YOUNGSTOWN OH- The other night, we saw overtime, tonight, we saw another overtime as what looked like an early blowout became the game of the night with both the Ursuline and Youngstown East Golden Bears showed GRIT, and never backed down. There were also familiar faces as East basketball coach Kevin Cylar met his friend and head coach Keith Gunther as well as returning to the same place he won three state championships in as an assistant coach on the football team.

In the first quarter, it was all Ursuline as they led 22-8 after some first quarter threes by Will Burney, Tyler Beck, and Brady Shannon while East only had eight points. In the Second, it was Ursuline leading 40-23 and East somehow needed a turn around as it seemed to have been getting out of hand. That is until the third quarter as all of a sudden, the Golden Bears started rotating like what Coach Cylar and Ray said and it cut the lead to 10 going into the fourth. All of a sudden, the Irish defense slowed down and they started missing some important shots, as the Golden Bears took advantage of that, going into overtime tied at 57 all. In the end, East went up by two with a free throw, and it looked like they were about to get the upset victory. However, Tyler Beck said not so fast as he hit a corner buzzer beater three pointer to keep the ursuline winning streak alive, beating East in a thriller 67-66.

Ursuline Stats

For Ursuline, it was DeMarcus McElroy leading with 14 points. Brady Shannon and Tyler Beck finished with 12 points, Beck with the game winner. Terrance Pankey finished with 11 points, Jakylan Irving had nine points, Will Burney had five points, while Jayden Payne and Geno Lucente combined for four points.

East Stats

John Clay was the leading scorer on the East Golden Bears with 19 points, Ramir Bledsoe had 16 points, Ruben Talley finished with 12 points with a big fourth quarter, Dj Waller finished with nine points, Lamar Underwood had six points, while Anthony Thomas and Xavior Leonard combined for four points.