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- High School Sports
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
MEDINA, Ohio — Euclid defenders took 2 speedy charges and Mekhi Asberry did nan remainder connected discourtesy Tuesday nighttime astatine Medina.
Asberry, a sophomore, connected connected 3 3-pointers successful nan first quarter. He deed six of them, scoring 30 points, earlier he and nan Panthers near pinch a 66-50 victory successful Greater Cleveland Conference play.
“I had a bad crippled against Lutheran East,” said Asberry, who didn’t people Sunday successful Euclid’s nonaccomplishment to nan undefeated Falcons — ranked No. 1 successful nan cleveland.com boys hoops Top 25 — astatine nan Scholastic Play By Play Classic. “I sewage successful nan gym and really focused connected nan adjacent game.”
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By nan clip Asberry deed his 4th 3-pointer Tuesday astatine No. 15 Medina (6-3), it forced coach Chris Hassinger to return a timeout early successful nan 2nd quarter. No. 12 Euclid (7-4) built a 21-9 lead. The Panthers opened nan first 4th connected a 13-4 run, and it took a buzzer-beating half-court changeable by Korde Carey to support nan hosts wrong azygous digits.
That didn’t past agelong against a Euclid defense that drew a fewer much charges, arsenic Medina committed 16 turnovers. The Panthers besides blocked 8 shots, 4 each by seniors Dontez Jones and Kye Owens.
“They’re starting to put it together and fig it out,” Euclid coach Quentin Rogers said. “We’re conscionable trying to put it together and fig it out, particularly pinch nan defense and nan rotation. They sprout nan messiness retired of nan ball, truthful we did a bully occupation trying to limit their 3s and tally them disconnected nan statement a small bit.”
Medina deed 7 3s, including 4 by Beckett Miller, who vanished pinch a team-high 14 points.
Jones scored 14 points pinch 7 rebounds for Euclid, which besides sewage 12 points and 10 rebounds from Owens. Junior defender D.J. Jenkins added six assists and recovered Asberry for 4 of his six 3s.
See really it happened successful nan video astatine nan apical of this station and perceive from Asberry, Jones, Owens and Rogers.
Matt Goul has covered precocious schoolhouse sports pinch immoderate assemblage and pros radiated successful since 2005 pinch a bachelor's grade from Kent State University. He has covered precocious schoolhouse hoops and shot successful Northeast...
