East Liverpool’s Dre Brown soars past Cardinal Mooney’s Dante Turner on Tuesday at Potter Fieldhouse. (Photo by Jimmy Joe Savage)

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s boys basketball team lost its third game in four tries as Cardinal Mooney turned it on in the second half for a 73-49 win on Tuesday.

East Liverpool fell to 4-4 overall.

Dre Brown had 15 points for the home team. East Liverpool trailed by two at the half before the Cardinals outscored the Potters by 20 in the third quarter.

The Potters, playing the second of five straight at home, will host Harrison Central on Jan. 6.

Cardinal Mooney, who lost to Beaver Local by 17 in the season opener, is 5-3. Kingston Powell led the Cardinals with 17 of his 20 points in the first half. Dante Turner scored 14 of his 18 points in the third quarter. Cardinal Mooney hit 16 threes.

CM: 14-16-25-18–73

EL: 14-14-5-16–49

CARDINAL MOONEY SCORING: Kingston Powell 7-0-20, Grayson Dubos 1-0-3, Dante Turner 8-0-18, Tyler Guerreri 1-1-3, Landon Keck 1-0-3, Brooks Willias 2-0-6, Jalen Carter 1-0-3, Brandon Rios 1-2-4, Ford Stacy 5-0-13. TEAM TOTALS: 27, 3-6: 73.

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: Jayce Douglas 1-2-4, Dre Brown 5-3-15, Tyler Kirby 4-0-8, Nolan Irving 4-0-9, Dre’Keim Abercrombie 3-1-7, Meschach Harris 0-0-0, Ben Myers 0-0-0, Donavin Austin 0-0-0, Elliott Fitch 0-0-0, Thoren Long 1-1-4, Owen Davis 0-0-0, David Stadford 0-0-0, Javan Dawson 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 7-12: 49.

Three-point goals: Cardinal Mooney 16 (Powell 6, Stacy 3, Turner 2, Willis 2, Dubos, Keck, Carter), East Liverpool 4 (Brown 2, Irving, Long).