CLEVELAND, Ohio – Here are the latest boys basketball top performances nominated for “Game Balls” from Feb. 13 to 19.
Players are nominated by coaches and selected by the cleveland.com staff. Voting is open until noon Friday.
Fonse Hale, Maple Heights: A junior point guard, Hale put up 30 points Tuesday in a 92-83 come-from-behind victory against Lutheran East in overtime. Maple Heights is 10th in the cleveland.com rankings. Hale added 18 points Friday in a 78-47 win at Shaw.
Ryan Maloy, Avon: A four-way tie atop the Southwestern Conference shrank the two by week’s end. Maloy’s 17 points and well-rounded game Friday lifted the Eagles to a 67-56 win against Berea-Midpark, which entered the night amid the SWC lead. The victory also handed coach Kevin Sapara No. 100 in his career.
David Marsh, Avon Lake: The Shoremen pulled closer to at least a share of the SWC title thanks to Marsh’s play Tuesday at Olmsted Falls. The 6-foot-3 senior forward scored 26 points with 10 rebounds in a 65-62 road win. It broke up a four-way tie atop the SWC.
Deuce Martin, Clearview: A 6-2 senior guard, Martin’s 33 points lifted No. 24 Clearview to a 75-63 overtime win Friday against Oberlin that won the Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division title. Martin had 19 points three days earlier in a 76-67 home win against Stars Division champ Buckeye.
Tyler Powell, Lutheran East: A 6-foot-1 senior guard, Powell’s 18 points proved pivotal Friday in the Falcons’ regular-season finale win, 67-61, against East Tech.
Desean Reed, Bedford: The senior guard’s 32 points pushed Bedford to a 58-57 upset win at Elyria Catholic.
Tyler Williams, Brush: Williams lifted No. 23 Brush to the Western Reserve Conference title Friday in a 63-55 win against Madison. The 6-6 junior forward had 18 points and 22 rebounds.
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