BRADFORD — The Troy Christian boys basketball team escaped Bradford with a 70-68 victory Saturday night.

Troy Christian improved to 12-1 and Bradford dropped to 8-5.

Bradford led 20-18 after one quarter, but Troy Christian took a 34-32 halftime lead and led 59-53 after three quarters.

Parker Penrod had 23 points, six rebounds, four assists and six steals.

Ben Major had 19 points, seven rebounds and three steals and Lucas Day had eight points.

Alex Free had six rebounds and Christian Brusman had four assists.

Parker Davidson led Bradford with 34 points.

Landon Wills scored 13 points, Hudson Hill netted 11 and Landon Monnin added seven points.

Milton-Union 69,

FM 41

PITSBURG — The Milton-Union boys basketball team cruised to a road win Saturday night.

Milton led 11-7, 23-14 and 48-28 at the quarter breaks.

Blake Brumbaugh had 24 points, eight rebounds and five steals.

Cooper Brown had 21 points, four assists and five steals and Connor Yates had seven points and eight rebounds.

Meadowdale 46,

Miami East 45

DAYTON — The Miami East boys basketball team lost a close one to Meadowdale Saturday night.

Miami East trailed 17-12 after one quarter.

The Vikings led 27-24 at halftime and trailed 36-35 after three quarters.

Jacob Roeth had 19 points and Wes Enis had 12 points, 11 rebounds and four steals.

Connor Apple had eight points and three steals and Mitchel Kemp had eight rebounds and three steals.

Bryce Haught pulled down five rebounds.

Covington 58,

Houston 48

HOUSTON — The Covington boys basketball team rallied in the fourth quarter for its third win of the season.

Houston led 18-11, 30-26 and 41-40 at the quarter breaks.

Britton Miller led Covington with 23 points.

Owen Boehringer scored 11 points and Tyler Alexander added 10 points.

FRIDAY

W. Carrollton 71,

Troy 59 OT

WEST CARROLLTON — The Troy boys basketball team lost in overtime at West Carrollton Friday night 71-59.

The Trojans dropped to 6-6 overall and 6-4 in t he MVL.

Troy led 14-8 after one quarter, but it was tied 26-26 at halftime.

Troy led 40-39 after three quarters, but it was tied 54-54 at the end of regulation and the Pirates scored 17 points in the extra period to win.

Noah Davis led the Trojans with 22 points.

Charlie Walker scored 12 points, Zach King had nine points and Kellen Miller added seven points.

Sidney 58,

Piqua 44

SIDNEY — The Piqua boys dropped an MVL road game, but won’t have to wait long for another shot at Sidney.

The two teams play at Piqua Monday.

The Indians are now 6-4 overall and 5-2 in the MVL.

Sidney led 10-3 after one quarter, but Piqua took a 21-20 halftime lead.

The Yellow Jackets took control with a 38-26 lead after three quarters.

Dre’Sean Roberts had 13 points, six rebounds, four assists, two blocked shots and four steals.

Colton Beougher had nine points, five rebounds and three steals and Bryson Roberts had six points and eight rebounds.

Troy Christian 63,

Covington 19

TROY — The Troy Christian boys basketball team cruised to an easy win Friday night in TRC action.

The Eagles are 11-1 overall and 9-0 in the TRC. Covington drops to 2-11 overall and 1-7 in the TRC.

Troy Christian led 19-3, 42-9 and 55-14 at the quarter breaks.

Ben Major scored 15 points, while Lucas Day had 14 points and four steals.

Parker Penrod had nine points, five rebounds, five assists and six steals.

Chase Dohme added seven points and three steals and Alex Free had four assists and three steals.

Frank Rupnik also had three steals.

Britton Miller scored six points for Covington.

Milton-Union 55,

Lehman 41

WEST MILTON — The Milton-Union boys basketball team improved to 10-3 overall and 6-2 in the TRC.

Lehman Catholic dropped to 7-6 overall and 2-5 in the TRC.

Milton led 15-6, 24-15 and 38-25 at the quarter breaks.

Blake Brumbaugh had 22 points, six rebounds and four assists and Cooper Brown added 19 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and five steals for Milton-Union.

Connor Yates scored six points and Landon Bechtel had six assists.

Michael McFarland scored 15 points and pulled down seven rebounds for Lehman and Justin Chapman added 13 points, four blocked shots and seven rebounds.

Donovan O’Leary added six points.

Miami East 56,

Northridge 46

CASSTOWN —The Miami East boys basketball team evened the score with Northridge, winning at home Friday night.

The Vikings improved to 7-4 overall and 4-3 in the TRC.

East rallied in the second half.

Northridge led 14-11 after one quarter and 27-23 at halftime, but the Vikings took a 38-35 lead after three quarters.

Jacob Roeth had 32 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals.

Wes Enis had 11 points and Connor Apple scored seven.

Mitchel Kemp had six rebounds and Camren Monnin had three steals.

Bethel 57,

Riverside 46

BRANDT — The Bethel boys basketball team improved to 6-8 overall and 5-3 in the TRC.

Riverside led 12-9, after one quarter, but Bethel went in front 21-20 at halftime and led 42-35 after three quarters.

Bradford 89,

Miss. Valley 80

BRADFORD — The Bradford boys basketball team had a lot to celebrate on Hall of Fame night.

After Jeff Barbee and Cindy Hale were inducted into the Bradford Athletic Hall of Fame, junior guard Parker Davidson scored his 1,000th point in the win, finishing with 30 points on the night.

Bradford improved to 7-4 overall and 4-2 in the WOAC with the win.

Bradford led 25-17, 45-34 and 67-55 at the quarter breaks.

Newton 77,

TC North 40

LEWISBURG — The Newton boys basketball team improved to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in the WOAC with the win.

Newton 18-6, 31-16 and 56-30 at the quarter breaks.

Chandler Peters had 20 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

Harold Oburn had 15 points, 15 rebounds and two blocked shots and Hudson Montgoemry had 10 points and four assists.

Quentin Smith had eight points and eight rebounds, Quinn Peters scored eight points and Clark Yoder added seven points.