CONVERSE — There’s a lot more to winning basketball than just making shots, but the path to triumph becomes much simpler when the ball consistently goes through the net.
In the Miami-Grant County border battle between Peru and Oak Hill Friday night, the primary difference in the outcome was shooting.
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