United’s Jason Pratt passes around East Liverpool’s Thoren Long at the Potter Fieldhouse on Friday. (Morning Journal/Jimmy Joe Savage)

East Liverpool 52, United 38

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).

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.

S: 10-12-21-11-10–64

H: 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).

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).

Oak Glen 63, Clay-Battelle 49

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen connected on nine three-pointers during a 63-49 win over Clay-Battelle on Friday.

Gavin Geisse scored a game-high 17 points, followed by Chase Hartung with 10 points and Tyler Evans nine points on three three-pointers. Mason Kell and Will Weekley each had two three-pointers and eight points.

The Golden Bears improve to 12-7, while the Cee-Bees drop to 12-4.

Oak Glen held a 37-24 scoring edge in the second half as Geisse, Hartung and Kell each scored eight points.

The Golden Bears will play John Marshall on Tuesday.

CB: 15- 9-11-14–49

OG: 15-10-17-20–63

CLAY-BATTELLE SCORING: Braden Ponceroff 2-3-9, Colt Sandy 2-0-4, Cooper Payton 5-1-12, Trey Huggins 6-0-14, Jaxon Huggins 2-0-4, Cooper Statler 0-0-0, Maddox Kisner 3-0-6. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 4-5: 49.

OAK GLEN SCORING: Mason Kell 2-2-8, Will Weekley 2-2-8, Noah Willey 2-3-7, Gavin Geisse 7-3-17, Tyler Evans 3-0-9, Chase Hartung 4-1-10, Colt Hissam 1-0-3, Camm Dittman 0-0-0, Jacob Everett 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 11-16: 63.

Three-point goals: Clay-Battelle 5 (Ponceroff 2, T. Huggins 2, Payton), Oak Glen 9 (Evans 3, Kell 2, Weekley 2, Hartung, Hissam).