East Liverpool’s Thoren Long defends United’s Jason Pratt on Friday at Potter Fieldhouse.

EAST LIVERPOOL — Freshman Javan Dawson hit three three-pointers in the opening seven minutes to put East Liverpool on its way to a 52-38 win over United at the Potter Fieldhouse on Friday.

Freshman Donivan Austin led the Potters with 10 points. Dawson and lone senior Elliott Fitch added nine points apiece and freshman Jacye Douglas had six points.

East Liverpool improves to 10-11, while United moves to 11-10.

Kota Shasteen paced United with a game-high 19 points, including 16 in the second half. Abram Ceresna followed with nine points.

The Potters held United to 18 points in the first three quarters before the Eagles scored 20 in the final period.

United took a 4-3 lead on a Ceresna three-pointer with 5:43 remaining in the first quarter. The Eagles scored only six more points in the next 17 1/2 minutes.

Dawson’s third three-pointer gave the Potters a 14-4 lead with 1:19 remaining in the first quarter. The Potters led 21-10 at halftime and scored the first eight points of the third quarter to go ahead 29-10.

East Liverpool led 35-18 through three quarters and the closest United got after that was 11 points at 35-24.

Both teams have one regular-season game left — United hosts Valley Christian on Monday and East Liverpool travels to Boardman on Feb. 23.

U: 6-4- 8-20–38

EL: 14-7-14-17–52

UNITED SCORING: M’Kyan Haynes 3-0-6, Gavin Coffee 0-0-0, Abram Ceresna 2-4-9, Kadin Schonauer 1-0-2, Jason Pratt 0-2-2, Kota Shasteen 7-5-19, Wyatt Blevins 0-0-0, Lance Rycraft 0-0-0, Matthew Hoopes 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 13, 11-17: 38.

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: Jayce Douglas 1-4-6, Dre Brown 0-3-3, Tyler Kirby 0-2-2, Meshach Harris 2-3-7, Ben Myers 1-0-2, Donavin Austin 5-0-10, Elliott Fitch 4-1-9, Javan Dawson 3-0-9, Thoren Long 1-2-4, Bryan Williams 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 15-26: 52.

Three-point goals: United 1 (Ceresna), East Liverpool 3 (Dawson 3).

Lisbon 80, Bridgeport 66

BRIDGEPORT — AJ Ramgeet and Blaine Barnes combined for 45 points as Lisbon beat Bridgeport, 80-66, Friday.

The Blue Devils improved to 14-5 and will play for the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title at East Palestine on Wednesday. Lisbon and Columbiana are tied for the league lead with one game remaining.

AJ Ramgeet totaled 24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and Barnes had 21 points and three steals. Aidan Ramgeet collected 14 points and five assists, Aiden Myers had 13 points and eight rebounds, Logan Sturgeon scored eight points and Ashton Hinchliffe grabbed eight rebounds.

The Blue Devils took a 24-14 lead in the first quarter and pushed the advantage to 40-27 at halftime.

Bridgeport, now 13-5, was led by Jaki Threet with 20 points, Jaleel Vincent 19 and Coen Brinker 15.

Lisbon also won the junior varsity game, 45-41, as Cooper Terdina scored 14 points.

L: 24-16-21-19–80

B: 14-13-23-16–66

LISBON SCORING: Aidan Ramgeet 4-4-14, Blaine Barnes 8-2-21, Aiden Myers 6-0-13, Ashton Hinchliffe 0-0-0, Logan Sturgeon 4-0-8, Mason Jones 0-0-0, AJ Ramgeet 7-10-24. TEAM TOTALS: 29, 16-24: 80.

BRIDGEPORT SCORING: Jake Threet 8-3-20, Jameil McKeen 0-0-0, Jaleel Vincent 6-6-19, Evan Clark 3-2-8, Coen Brinker 5-1-15, William Drake 0-0-0, Jaiden Gear 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 12-16: 66.

Three-point goals: Lisbon 6 (Barnes 3, Aidan Ramgeet 2, Myers), Bridgeport 6 (Brinker 4, Threet, Clark).

Martins Ferry 76,

Columbiana 74

MARTINS FERRY — Columbiana’s boys basketball team suffered a 76-74 loss to Martins Ferry on Friday during OVAC consolation play.

Cooper Brown sparked the Clippers with 20 points, seven assists, four steals and eight rebounds. Carter Johnson added 16 points. Zander Oliver had eight assists.

Columbiana is 15-6 and is at Southern on Wednesday.

Martins Ferry moves to 14-7.

CO: 21-23-11-19–74

MF: 15-15-19-27–76

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Cooper Brown 8-3-20, Senator Johnson 3-0-7, Liam McElwain 1-0-3, Zander Oliver 4-1-11, Trey Snyder 3-2-9, Carter Johnson 6-0-16, Jacob Parks 4-0-8. TEAM TOTALS: 29, 5-6: 74.

MARTINS FERRY SCORING: Little 5-0-11, Cox 3-0-6, Barnett 2-0-5, Booth 9-2-25, Smith 10-3-25, Cox 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 31, 5-8: 76.

