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12/21 - 10:10 PM Boys Basketball Final Shaker Heights 77 Ballard 80
FAIRDALE, Ky. -- Esa Ahmad scored 35 points and grabbed 20 rebounds Saturday for Shaker Heights' boys basketball team, but the Raiders could not overcome Quentin Snider and Ballard, the top ranked team in Kentucky at the King of Bluegrass Holiday Classic.
Snider, a Louisville recruit, scored 22 for Ballard. Snider's teammate Kelan Martin, a Butler commit, added a team-high 30.
Ahmad led Shaker, the No. 3 ranked team in the cleveland.com Top 25, with four assists, four blocks and two steals.
Sophomore David Wright added 20 points for the Raiders while TJ Steele added 16.