MARTINSBURG — Central outscored visiting Clearfield by narrow margins in every quarter to earn a 44-34 Mountain League win in schoolboy basketball action Wednesday night.
Most of the Bison offense was produced by Cade Walker inside with 12 points and Karson Rumsky with 11, the latter sinking a trio of three-pointers.
Walker made it a double-double with 10 of Clearfield’s 34 rebounds, 12 more than Central (15-4, 9-3 ML).
The Scarlet Dragons also had a pair of double-figure pointmakers in Braden Kitt with 14 and Noah Muthler with 27.
Central held leads of 13-10 after one period, 20-16 at intermission and 27-21 going to the final quarter, when they registered a 17-13 edge.
Clearfield (10-10, 5-8 ML) will close out its regular season home slate Friday against Bellefonte on Senior Night in Bison Gym.
CLEARFIELD — 34
Taye Lynch 0 0-0 0, Cade Walker 5 2-2 12, Karson Rumsky 4 0-0 11, Keagan Hess 2 0-0 5, Andrew Lopez 1 2-2 4, Harrison Peacock 0 0-0 0, Matt Pallo 0 2-2 2. TOTALS: 12 6-6 34.
CENTRAL — 44
Thad Albright 0 2-2 2, Noah Muthler 5 1-4 13, Braden Kitt 6 1-3 14, Hunter Klotz 3 2-2 9, Lleyton Kling 2 1-2 6, Devon Boyles 0 0-0 0, Jason Ferry 0 0-0 0, Jacob Eberlin 0 0-0 0, Colby Liebal 0 0-0 0, Parker Gregg 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 16 7-13 44.
Three-Point Field Goals – Clearfield 4 (Rumsky 3, Hess 1); Central 5 (Muthler 2, Kitt 1, Klotz 1, Kling 1).
Score by Quarters
Clearfield 10 6 5 13 – 34
Central 13 7 7 17 – 44
Bison Scoreboard:
Date Opponent Score Record
12/07 CURWENSVILLE 77 – 32 1 – 0
12/10 WEST BRANCH 57 – 33 2 – 0
12/12 BALD EAGLE AREA 73 – 48 3 – 0
12/14 HUNTINGDON 53 – 63 3 – 1
12/17 @ Philipsburg-Osceola 64 – 47 4 – 1
12/21 TYRONE 42 – 50 4 – 2
12/27 @ Purchase Line Tourney
12/27 vs. Ligonier Valley 78 – 80 4 – 3
12/28 vs. Harmony 83 – 56 5 – 3
01/04 @ Brookville 48 – 53 5 – 4
01/07 PUNXSUTAWNEY 56 – 50 6 – 4
01/09 @ Penns Valley 47 – 59 6 – 5
01/11 CENTRAL 44 – 53 6 – 6
01/15 @ Bellefonte 56 – 78 6 – 7
01/18 @ Bald Eagle Area 57 – 55 7 – 7
01/21 @ DuBois 51 – 49 8 – 7
01/23 @ Huntingdon 48 – 87 8 – 8
01/25 PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 59 – 50 9 – 8
01/29 @ Tyrone 34 – 52 9 – 9
02/01 PENNS VALLEY 56 – 38 10 – 9
02/06 @ Central 34 – 44 10 – 10
02/08 BELLEFONTE
02/13 @ Curwensville