Smith-Cotton got 18 points from Blake Longan in a 65-47 win over Clinton in West Central Conference boys basketball on Tuesday at Smith-Cotton.
“All I was focused on was trying to square and score,” he said. “That’s what coach has been hammering me on. Whenever we broke the press, it opened up the lane and the guard would dish it to me. It was wide open.”
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