BROOKVILLE — Slight edges in the final three quarters gave Brookville a 53-48 victory over Clearfield in non-league schoolboy basketball action Friday night.
After the teams matched 17-point outputs in the first period, the Raiders pulled ahead 29-27 at halftime and carried a 38-35 lead into the fourth quarter, when they held off the Bison with Trenton Gilhousen scoring seven of his 11 points.
Robert Keth canned a trio of three-pointers to top Brookville (6-4) with 15 points.
Scoring laurels went to Clearfield’s Cade Walker with 17 points, while Karson Rumsky and Andrew Lopez checked in with 12 apiece.
Walker and Taye Lynch grabbed 10 rebounds each to give the 5-4 Bison a 28-21 advantage under the boards.
Matt Pallo had three assists and Karson Rumsky had three steals for Clearfield, which will host Punxsutawney in another non-league game Monday night.
CLEARFIELD — 48
Taye Lynch 1 0-0 2, Cade Walker 8 1-2 17, Karson Rumsky 5 0-0 12, Keagan Hess 2 0-0 4, Andrew Lopez 5 1-2 12, Harrison Peacock 0 1-2 1, Matt Pallo 0 0-0 0, Barrett Kline 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 3-6 48.
BROOKVILLE — 53
David Cable 1 0-0 3, Trenton Gilhousen 5 0-0 11, Jack Krug 1 0-1 3, Aaron Park 3 3-4 9, Logan Byerly 4 0-0 8, Robert Keth 5 2-2 15, Jace Miner 2 0-0 4, Bryce Baughman 0 0-0 0, Brady Caylor 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: TOTALS: 21 5-7 53.
Three-Point Field Goals – Clearfield 3 (Rumsky 2, Lopez 1); Brookville 6 (Cable 1, Gilhousen 1, Krug 1, Keth 3).
Score by Quarters
Clearfield   17 10 8 13 – 48
Brookville  17 12 9 15 – 53
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 56 – 83 5 – 3
01/04 @ Brookville 48 – 53 5 – 4
01/07 PUNXSUTAWNEY
01/09 @ Penns Valley
01/11 CENTRAL
01/15 @ Bellefonte
01/18 @ Bald Eagle Area
01/21 @ DuBois
01/23 @ Huntingdon
01/25 PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA
01/29 @ Tyrone
02/01 PENNS VALLEY
02/06 @ Central
02/08 BELLEFONTE
02/13 @ Curwensville
