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blog: Marshall’s Gainey On Bench
COLUMBUS — With 4:16 left in the first quarter of their Division II state semi-final game with Circleville Logan Elm,, Thurgood Marshall’s center Greg Gainey — already playing with two sprained ankles — crumpled to the floor in a pile-up for a loose ball.
As he got up, his face contorted in pain, he motioned to the bench for a replacement,
With him gone — and Marshall trying two different big men — Circleville scored six straight points, all inside. Four were by their 6-foot-7 center.
Juwan Staten has kept Marshall in the game and they trailed 13-11 at the end of the first quarter.
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