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MO Sweeps All-Star Games

By Maria Torres, Kansas City Star, 04/08/17, 7:30AM CDT

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Missouri wins boys, girls All-Star tilts

Two Thrillers Cap the Night

On the back of Lee’s Summit West senior Elijah Childs, Missouri capped a sweep of the 20th Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Association all-star basketball game with a 102-96 win over Kansas at Shawnee Mission South on Friday night. The girls team defeated Kansas 56-54 in the earlier matchup.

Childs, who was named Missouri’s most outstanding player, came out hot for Missouri, slamming a trio of dunks and blocking a shot —all in the first three minutes.

He took a secondary role as the high-powered game went on, giving four teammates a chance to score in double digits as well.

Kansas had gone ahead on a Tyler Geiman (Blue Valley) three-pointer but Childs’ dunk in the final 2 minutes of the game took the lead away.

Although Zach Thornhill (St. James Academy) gave Kansas a 94-93 lead on the next possession, Jacob Gilyard sparked Missouri with a personal 5-0 run for a 98-94 lead in the final minute.

“I was just trying to get any bucket I could,” Childs said. “They were letting me go in and dunk, so that’s what I was getting.”

Childs tied for the game high with 13 points and added nine rebounds and two blocks. Isaiah Burton (Raytown) also finished with 13 points. Clayton Adams (Liberty) and Arinze Mgbemena (O’Hara) scored 12 points apiece and Gilyard (Barstow) added 10.

Thornhill was named Kansas’ most outstanding player and won the halftime slam dunk with perfect scores on all four attempts.

For more, and the girls game, read more here