BELLEFONTAINE — Ben Logan trimmed an 18-point Urbana fourth quarter lead to three points with a minute left in the game Friday, but the Hillclimbers were able to make their free throws down the stretch and held on for a 69-60 victory over the host Raiders.

ADA — Ada kept it close against Kalida for the entire 32 minutes Friday night, but the Bulldogs were never able to secure a lead, falling to the visiting Wildcats 62-59 in a non-conference matchup.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Trailing by just a point to Hopewell-Loudon heading into the final quarter, the Riverdale Falcon boys were out-scored 27-19 down the stretch, falling to the Chieftains 60-51 Friday night.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale was able to slow down Liberty-Benton leading scorer Jensen Hiegel, but it had no answer inside for Caitlin Elseser. The 6-foot-2 freshman had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks as the Eagles pulled away for a 75-53 victory Thursday night in Blanchard Valley Conference girls basketball play.

It wasn’t quite the four-quarter effort he was looking for from his team Thursday night, but the Kenton coach Ryan Miller was pleased with the outcome as the Lady Wildcats pulled away in the first three quarters on the way to a 50-24 victory over Celina.

CRIDERSVILLE — The Upper Scioto Valley girls took out the frustrations of suffering its first loss of the season two nights ago on Perry Thursday as they crushed the Commodores 92-24 in a Northwest Central conference battle.

WAYNESFIELD — Ridgemont defeated Waynesfield-Goshen 50-36 in a Northwest Central Conference girls basketball game Thursday night to improve to 4-1 on the season. The Gophers’ Priscilla Howland led all scorers with 20 points and pulled down 9 rebounds, while Meadow Cromer added 8 points and had 10 rebounds to go along with 7 assists Ridgemont hosts Mount Gilead at 1 …

ADA — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team improved to 7-0 for the first time in school history as it defeated Wilmington 78-51 on Wednesday night.

A nearly full slate of basketball action is on tap Friday night as six area schools have boys games on the hardwood. Kenton travels to Tiffin Columbian where the Wildcats are looking for their second straight victory to open the season.

URBANA — The Ben Logan girls basketball team won its second straight game Wednesday night, pulling away in the second half for a 53-39 victory over Urbana.