Malik Hackett and the Sacred Heart Gremlins came out red hot Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Kaysinger Conference boys basketball tournament at the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center.
The second-seeded Gremlins shot out to a 12-2 lead and rolled to a 70-46 win over seventh-seeded Stover.
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