SLATER — Poor shooting and too many turnovers hurt the Sacred Heart Gremlins on Saturday night in a 63-39 loss to Higginsville in the championship game of the Slater Wildcat Classic boys basketball tournament.
In front of a capacity crowd of more than 800, the Gremlins took a 17-14 lead after the first period, but hit 1 of 12 shots from the field in the second quarter and 1 of 11 in the third. They committed 12 turnovers in those two quarters as the Huskers went on a 42-7 run.
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