CLYMER - Clymer held Southwestern at bay for three quarters, but the Trojans (1-2) battled back in the final stanza before the Pirates (3-0) locked up a 49-43 non-league boys basketball on Monday night.
After building a 30-16 lead at the half, the Pirates seemed to have things in control, but Southwestern kept chipping away in the fourth period, cutting the lead to one point. But Mitch Einink hit a critical 2-point basket and Clymer made a few trips to the foul line as time wound down to end up with a six-point victory.
Matt DeStevens paced the Pirates with 13 points while Einink contributed 12 points and led in rebounds with eight and Dan Lictus added 10 points with six rebounds and Jake Wiggers also had six boards.
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Above, Clymer’s Dan Lictus goes up for two against Southwestern’s Peter Trathen during Monday night’s non-league boys basketball game at Clymer. Below, Dylan McCubbin of Westfield drives around Silver Creek’s Steve Marcey during a non-league game at Westfield.
P-J photo by Scott Reagle (above) and photo by Roger Coda (below)
For the Trojans, Kyle Radack shined with a game-high 23 points, Alek Peck had 12 points with six rebounds and Jake Pilling also had six rebounds in the losing effort.
SOUTHWESTERN (43)
Radack 8 5 23, Peck 5 2 12, Pilling 1 2 4, Trathen 2 0 4, Baglia 0 0 0. Totals: 16 7 43.
CLYMER (49)
Heiser 2 0 4, Wiggers 4 0 8, Crosby 1 0 2, DeStevens 4 4 13, Einink 5 2 12, Lictus 4 1 10. Totals 19 7 49.
3-point goals: DeStevens 1, Lictus 1. Radack 2.
Southwestern 12 4 12 15 - 43
Clymer 16 14 11 8 - 49
Jayvees: Southwestern won, 41-38.
SC TOPS WESTFIELD
WESTFIELD - Silver Creek once again proved to be too big, too fast and too deep on the basketball court with a 80-59 win over Westfield (1-3).
Kaine Kettle led the Black Knights (3-0) with 22 points, but he had plenty of help. Bill Brooks netted 21 points to go with 10 rebounds and three blocks while Zeddie Williams had another solid game with 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
"Kettle shot real well," Westfield coach Bob North said. "Brooks was impressive. He was tough inside. But Williams really makes them go."
Westfield has four players score in double-digits. Tanner Dahl led the way with 15 while Jon Coe added 13 and Dan DeMarco and Dylan McCubbin each had 10.
Coe also secured 11 rebounds while Tofil hauled in eight.
SILVER CREEK (80)
Williams 5 4 14, Kettle 9 0 22, Marcey 2 0 4, B. White 5 1 14, Baine 0 0 0, Brooks 9 3 21, Cordova 2 0 5, J. White 0 0 0, Curry 0 0 0. Totals: 32 8 80.
WESTFIELD (59)
Ihm 0 2 2, Dahl 6 0 15, McCubbin 4 2 10, Tofil 2 0 4, Rodriguez 2 1 5, Demarco 3 4 10, Coe 4 3 13, Grey 0 0 0, Bigley 0 2 2. Totals: 21 14 59.
Silver Creek 21 24 23 12 - 80
Westfield 13 20 18 8 - 59