High School Sports

P-O boys’ basketball wins first home game in three years

From CDT staff reports
Philipsburg-Osceola’s Caleb Belinda goes in for a basket over Bald Eagle Area’s Trey Butterworth during Wednesday’s game. It was P-O’s first home win in three years. For more on the game, see 3B.
Philipsburg-Osceola’s Caleb Belinda goes in for a basket over Bald Eagle Area’s Trey Butterworth during Wednesday’s game. It was P-O’s first home win in three years. For more on the game, see 3B. Abby Drey adrey@centredaily.com
PHILIPSBURG

The Philipsburg-Osceola boys’ basketball team won its first home game in three years, beating Bald Eagle Area 84-76 on Wednesday.

“We finally put a game together, everyone from freshman to senior played well,” P-O coach Matt Curtis said. “It was just a great win for a program on the rise”

Mounties senior Payton Guelich was one of four players with a career-high night. Guelich scored 24 points, while Caleb Belinda and freshman Carson Jones scored 17 and 14 points, respectively.

P-O’s Marcus Wiser, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, recorded a triple-double, finishing with 14 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks.

Bald Eagle Area’s Trey Butterworth scored 40 points, including six 3-pointers.

“He took and made every single shot he put up,” Curtis said.

BEA will host Central, while P-O (2-12) will travel to Penns Valley on Friday.

This story was originally published January 20, 2016 at 11:02 PM with the headline "P-O boys’ basketball wins first home game in three years."

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