The Trojans led 40-31 entering the fourth quarter before the Eagles began to chip away, led by junior Nick Jacobson, who scored 10 of his game-high 18 points in the period.

Jacobson hit a pair of 3-pointers — one that turned into a four-point play — and then scored through contact with under two minutes remaining to raise his career point total to 999 and pull Chautauqua Lake to within 51-49. He missed that free throw, but on the Eagles’ next trip down the floor cashed in another free throw for his 1,000th career point to become the second Chautauqua Lake player to reach that milestone after his head coach Devin Pope did it in 2018.

A Chase Hartnett free throw at the other end gave Southwestern a 52-50 lead and the Eagles called a timeout with 9.2 seconds remaining after advancing the ball to half-court.

Jacobson and Nate Henry worked to get each other open near the 3-point arc, but Henry’s look just inside the arc missed and the Trojans grabbed the rebound along with the win.

Dunkirk’s K’Vion Tell, left, and Malik McCall, right, surround Frewsburg’s Trent Lewis during Thursday’s nonleague boys basketball game at Dunkirk High School. P-J photo by Ashleigh Brown

Hartnett led Southwestern (8-12) with 16 points, four steals and three assists; Landon Hooks had 11 points, six rebounds and three assists; Gavin Milner added 8 points and four rebounds; and Colton Waite grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds.

Henry had 17 points, seven rebounds and two assists; Brendan Klossner had five rebounds, two assists and two steals; and Jacobson had four assists for the Eagles (11-9).

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE (50)

Jacobson 6 4 18, Henry 6 3 17, Fairbank 1 0 3, Swan 0 0 0, YAbuhmeidan 0 0 0, Klossner 3 0 6, Houser 3 0 6. Totals 19 7 50.

SOUTHWESTERN (52)

Chautauqua Lake’s Nick Jacobson puts up a shot while being closely defended by Southwestern’s Gavin Milner during Thursday’s nonleague boys basketball game at Southwestern. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Hooks 4 2 11, Hartnett 6 3 16, Waite 2 0 4, Larson 2 0 5, Smith 1 0 3, James 1 0 2, Milner 4 0 8, OHarris 1 1 3. Totals 21 6 52.

3-point goals–Jacobson 2, Henry 2, Fairbank, Hooks, Hartnett, Larson, Smith.

Chautauqua Lake 9 13 9 19 — 50

Southwestern 9 15 16 12 — 52

WARRIORS EDGE FRONTIER

HAMBURG — Avery Brown scored a career-high 25 points, Jacob Herrick added 18 and Salamanca made just enough fourth-quarter free throws to hold off Frontier 62-58 in a nonleague game.

Of the Warriors’ 20 points in the final period, 13 came from the charity stripe — they attempted 23 — and they escaped with the four-point win to finish the regular season 17-3.

Salamanca, which shot 15 of 28 from the line for the game, trailed 21-18 at halftime, but took a 42-40 lead after three quarters, courtesy of 11 points from Brown, 8 from Herrick and 5 from Maddox Isaac, who finished with 13 points. Then, in the fourth quarter, the Warriors scored 13 of their 20 points from the line to secure the victory.

Matt Siener led the Falcons (4-16), who were 2 of 4 from the foul line on the evening, with 18 points, Cullen Bishop-Mariott and Connor Cox both had 12, and Aiden Chido chipped in 10.

SALAMANCA (62)

Herrick 6 3 18, Bradley 1 4 6, Isaac 4 4 13, Crouse 0 0 0, Brown 10 4 25, Farmer 0 0 0, Hill 0 0 0. Totals 21 15 62.

FRONTIER (58)

Cox 4 1 12, Porter 0 0 0, Kibler 2 0 5, Dunz 0 1 1, Chido 5 0 10, Wieczynski 0 0 0, Siener 7 0 18, Bishop-Mariott 4 0 12. Totals 22 2 58.

3-point goals–Herrick 3, Isaac, Brown, Cox 3, Kibler, Siener 4, Bishop-Mariott 4.

Salamanca 6 12 24 20 — 62

Frontier 6 15 19 18 — 58

Jayvees: Frontier 37, Salamanca 28