You can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely the East Palestine Bulldogs's strategy against East Liverpool Christian on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that East Palestine blew East Liverpool Christian out of the water with a 72-35 final score. East Palestine pushed the score to 61-29 by the end of the third, a deficit East Liverpool Christian had no chance of recovering from.
It was another big night for Owen Jurjavicic, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. He has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Kyler Bourne was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.
The victory made it two in a row for East Palestine and bumps their season record up to 9-11. As for East Liverpool Christian, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-4.
East Palestine didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 75-43 victory vs. Southern on the 10th. East Liverpool Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
