, finishing with 15 and 13 points, respectively, while Michael Currin added 10 and made all three of his field goals. Duncomb had seven rebounds to pace Moeller, while Will McCracken grabbed six boards. The win extended four streaks for Moeller – ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Division I state poll for the third straight week – giving the Crusaders 42 straight home wins, 27 in a row against St. Xavier and 22 without a loss versus GCL South teams, and 14 consecutive this season dating back to their lone setback, a 64-59 loss at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, which is ranked No. 1 in DII back on December 7 in Northeast Ohio. Senior guard Joe Kirby came off the bench to lead St. Xavier (10-4, 1-2) with 14 points, knocking down 5-of-7 shots and sinking 4-of-6 three-pointers. Junior Kobe Rodgers added 15 points, while senior Hank Thomas had eight points and a team-high five rebounds. Moeller’s defense held St. Xavier to 34.1 percent shooting (15-of-44), and the Bombers hit just 8-of-25 from three-point range. Moeller had a slight edge in rebounding, 24-18. La Salle – No. 6 in the AP DI state rankings again – needed a victory at The Pit in Price Hill to stay on the heels of Moeller, and it was anything but easy. It took a late basket by Lemons and a missed three-pointer at the buzzer by Elder to give the Lancers the one-point win in a game featured as part of the Mercy Health Hoops Classic. Junior forward Ayden Schneider was voted the game’s Most Valuable Player after scoring a game-high 17 points for La Salle, which handed Elder (7-8. 0-3) its fourth straight loss and fifth defeat in the last six games. La Salle led by four at halftime, 20-16, and extended the advantage to 33-25 after three quarters. But Elder battled back to eventually hold a 43-42 lead on a pair of made free throws by junior David Larkins with 21 second remaining, setting up the game-winning shot by Lemons. Larkins led the Panthers with 11 points, while senior Willard Cluxton and junior J.T. Miller each added nine. Three of the four GCL south teams are back in action tonight, with Moeller hosting Colerain at 5 p.m. in Kenwood; St. Xavier facing Toledo Rogers at 7:30 p.m. at home; and La Salle welcoming Oak Hills to North Bend Road at 7:30 in what should be a good West-side, non-conference game. Oak Hills is 11-4, including 8-2 in the Greater Miami Conference, and riding a three-game winning streak that includes a 63-41 victory against Elder last Tuesday and a 41-36 win against Colerain last night. Balanced Scoring Leads La Salle To Fourth Straight Win Posted on 1/23/2020 at 9:35 a.m. Elder Falls To Rival Oak Hills After Offense Stalls In Third Quarter Senior guard Jaylen Lemons scored a team-high 16 points and La Salle used a big second quarter to erase a three-point deficit and post a 64-58 victory against Hamilton in a non-conference basketball game Tuesday night at La Salle High School. The win was the fourth straight for La Salle, which is ranked No. 6 in the ...