Licking County League

East Knox 50, Northmor 42 (OT). Northmor (8-6, 6-4) and East Knox (7-9, 5-4) fought back-and-forth, but East Knox’s Sydney Opfer came up with a clutch three with five seconds left to send the game into overtime, where Ella Divan took over to secure the 50-42 win for the Bulldogs on Jan. 18.

Centerburg 61, Mount Gilead 27. The Centerburg Trojans had a big second half and had three players in double-digit scoring against Mount Gilead on Jan. 16, with the Trojans coming away with a dominant 61-27 win over the Indians.

Sports Calendar

Northmor 49, Mount Gilead 47. Mount Gilead (11-3, 6-2) and Northmor (8-4, 6-2) battled back-and-forth on Jan.14, and the Golden Knights were able to squeak by with a 49-47 KMAC victory.

Wednesday, Jan. 18 -- Fredericktown Boys Basketball at Colonel Crawford, 6 p.m.; Centerburg Girls Basketball vs. Mount Gilead, 7:30 p.m.; Danville Girls Basketball vs. Cardington-Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.; East Knox Girls Basketball at Northmor, 7:30 p.m.; Utica Girls Basketball vs. Watkins Memorial, 7:15 p.m.

Mount Gilead 65, Northmor 63. Matt Bland of Mount Gilead (7-6, 5-3) and Grant Bentley of Northmor (7-6, 5-3) battled in a shootout on Jan. 13, in which the Indians squeaked by with a 65-63 win thanks to a last second clutch shot by Aaron Gannon.

Danville (5-7, 3-5) had three players in double figures led by Ella Proper’s 16 points, to fuel an upset comeback 43-34 win over Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC)-leading Mount Gilead (11-2, 6-1) on Jan. 11, handing the Indians their first KMAC loss of the season.

Mount Gilead 61, Danville 59. Matthew Bland had a hot hand from deep and showed why he is one of the top players in KMAC this season, with a 27-point performance to lead Mount Gilead (6-6, 4-3) to a 61-59 win in a see-saw battle with Danville (4-7, 1-5) on Jan. 10.