Three-point goals: Columbiana 10 (Johnson 4, Oliver 2, Brown, Johnson, McElwain, Snyder), Martins Ferry 9 (Booth 5, Smith 2, Little, Barnett)

West Branch 59, Girard 32

GIRARD — West Branch’s boys basketball team bounced Girard 59-32 on Friday on the eve of an Eastern Buckeye Conference championship showdown.

The Warriors are 13-6 and will be at Alliance on Saturday. The winner gets the outright EBC title. Both teams are 8-1 in the league.

Gavin Gregory led the Warriors with 17 points and four rebounds. Jeremiah Thomas added 12 points, three rebounds and seven assists. Zach Coffee had eight points and seven rebounds. Landon Coffee had four points and seven rebounds.

Former Southern Local player Braxton Sloan led Girard with 13 points.

Girard falls to 9-11 and will be at Salem on Tuesday.

Luke Curry had 16 points in West Branch’s 47-37 jayvee win.

WB: 15-15-20-9–59

GI: 11-10-8-3–32

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Jeremiah Thomas 5-0-12, Gavin Gregory 6-5-17, Grady Hirst 1-2-4, Chase Gee 1-1-4, Zach Coffee 3-2-8, Kasen Weaver 3-0-6, Brock Woost 2-0-4, Joey Troyer 0-0-0, Landon Coffee 2-0-4, Luke Curry 0-0-0, Grady Olinger 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 10-17: 59.

GIRARD SCORING: Sanders 1-0-2, Alejars 1-0-2, Sloan 5-2-13, Odvar 0-1-1, Grant 3-0-8, Hesscardon 1-0-2, Sanders 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 13, 3-5: 32.

Three-point goals: West Branch 3 (Thomas 2, Gee), Girard 3 (Grant 2, Sloan)

Salem 64, Hubbard 61

HUBBARD — Hubbard pushed Salem to overtime but the Quakers found a way in a 64-61 victory on Friday.

Hubbard trailed by 2 with .6 seconds left and scored a tip-in off an in-bounds pass to send it to overtime.

Deontay Steele scored six of his 31 points in overtime to help the Quakers. He added six rebounds. Jack Andres added 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Zane Suarez had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Salem is 5-14 and will host Carrollton on Saturday.

SA: 10-12-21-11-10–64

HU: 9-14-12-19-7–61

SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 0-0-0, Deontay Steele 11-6-31, Jack Andres 7-4-20, Max Zacharias 1-1-3, Weston Mango 0-1-1, Cam Martin 4-1-9, Owen Davidson 0-0-0, Braydon Fennema 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 13-20: 64.

HUBBARD SCORING: Keyen Franklin 4-3-11, Brayden Sanger 7-7-23, Anthony Clark 1-0-2, Grady Fabrizio 0-0-0, Jacob Hayes 8-5-21, Dylan Bucher 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 22, 15-27: 61.

Three-point goals: Salem 5 (Steele 3, Andres 2), Hubbard 2 (Sanger).

East Palestine 77, Madonna 69

WEIRTON, W.Va. — East Palestine won its fifth straight game with a 77-69 victory at Weirton Madonna on Friday.

Drew Bycroft led the way with 29 points, six rebounds and three steals. Clark Rutledge added 21 points, nine rebounds, eight steals and six assists. Kealin Simon had 18 points, four rebounds and three steals. RJ May had six points, three rebounds and three steals.

There was no jayvee game.

East Palestine (6-14) will host Lisbon on Wednesday.

EP: 21-18-18-57–77

WM: 15-24-16-14–69

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 3-0-6, Michael Chestnut 0-1-1, Brad Bartels 0-0-0, Tanner Morrow 0-1-1, Drew Bycroft 8-10-29, Peyton Rutledge 0-1-1, Kealin Simon 6-3-18, Clark Rutledge 7-7-21. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 23-31: 77.

MADONNA SCORING: Luke Wingett 6-0-13, Tyler Dillon 4-1-9, Brennan Gray 2-0-6, Vinny Chirodi 2-0-6, Jake Druga 5-1-13, Reno Fuscardo 9-2-21, Thomas Welch 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 28, 4-9: 69.

Three-point goals: East Palestine 6 (Bycroft 3, Simon 3), Madonna 9 (Wingett 2, Gray 2, Chiodi 2, Druga 2, Fuscardo)

Jackson-Milton 73, Leetonia 68

NORTH JACKSON — Jackson Horner had 31 points to lead Jackson-Milton to a 73-68 win over Leetonia on Friday.

Jackson-Milton will be at Crestview on Tuesday.

Leetonia is 6-16 and will await its fate for the tournament during Sunday’s draw.

——

GIRLS

Malvern 68, Heartland 49

COLUMBIANA — Malvern topped Heartland Christian, 68-49, in girls basketball action Friday.

The Hornets finished the regular season at 14-8 after a 2-4 start.

The Lions lost for the fourth time in five games to finish 9-13 in the regular season.