HARRISBURG — Altoona found itself down eight after one and 13 at the break in a 69-48 loss to Central Dauphin East Thursday night in high school boys basketball.

Roan Greaser was the lone Mountain Lion to reach double figures with 13.

Alijah Cooper poured in a game-high 20 points for the Panthers, while Eli Vega collected 17 and Julian Lownes had 10..

ALTOONA (48): Walker 1 1-2 3, E. Hicks 1 0-0 2, Larocco 0 0-0 0, Polito 0 4-4 4, Sankey 1 1-2 3, Greaser 6 0-0 13, Simendinger 2 1-2 5, Crawford 0 0-0 0, Herr 1 0-0 2, Lowery 2 1-2 6, Corso 3 0-0 6, Owulade 2 0-0 4. Totals – 19 8-12 48.

CENTRAL DAUPHIN EAST (69): A. Cooper 6 6-8 20, Cooper 2 1-2 7, Lownes 4 2-2 10, Henry 1 0-0 2, Byrd 1 1-2 3, Jackson 0 0-0 0, Ramirez 1 0-0 3, Fox 1 0-0 2, Vega 7 1-2 17, McCraw 1 0-0 2, Kalonji 1 1-2 3. Totals – 18 12-20 69.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Altoona 7 12 13 16 – 48

CD East 15 17 21 16 – 69

3-point goals: Altoona 2 (Greaser, Lowery); Central Dauphin West East 7 (A. Cooper 2, Cooper 2, Vega 2, Ramirez).

Records: Altoona (1-19); Central Dauphin East (6-12).

JV: Central Dauphin won 63-58. High scorers – E. Hicks, A, 21; McCraw, CDE, 14.

Grace Prep shines

Elijah Best knocked down seven 3-pointers and totaled 21 points to lead Great Commission to a 62-32 win over Grace Prep on senior night at the Wright Place 4 Kids.

The Bears, which hit 11 treys, got 14 points and four blocks from Alex Guise, while Liam Gibbons totaled 11 points.

GRACE PREP (32): Suffer 5 0-0 11, Rucker 3 0-0 6, H. Foust 2 0-0 4, Haushalter 1 1-4 3, Hunt 1 0-0 3, Gray 1 0-0 2, T. Foust 1 0-2 2, Mylin 0 1-2 1. Totals — 14 2-8 32.

GREAT COMMISSION (62): Best 7 0-0 21, Guise 7 0-0 14, Gibbons 3 3-6 11, Lohsl 2 0-0 5, Fleck 2 0-2 4, Hileman 1 0-0 3, Summers 1 0-0 2, Palazzi 1 0-0 2. Totals — 24 3-8 62.

3-point goals: Grace Prep 2 (Suffer, Hunt ); Great Commission 11 (Best 7, Gibbons 2, Lohsl, Hileman).

JV: No game.