ADA — Sophomore Ryan Bruns' layup with one second remaining helped lift the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 93-91 victory over John Carroll Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center. The Polar Bears improve to 4-4 overall and 3-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks fall to 3-5, 2-2.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — Senior Britt Lauck tied a career-high with 21 points as the No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team defeated John Carroll 79-59. The Polar Bears improve to 9-0 overall and 4-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks drop to 3-5, 1-3.

The White and Black teams tied with 10 points each during Masonic Pool Tournament play Thursday night. The White team now leads the tournament by 13 points.

McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley boys basketball team had undefeated Perry on its heels for much of the first half Friday night, at one point establishing an eight-point lead before entering halftime up 40-38.

For 31 minutes and 53 seconds, the Kenton basketball team was able to match Defiance point for point. And when Defiance point guard Michael Menendez split a pair of free throws with 7.2 seconds left on the game clock, the Wildcats had one chance to score the game-winning points.

BELLEFONTAINE — Indian Lake outscored Ben Logan by 20 points in the second half to rally from a halftime deficit for a 67-54 boys basketball win in Central Buckeye Conference play Friday night. The Raiders, who fall to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in CBC play, were paced by Cole Jones and Konnor Caudill, who tallied 13 points each.

DOLA — Zachary Wilhelm had 25 points and 11 rebounds to lead the way as Hardin Northern defeated Lehman Catholic 54-49 in a Northwest Central Conference boys basketball game Friday night. The Polar Bears, who improve to 2-2 overall and 1-0 in NWC play, also received 11 points from Logan Lease and 10 from Shawn Weirauch.

MOUNT VICTORY — A strong first half performance from Ridgemont gave the team a 34-30 halftime lead against Waynesfield-Goshen in boys basketball action Friday night. But the lead didn’t last as the Gophers were outscored 21-9 in the third quarter and were unable to mount a comeback, falling to the Tigers 68-63.

PANDORA — Riverdale was outscored 31-15 in the first half by Pandora-Gilboa and put up just 12 second-half points on its way to a 62-27 Blanchard Valley Conference loss in boys basketball action Friday night. The Falcons surrendered a 15-4 lead to the Rockets in the opening quarter.

ADA — Paulding pulled away for a 78-46 boys basketball win over Ada on Friday night. The Bulldogs, who fall to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the Northwest Conference, received 13 points and four assists from Jordan Bailey and 10 points from Ethan Swaney.