Bishop Canevin used a big first half to build a 17-point lead and then held off scrappy Sto-Rox in the final minutes to claim an 86-76 victory Tuesday night in a WPIAL Class 3A Section 2 boys basketball game at Sto-Rox.
Drew Allen scored 17 of his game-high 31 points in the first two quarters for the Crusaders, who led 48-31 at halftime.
Sto-Rox, led by LJ Washington’s 24 points, battled back and pulled to within four points at 78-74 with 2 minutes, 37 seconds left.
But Bishop Canevin took advantage of a couple of subpar Sto-Rox possessions and stabilized things, building the lead back up to 10 at 84-74 with 55 seconds remaining, and that was the ballgame.
Bishop Canevin coach Tim Tyree said his team ran into some turnover issues in the second half, which contributed to the Sto-Rox comeback.
“We need to understand time and score,” he said. “A lot of the turnovers in the second half were because we were rushing.
“As we continue to build, we will work on situational things. We’ll take the win and continue to get better.”
Sto-Rox coach Ryan Hughes said if his team had played the first half the way it played the second, “it would have been a different result.”
“We didn’t show the toughness we needed in the first half,” Hughes said. “We couldn’t get a stop. We had to show some grit in the second half and we did.”
Damar Olds added 21 points for Bishop Canevin, which improved to 9-6 overall and 5-0 in the section. Raukeem Hawkins contributed 14 points for the winners.
Sto-Rox, now 6-7 overall and 2-3 in the section, had four players in double figures. In addition to Washington’s 24 points, Marcus Griffin added 15, MJ Thomas 14 and Delaun Harris 12 for the Vikings.
Moon Area 52, Montour 40
A.J. Buford scored 13 of his 20 points in the first quarter to help the Tigers get off to a hot start on the way to a Class 5A Section 4 victory over the Spartans.
Moon was a model of consistency for the first three quarters, scoring 15 points in each period. A 30-19 halftime lead expanded to 45-22 after three quarters as the Tigers outscored Montour 15-3 in quarter No. 3.
The Spartans clawed back in the final eight minutes, getting to within 12 points, but they could not get any closer.
Free throw issues plagued Montour as the Spartans missed 10 attempts on the night.
Braeden Stuart added 14 points and Jackson Bauman had 12 for Moon, which improved to 11-2 overall and 4-2 in section play.
Brandon Bennett paced Montour with 16 points and Sal Magliocco added 12 for the Spartans, who fell to 4-10 overall and 2-4 in section play.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 66, South Side 36
Jake Johnson’s 20 points led the Chargers, who used a big second half to run away from the Rams in a Class 2A Section 4 contest at OLSH’s Angela Activities Center.
OLSH, 10-4 overall and 5-1 in section play, led 14-6 after one quarter with Johnson accounting for half of those points.
But the Rams, led by Andrew Corfield’s 11 points, outscored the Chargers 15-12 in the second quarter to cut the OLSH lead to 26-21 at halftime.
The Chargers came out hot in the third quarter and put up 23 points to South Side’s eight to take control. Johnson and Tiernan McCullough combined for 17 of those 23 points, with McCullough accounting for 10 of them.
McCullough finished with 16 points for OLSH and Nolan Reed added 10.
Keystone Oaks 38, Carlynton 36
Eron Jakupi led all scorers with 14 points and the Eagles came from behind to down the Cougars in a Class 3A Section 2 matchup at Keystone Oaks.
Carlynton trailed 10-8 after one quarter but held the Eagles to five second-quarter points and took a 21-15 lead at halftime.
The Cougars remained on top heading into the final quarter, 31-26, but Keystone Oaks outscored Carlynton 12-5 in the final eight minutes to take the narrow win.
Mikey Jenkins scored 12 points to lead Carlynton, which fell to 3-11 overall and 1-4 in section play.
Summit Academy 69, Cornell 43
Ky’zir Rowan scored 23 points to lead three players in double figures as the Knights downed the visiting Raiders in a Class 1A Section 1 matchup.
Summit Academy broke quickly from the gates, outscoring Cornell 22-7 in the first quarter and building a 41-18 lead at halftime.
Demetrius Crosby added 22 points for the Knights and Tyrell Dunn finished with 11.
Eduardo Benitez scored 20 points to lead Cornell, now 3-11 overall and 1-4 in the section.
WRESTLING
Moon Area 77, Blackhawk 0
The Tigers swept the Cougars in a Class 3A Section 1 dual meet, winning every match, including eight by fall.
Registering pins for Moon were Karsen Kirchner at 121 pounds, Landon Lower (127), Gage Robles (145), Zachary Regotti (152), Maximus Gould (160), Liam Costa (172), Tomas Walters (185) and Khalil Razipour (285).
David Barcaskey (215) won by technical fall; the other Moon victories came by forfeit.
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