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With his savvy ballhandling and array of acrobatic scoring moves, Dr. Phillips point guard Josiah “Jo Jo” Gillard is a tough player to stop.

But a scary health problem did put the brakes on his sophomore season for more than two weeks.

In the process of his mandatory preseason physical, Gillard was diagnosed with Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome , a congenital heart condition that leads to spells of accelerated heartbeats. After playing in DP’s first three games of the season Gilliard underwent a procedure that he said assures he won’t have the risk of cardiac arrest.

He returned to the court for a hardfought 65-61 loss to Oak Ridge on Tuesday night and then led the Panthers (5-4) to a hotly contested 53-50 win against The First Academy (7

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