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WELLSVILLE -- Junior Darnell Roe scored 21 points and senior Haydin Oliver had a career-high 20 points in leading Wellsville past East Palestine, 69-56, Tuesday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.
Austin Adkins added 14 points.
Wellsville improves to 5-8 overall and 5-3 in the EOAC, two games behind league leaders Columbiana and Lisbon. East Palestine drops to 1-9 and 1-7 in league play.
East Palestine led 11-4 at the start and 24-23 at halftime.
Oliver scored all 20 of his points in the second half as Wellsville held a 46-32 scoring edge. Roe added 14 points in the second half.
Adkins had consecutive baskets and Roe hit a jumper from the foul line for a 6-0 run by the Tigers for a 29-24 advantage only 63 seconds into the second half.
Wellsville led the rest of the way, getting its first double-digit lead at 54-44 with less than five minutes remaining.
Drew Bycroft topped the Bulldogs with 21 points, six rebounds and three assists. RJ May had 10 points, four rebounds and three steals; Clark Rutledge nine points, five rebounds and five steals; and Michael Chestnut had three assists and two steals.
Wellsville won the junior varsity game, 41-30. East Palestine was led by Caleb Dmyterko with 11 points and Kealin Simon with five.
Wellsville will visit Lisbon on Friday.
EP: 11-13-18-14--56
W: 6-17-27-19--69
EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 4-2-10, Brad Bartels 1-1-3, Drew Bycoft 8-4-21, Peyton Rutledge 1-0-3, Clark Rutledge 4-0-9, Michael Chestnut 2-0-5, Kealin Simon 2-0-5, Braydon Plum 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 22, 7-10: 56.
WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 2-2-6, Darnell Roe 8-7-21, Austin Adkins 6-1-14, Clayten Kersey 0-0-0, Andrew Mackey 3-0-6, Haydin Oliver 10-0-20, Cooper Frank 0-0-0, Eric Dowling 1-0-2, Zac Banks 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 29, 10-12: 69.
Three-point goals: East Palestine 5 (Bycroft, P. Rutledge, C. Rutledge, Chestnut, Simon), Wellsville 1 (Adkins).