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Newton’s Harold Oburn (red jersey) and Troy Christian’s Frank Rupnik go up for the opening tip Thursday in the consolation game of the WPTW Holiday Classic.
Rob Kiser|Miami Valley Today
SPRINGBORO — The Troy boys basketball team dropped a road game in non-conference action Friday, losing 59-56 to Springboro.
The game was tied 12-12 after one quarter.
Troy trailed 34-28 at halftime and 46-41 after three quarters.
Troy will play at Stebbins Tuesday and host Piqua Thursday.
Oakwood 52,
Milton-Union 44
KETTERING — The Milton-Union boys basketball team dropped a road game Friday night in non-conference action.
The Bulldogs are now 5-3 on the season.
Milton-Union led 16-15 after one quarter.
Oakwood led 32-20 at halftime and 44-36 after three quarters.
Cooper Brown had 16 points and Blake Brumbaugh added 14 points and five rebounds.
Connor Yates just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds and had three steals.
Lehman 55,
Triad 28
NORTH LEWISBURG — The Lehman Catholic boys basketball team improved to 6-3 with a road win in non-conference action.
Lehman led 10-6, 23-16 and 42-18 at the quarter breaks.
Donovan O’Leary had 22 points, eight rebounds and three assists and Justin Chapman had 18 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots.
Da’Ron Pride had five rebounds and Turney Lachey had three assists.
Carlisle 63,
Bethel 40
BRANDT — The Bethel boys basketball team dropped to 3-8 on the season with a home loss to Carlisle.
Bethel trailed 19-12, 32-25 and 47-31 at the quarter breaks.
Mike Halleg had 14 points and four assists and Eli Lowery added 12 points.
Jason Bowen added nine points.
THURSDAY
Troy Christian 68,
Newton 29
PIQUA — The Troy Christian boys basketball team cruised to a win in the consolation game of the WPTW Holiday Classic Thursday at Garbry Gymnasium.
The Eagles used 13 3-pointers to improve to 6-3 on the season, while Newton dropped to 3-7.
Troy Christian hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter to jump out to a 16-7 lead and increased it to 37-12 at halftime and 58-23 after three quarters.
Parker Penrod, who was named to the all-tournament team, led Troy Christian with 21 points.
Kyle Sebor scored 18 points on six of eight shooting on 3-pointers and Frank Rupnik added 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and five blocked shots.
Christian Brusman had six points and six rebounds and Alex Free added six points and had a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Hudson Montgomery led Newton with 11 points and five rebounds and Harold Oburn — who was named to the all-tournament team — added seven points and nine rebounds.
Max Newhouse pulled down five rebounds.
Russia 72,
Bradford 24
COVINGTON — The Bradford boys basketball team dropped to 7-2 with a loss to Russia in Covington holiday tournament championship game.
Russia led 22-4, 42-13 and 60-19 at the quarter breaks.
Covington 72,
Northwestern 50
COVINGTON — The Covington boys basketball team got a career game from Brogen Angle to improved to 2-7 by winning the consolation game of the Covington tournament.
The Buccs led 23-17, 42-24 and 51-34 at the quarter breaks.
Angle led the way with 29 points.
Britton Miller had 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists and Tanner Palsgrove added nine points, five rebounds and four assists.
Bryson Hite had eight points and nine rebounds and Gunner Kimmel added six points, seven rebounds, four assists and five steals.
Tippecanoe 53,
Kenton Ridge 35
SPRINGFIELD — The Tippecanoe boys basketball team went on the road to improve to 4-1 on the season.
Tippecanoe led 16-10, 28-21 and 38-26 at the quarter breaks.
Jackson Smith had 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists and Stanley Clyne had 12 points.
Maddox Sivon had 10 points and eight rebounds, Evan Manes scored eight points and Liam Poronsky had three assists.
GIRLS
Carroll 48,
Tippecanoe 38
DAYTON — The Tippecanoe girls basketball team dropped a road game in non-conference action Friday night.
The Lady Red Devils are now 7-4 on the season.
Tipp trailed 11-9 after one quarter and 24-22 at halftime.
The Red Devils pulled even at 33 after three quarters.
Samantha Wall had nine points and Maddie Moran scored seven points.
Makenzie Chinn had six points and six assists, Alex Mader scored six points and Laney Cleckner added five points.
THURSDAY
Russia 47,
Covington 38
COVINGTON — The Covington girls basketball team dropped to 8-4 with a loss in the championship game of the Covington tournament.
Russia led 19-13, 31-22 and 38-24 at the quarter breaks.
Maggie Anderson led Covington with 13 points.
Carlie Besecker had 11 points and Gracie Anderson added 10 points.
Northwestern 43,
Bradford 15
COVINGTON — The Bradford girls basketball team lost in the consolation game of the Covington holiday tournament.
Bradford dropped to 0-11 on the season.
The Railroaders trailed 11-6, 29-10 and 36-10 at the quarter breaks.
Ryleigh Dotson scored five points.
Brooklyn Crickmore grabbed eight rebounds and Isabella Hamilton had three assists.
Miami East 54,
Spencerville 33
NEW BREMEN — The Miami East girls basketball won the championship game of the New Bremen holiday tournament.
The Vikings, 10-4, will host Troy Monday.
East led 20-7, 29-13 and 45-21 at the quarter breaks.
Camryn Francis had 22 points, five rebounds and four blocked shots and Maryn Gross had eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and five steals.
McKayah Musselman had eight points, two blocked shots and six rebounds and Logan Phillips had six points, five assists and two blocked shots.
Katie Paulus added six points.
Wayne 42,
Bethel 36
BRANDT — The Bethel girls basketball team dropped to 9-3 with a non-conference home loss.
The Bees led 12-8 after one quarter, but trailed 20-15 at halftime.
Karley Moore had a four-point play to close the third quarter when she hit a mid-court runner and was fouled on the play.
That closed Bethel to 29-27, but the Bees could not catch up.
Lehman 40,
Ansonia 35
SIDNEY — The Lehman Catholic girls basketball team got a non-conference win at home Thursday.
Lehman improved to 2-10 with the win.
The Cavaliers led 12-7 after one quarter.
The game was tied 25-25 at halftime and Lehman took a 35-29 lead after three quarters.