EAST LIVERPOOL — Maelee Smith’s last-second basket tied the game in regulation and Marin Stryffeler hit a pair of three-pointers in overtime to give United a 53-44 win over East Liverpool at the Potter Fieldhouse on Monday.

Smith totaled 20 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Bella Thompson added 14 points, including key back-to-back three-pointers in the fourth quarter, aong with nine assists.

Stryffeler also had 14 points and Reagan Good had six points and 13 rebounds.

United improves to 12-7 overall, while East Liverpool moves to 6-13.

LaNease Andrews paced the Potters with 16 points. Ava Green had 14 and Meadow O’Rourke 10.

East Liverpool led 14-5 early and 20-11 at halftime. United closed the gap as McKenzie Cope’s defense led to a couple of baskets and a Stryffeler three-pointer tied the score at 28-28 through three quarters.

The Potters went ahead 37-31 with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter before Thompson made a pair of three-pointers.

An Andrews three-pointer with one minute left in regulation gave the Potters a 42-40 advantage. Smith scored off an inbounds pass under the basket to send the game into regulation.

Stryffeler hit two three-pointers to give the Eagles a 48-44 adantage with 2:30 to play in overtime. A pair of Cope free throws with 5.7 seconds remaining sealed the victory.

United won the two-quarter junior varsity game, 6-2, with Atlee Brinker scoring all of the Eagles’ points.

Both teams will play Thursday with United hosting Wheeling Central and East Liverpool traveling to River.

U: 5-6-17-14-11–53

EL: 16-4-8-14- 2–44

UNITED SCORING: Malee Sith 9-2-20, Marin Stryffeler 3-0-9, McKenzie Cope 0-2-2, Bella Thompson 4-2-14, Reagan Good 1-4-6, Danika Anderson 0-0-0, Ines Vilela Rego 1-0-2, Atlee Brinker 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 10-16: 53.

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: Presley Jones 0-0-0, Ava Green 7-0-14, LaNease Andrews 6-1-16, Courtney Barker 1-0-2, Meadow O’Rourke 3-4-10, Arie Weyand 1-0-2, Aubrey Lyle 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 5-12: 44.

Three-point goals: United 7 (Thompson 4, Stryffeler 3), East Liverpool 3 (Andrews 3).

Lisbon 40,

East Palestine 36

EAST PALESTINE — Lisbon overcame 19 missed free throws and got past East Palestine, 40-36, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Monday.

Bridgett Newbold and Lylah Brown each scored 11 points for the BLue Devils. Jayden Smyth added 10 points.

Lisbon improves to 11-9 overall and finished league play at 7-7. East Palestine moves to 10-11 and finishes 6-8 in the EOAC.

The Blue Devils led 30-27 after three quarters and 39-33 with about 1 1/2 minutes to play.

Jacklyn Ogle topped East Palestine with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Destiney Burtyk had 10 points and seven rebounds and Kami Cridler added nine points. Violet Glavan and Amara Wilson each grabbed three rebounds.

Lisbon will play at Liberty on Thursday for Hoops at Noon.

L: 6-10-14-10–40

EP: 8-11- 9- 8–36

LISBON SCORING: Bridgett Newbold 4-3-11, Lylah Brown 4-1-11, Maddilynn Klein 1-0-2, Eme Cook 0-1-1, Jayden Smyth 3-4-10, Delaney Pickens 2-1-5. TEAM TOTALS: 14-72, 10-29: 40.

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: Jacklyn Ogle 5-5-15, Cami Kridler 3-2-9, Violet Glavan 0-0-0, Amara Wilson 1-0-2, Destiney Burtyk 4-1-10, Alexis Ogle 0-0-0, Bella Wendell 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 13, 8-16: 36.

Three-point goals: Lisbon 2-24 (L. Brown 2), East Palestine 2 (Kridler, Burtyk).

Wheeling Central 76, Columbiana 52

WHEELING, W.Va. — Columbiana’s girls basketball team lost its second straight with a 76-52 loss at Wheeling Central Catholic on Monday in an OVAC consolation tilt.

The Clippers fall to 16-4, while the Knights are 12-4.

Megan Moser had 18 points for the Clippers, while Evy Rapp added 11 points. Sydney Spaite got into the action with 10 points.

Columbiana will host Bellaire in another OVAC consolation game on Thursday.

Cameron 53, Heartland 25

CAMERON, W.Va. — Second-seeded Cameron’s girls basketball team stopped No. 3 seed Heartland 53-25 on Monday in an OVAC Class 1A semifinal.

Cameron will meet No. 1 seed Frontier in the final on Saturday at the ECO Center. Fronter beat Wood County 54-27.

Heartland is 8-10.

Youngstown East 47, Leetonia 32

LEETONIA — Youngstown East glided past Leetonia 47-32 on Monday in girls basketball action.

Leetonia fell to 1-16 on the season. Youngstown East is 5-6.

Leetonia is at Campbell on Wednesday.

BOYS

Wellsville 73 Leetonia 46

LEETONIA — Junior Darnell Roe had a career-high 28 points and eight rebounds in leading Wellsville past Leetonia, 73-46, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Monday.

Roe scored 10 points during a 22-9 third-quarter run that allowed the Tigers to pull away.

Jeron Jackson contributed 14 points and six assists. Haydin Oliver added nine points.

The Tigers improve to 8-10 overall and 8-4 in the EOAC, while the Bears drop to 5-13 and 3-9 in league play.

Dylan Johns paced the Bears with 17 points. Dylan Brown added 10.

There was no junior varsity game.

Both teams return to league play tonight as Wellsville hosts EOAC leader Columbiana and Leetonia travels to East Palestine.

W: 16-18-22-17–73

L: 10-15- 9-12–46

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 4-1-14, Hayden Oliver 4-0-9, Darnell Roe 9-9-28, Austin Adkins 3-0-6, Andrew Mackey 1-0-2, Cooper Frank 2-1-5, Clayten Kersey 2-0-4, Gate Vance 1-1-3, Zack Banks 0-0-0, David Chase 0-0-0, Noah McDowell 0-0-0, Eric Dowling 0-0-0, Zaiven Williams 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 28, 12-18: 73.

LEETONIA SCORING: Ethan Mathia 3-1-7, Jason King 2-3-7, Dylan Johns 7-3-17, Kyle Brown 0-0-0, Aiden Hunter 0-0-0, Chase Bondi 1-0-2, Dylan Brown 4-2-10, Grayden Henderson 0-0-0, Caleb Hamilton 0-0-0, Kadyn Taylor 0-0-0, Camden Price 1-1-3, Caleb Falcon 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 10-19: 46.

Three-point goals: Wellsville 5 (Jackson 4, Oliver).

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