Mentor vs. Cleveland Heights boys basketball: Cardinals use press to dispatch Tigers, 85-69

Mentor vs. Cleveland Heights boys basketball: Cardinals use press to dispatch Tigers, 85-69

Every team knows it’s coming. Everyone prepares for it, over and over. That relentless, full-court Mentor press that creates havoc and leads to easy points. You can simulate it in practice, but it’s still tough to deal with when the game is on. Mentor forced 11 turnovers in the first quarter and took a 24-15 lead on its way to an 85-69 victory over visiting Cleveland Heights in a Greater Cleveland Conference battle Feb. 6. Sophomore Jack Kennedy…