PHILIPSBURG — Central scored 48 points in the first half on its way to a 65-52 victory on the road at Philipsburg-Osceola on Monday night in boys high school basketball action.

Dylan Hoover paced the Dragons (3-1) with 21 points for the night, while Jesse Muthler and Landyn Kasun both scored in double figures with 15 and 10 points, respectively.

Zach Myers poured in 30 points for the Mounties (2-3).

CENTRAL (65): Muthler 6 2-2 15, Heuston 2 2-2 7, Hoover 7 5-6 21, Beltz 3 0-0 6, Decker 1 0-0 2, Rhodes 0 2-2 2, Reynolds 1 0-0 2, Kasun 4 2-2 10. Totals — 23 13-15 65.

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA (52): Myers 11 4-5 30, DeSimone 6 2-2 15, D. Kendziora 2 0-0 4, J. Kendziora 1 0-0 2, Brush 0 1-2 1. Totals — 20 7-9 52.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Central 22 26 7 10 — 65

Philipsburg-Osceola 9 14 19 10 — 52

3-point goals: Central 4 (Hoover 2, Muthler, Heuston); Philipsburg-Osceola 5 (Meyers 4, DeSimone).

Records: Central (3-1); Philipsburg-Osceola (2-3).

JV: Central, 57-31. High scorers–Kasun, C, 18; Coutraux, PO, 10.

PC tops Richland

JOHNSTOWN — Caden Gibbons buried four 3-pointers en route to a 26-point night in helping Penn Cambria beat Richland, 62-59.

Gibbons also grabbed 20 rebounds. Blake Nadolsky contributed 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers (4-1), and Landon Semelsberger added 11 points.

Glaiden Hale and Jemere Christian each scored 12 points for Richland (2-4).

PENN CAMBRIA (62): Gibbons 9 4-7 26, Semelsberger 3 2-4 11, Lilly 2 0-0 5, B. Jones 1 0-0 2, Davison 0 0-0 0, G. Gides 0 0-0 0, Marshall 1 0-0 2, Nadolsky 4 4-8 12, Mallory 2 0-0 4. Totals — 22 10- 19 62.

RICHLAND (59): Hale 5 2-4 12, Lushko 2 3-6 8, Mugerwa 4 2-3 10, McCulty 4 2-2 11, Christian 5 1-2 12, Wyandt 2 0-0 4, Bond 0 0-0 0, Swope 1 0-0 2. Totals — 23 10- 17 59.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Penn Cambria 16 13 18 15 — 62

Richland 17 11 15 16 — 59

3-point goals: Penn Cambria 8 (Gibbons 4, Semelsberger 3, Lilly); Richland 3 (Lushko, McCulty, Christian).

Records: Penn Cambria (4-1); Richland (2-4).

JV: Penn Cambria, 40-24. High scorers–N. Jones, PC, 12; Vickroy, R, 11.

Vikings downed

FLINTON — Glendale fell to 0-4 with a 64-32 loss at home to Windber.

The Vikings, down 31-9 after one quarter, got 14 points from Rhylan Hoopsick-Bell and 10 points from Levi Hamilton.

Windber (1-4) received 20 points from Sean McClain and 14 points from Logan Serenko.

WINDBER (64): Belcher 3 0-0 8, Woodruff 1 0-0 2, Serenko 5 1-2 14, McClain 7 4-9 20, Tallyen 3 0-0 6, Rager 0 0-0 0, Gutsler 4 0-0 8, Blackburn 2 0-0 4, Manippo 1 0-0 2, Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals — 21 5-6 64.

GLENDALE (32): Hoopsick-Bell 6 2-3 14 Hamilton 4 2-4 10, Jenkins 2 0-0 4, Myers 1 0-0 2, Detwiler 0 0-00, Gallaher 1 0-0 2, Frank 0 0-0 0, Rydbom 0 0-0 0. Totals — 14 4-9 32.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Windber 31 12 14 10 — 64

Glendale 9 7 3 13 — 32

3-point goals: Windber 7 (Serenko 3, Belcher 2, McClain 2)

Records: Windber (1-4); Glendale (0-4).

JV: Windber, 29-14. High scorers–Sean McClain, W, 10; Gallaher, G, 5.

Rockets roar past NBC

THREE SPRINGS — Cohen Snyder scored 24 points to lead Southern Huntingdon past Northern Bedford, 74-48.

The Rockets (4-1) also got 15 points from Jase Watkins and 12 points from Daniel Lessley.

NBC (3-3), down 37-22 at halftime, got 17 points from Nevin Lloyd and 15 points from Cavan Lloyd.

NORTHERN BEDFORD (48): Eckenroad 4 0-1 8, Food 2 1-4 5, C. Lloyd 5 4-8 15, Cottle 0 0-0 0, N. Lloyd 6 4-10 17, Horsh 1 0-2 2, Schleinkofer 0 1-2 1, Tobias 0 0-0 0, Black 0 0-0 0, Ritchey 0 0-0 0, Love 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, Troutman 0 0-0 0. Totals — 18 10-27 48.

SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON (74): Grissinger 3 5-5 11, Neuter 0 0-0 0, Oswald 1 2-2 4, Snyder 9 6-9 24, Horne 2 0-0 4, Watkins 6 2-2 15, Lessley 5 2-9 12, Bucher 0 0-0 0, Pershing 2 0-0 4, Creswell 0 0-0 0. Totals — 31 17-27 74

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Northern Bedford 11 11 10 16 — 48

Southern Huntingdon 16 21 23 14 — 74

3-point goals: Northern Bedford 2 (C. Loyd, N. Lloyd); Southern Huntingdon 1 (Watkins).

Records: Northern Bedford (3-3); Southern Huntingdon (4-1).

JV: Southern Huntingdon, 42-32. High scorers–Pershing, SH, 14; Love, NB, 11.

The Best Bear

Elijah Best hit nine 3-pointers — a school record — to lead Great Commission School past Tyrone Christian Academy, 72-38, at Wright Place for Kidz.

Best finished with 35 points as the Bears improved to 3-0. Teammate Alex Guise added 10 points.

TYRONE CHRISTIAN (38): Rickabaugh 3 0-2 6, Long 5 0-0 12, Hartman 7 0-0 20. Totals — 15 0-2 20.

GREAT COMMISSION (72): E. Best 12 2-2 35, Z. Best 1 1-4 3, Guise 4 2-4 10, Ulrich 2 0-0 4, Rodgers 1 0-0 2, Hileman 1 0-0 2, Grissinger 3 0-0 6, Bickings 2 0-0 4, Miller 3 0-0 6. Totals — 29 5-12 72.

3-point goals: Tyrone Christian 8 (Long 2, Hartman 6); Great Commission 9 (Best 9).

Records: Great Commission (3-0).