BEAVER — The St. Joseph Flyers kept hanging around, looking to pull off the upset.
But theEastern Eagles burst that bubble in the fourth quarter as they pulled away to a 68-51 win on Saturday.
Eastern (9-2) took a 13-10 first quarter lead as Boston Webb got 6 points and Tucker Leist connected on a 3-pointer.
Landon Rowe had 4 points as 4 different Flyers scored.
Each team had 14 points in the second quarter and the Eagles led 27-24 at the break.
Wesley Neal scored 5 pointers and Rowe hit a trifecta and scored another 5 points for the Flyers.
Eastern got 5 points from Webb and 4 from Isaac Weaver.
The Eagles inched further ahead in the third quarter to go up 49-42 as Leist hit a pair of 3-pointers and he had 8 points while Cade Leist, Declan Davis and Webb all had 4 points.
Neal scored 9 points while Aiden Deborde hit a 3-pointer and got 5 points for the Flyers.
The fourth quarter proved to be the downfall for the Flyers as they managed just 9 points and were outscored by 10 points.
Webb nailed a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8 points, Sherman Salisbury hit a trey and both Tucker Leist and Aiden Werner scored 4 points.
Neal had 4 of the Flyers’ points.
Neal finished the game with a double-double as he scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. He also had 2 assists.
Rowe had a strong game as well with 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals.
Eastern was led by Webb with 23 points and Tucker Leist with 17.
St. Joseph 10 14 18 9 = 51
Eastern 13 14 22 19 = 68
ST. JOSEPH (6-4): Aiden Deborde 2 1 0-0 7, Eli Whaley 2 0 1-2 5, Landon Rowe 4 1 1-2 12, Mason Weber 0 0 0-0 0, Beckham Waginger 1 0 0-0 2, Kai Clark 0 0 0-0 0, Wesley Neal 7 0 5-8 19, Zane Dressel 0 0 0-0 0, Carson Willis 1 0 0-0 2, Carter Johnson 2 0 0-0 4. Totals: 21-45 7-12 51. 3-pt goals: 2-12. Rebounds: 25 (Neal 10, Whaley 5, Rowe 3, Johnson 3). Assists: 9 (Rowe 3, Neal 2, Whaley 2, Deborde 2). Steals: 5 (Rowe 4, Dressel 1). Turnovers: 19. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None. BEAVER EASTERN (9-2): Carson Peters 0 0 0-0 0, Tucker Leist 4 3 0-0 17, Christian Smith 0 0 0 0-0 0, Boston Webb 7 3 23, Aiden Werner 4 0 0-0 8, Isaac Weaver 2 0 0-0 4, Sherman Salisbury 0 1 0-0 3, Declan Davis 2 0 2-2 6, Cade Leist 2 0 0-0 4, Dalton Southworth 1 0 1-1 3. Totals: 22 7 3-3 68. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.
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