OIL CITY, Pa. – Oil City survived six straight missed free throws down the stretch to hold off visiting Brookville, 49-47.
The Oilers led, 49-46, following an offensive putback by Brookville’s Jack Pete following a missed 3-pointer by Kellan Haines.
After killing some clock, Oil City’s Ethen Knox was fouled. But Knox missed both free throws and Brookville’s Caleb Kornbau was fouled on an offensive rebound on the other side.
Kornbau hit one of two to get the Raiders within two.
Forced to foul again, Brookville sent Will McMahon to the line. McMahon, though, missed both charity shots.
On the other end, the Raiders worked the ball around looking for a good shot, but Haines ended up taking a desperation 3-pointer from the top of the circle with Steven Heise in his grill that was well short.
Knox got the rebound and was fouled with 4.4 seconds left.
The senior, however, missed both free throws. The rebound was battled for between Oil City’s Sayyid Donald and Jesse Lucas of Brookville with Lucas winning the battle.
Lucas tried a Hail Mary pass, but Brookville called timeout before the pass.
After an Oil City timeout as well, the Raiders inbounded from midcourt across from the benches, and a Haines desperation 3-pointer from the left wing was partially blocked by McMahon.
Oil City led 44-33 going to the fourth quarter but Brookville rallied back into contention behind four points each from Haines and Pete and a 3-pointer from Jake Semeyn.
The Oilers still led 49-40 with 5:31 left but didn’t score again.
Donald paced Oil City with 20 points with McMahon adding nine points.
Pete led Brookville with a game-high 21 points with Haines adding 14 tallies.
MONITEAU 48, A-C VALLEY 39
WEST SUNBURY, Pa. – A fast start lifted Moniteau to a 48-39 win over visiting A-C Valley.
The Warriors led 14-5 after the first quarter thanks partly to five Andrew Zepeda points.
Zepeda led Moniteau with 13 points with David Dessicino and Chason Delarosa-Rugg each scoring 11 points.
Brody Dittman paced A-C Valley with 16 points with Zasheen Levins adding 13 tallies, 12 rebounds, and three blocks.
SAEGERTOWN 64, JAMESTOWN 27
JAMESTOWN, Pa. – Cody Huson and Jackson Scott poured in 18 points each as Saegertown improved to 3-0 with a 64-27 win over Jamestown.
Levi Gardner and Luke Young added eight points each for Saegertown.
Gage Planavsky and Andrew Gould scored nine points each for Jamestown.
FOREST AREA 48, VENANGO CATHOLIC 39
TIONESTA, Pa. – Mitch Bawden scored 15 points, as Forest Area beat Venango Catholic for the second time in six days, 48-39, at West Forest.
Colton Kuntz and Keyon Custer each added 12 points.
Connor Beichner led Venango Catholic with 15 points with Kyle Beichner adding 11. Owen Campbell chipped in nine points.
WARREN 68, SENECA 35
WARREN, Pa. – Warren built a 47-18 halftime lead on its way to a 68-35 win over Seneca.
Brady Berdine led Warren with 18 points, while Logan Crissey had 13 and Braylon Barnes nine.
Austin Jacob led Seneca with eight points.
TITUSVILLE 70, YOUNGSVILLE 48
TITUSVILLE, Pa. – Isaiah Colon had a monster game with 38 points as Titusville earned a 70-48 win over Youngsville.
Colon drained seven threes in the win.
Hudson Fratus added 12 points for Titusville in the win.
Nathan Lucks led three Youngsville players in double figures with 16 points, while Rylan Benton had 14 and Ethan Beers 12.
PUNXSUTAWNEY 69, JOHNSONBURG 47
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – Behind 16 points from Beau Thomas, Punxsutawney had four players in double digits on its way to a 69-47 win over visiting Johnsonburg.
Noah Kengersky, Zach Presloid, and Noah Weaver each added 11 points.
Isaiah Jackson had 24 points for Johnsonburg with Eli Perez and Luke Zimmerman each adding 10 points.
WEST MIDDLESEX 60, WILMINGTON 35
WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. – Shawn Hoffman scored 17 points as West Middlesex picked up its first win of the season, 60-35 over Wilmington.
John Partridge was also in double figures for the Big Reds in the win with 12 points.
William Bruckner led Wilmington with 14 points.
OTTO-ELDRED 69, PORT ALLEGANY 29
DUKE CENTER, Pa. – Landon Francis had 20 points, seven steals, and five assists to lead Otto-Eldred to a 69-29 win over visiting Port Allegany.
Brax Caldwell had a double-double for the Terrors with 15 points and 12 rebounds while Manning Splain chipped in 17 points and six steals. Shene Thomas chipped in nine points.
Jacob Causer paced Port Allegany with seven points.
CONNEAUT (OHIO) 70, NORTHWESTERN 55
CONNEAUT, OHIO – Chance Loomis scored 24 points as Conneaut (Ohio) topped Northwestern, 70-55.
Conneaut outscored Northwestern 43-28 after the score was tied at 27 at halftime.
Jordan Kulko had added 15 points for Conneaut in the win.
Jake Regelman had 15 points for Northwestern.
COUDERSPORT 50, SMETHPORT 35
SMETHPORT, Pa. – Mason Roessner had 23 points and four steals to lead Coudersport to a 50-35 win over Smethport in NTL action.
Micah Batson added 10 points and four steals for the Falcons while Dylan Howard chipped in eight points and eight rebounds.
NORTHERN POTTER 53, AUSTIN 34
AUSTIN, Pa. – Nolan Smith drained three 3-pointers on his way to 15 points, as Northern Potter hit the road and beat Austin, 53-34, in NTL action.
Ethan Fuhrer added 11 points for NoPo with Ty Daniels chipping in 10 with all 10 coming in the second quarter.
Dawson Hooftallen had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Austin.
GALETON 59, OSWAYO VALLEY 26
GALETON, Pa. – A 24-point output from Braiden Cimino led Galeton to a 59-26 win over visiting Oswayo Valley.
Cimino hit six 3-pointers on his way to the game-high effort.
Corey Anderson chipped in 12 points in the victory.
Conner Resig led Oswayo Valley with seven points.
CURWENSVILLE 79, HARMONY 60
WESTOVER, Pa. – Davis Fleming exploded for 27 points without the benefit of a 3-pointer as visiting Curwensville rolled past Harmony, 79-60.
Fleming connected on 13 2-pointers and a free throw on his way to the team-high total.
Chandler English (13 points) and Parker Wood (11 points) also reached double digits for the Golden Tide with Hunter Tkacik adding nine tallies.
That offset a monster night from Harmony’s Jack Bracken who hit 15 2-pointers and five free throws to score a game-high 35 points.
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 71, KANE 26
KANE, Pa. – Wil Wortman scored 21 points to help Elk County Catholic to a season-opening 71-26 at Kane.
Colby Nussbaum added 16 points for ECC with Jordan Wasko chipping in nine.
Dane Anderson led Kane with 11 points.
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 48, DUBOIS 45
DUBOIS, Pa. – Using a game-closing 13-8 run, Central Mountain beat homestanding DuBois, 48-45.
The Beavers led 37-35 before the Wildcats closed the game strong.
DuBois had a chance to tie the game at the horn, but a long 3-pointer by Cam Thompson was off the mark.
Hunter Hoy had 16 points for Central Mountain with Caleb Mahoney adding 10.
Thompson paced DuBois with 11 points with Aiden West adding 10 and Noah Farrell eight.
It was the third straight game the Beavers played to open the season without star forward Tyson Kennis, who is out with an ankle injury.
