VANLUE —The Hardin Northern boys basketball team celebrated a victory for the first time in more than two years on Friday night. The Polar Bears rallied from an early deficit by outscoring Vanlue 38-25 over the middle two quarters before holding on over the final eight minutes for a 61-57 win in a non-league tilt.

BELLEFONTAINE — After getting outscored by Riverside 14-1 in the second quarter of Thursday night’s girls basketball contest, Benjamin Logan rebounded in the third, fighting back to within three points after a 16-4 stretch. But five quick points by the Pirates in the first 30 seconds of the fourth led to a 7-0 run, and a tiring Lady Raider squad was unable to keep pace, falling 52-43 in the non-league match-up.

ADA — It came two days late, but the Upper Scioto Valley girls basketball team gave head coach Travis Donnelly his Christmas gift on Thursday night. USV overcame an early nine-point deficit to pull away for a 44-35 victory over host Ada in the semifinals of the 2nd Border Battle Tournament, giving Donnelly and the Lady Rams their first win of the season.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team went ice cold in the second half and fell to Linfield (Ore.) 75-57 on the first day of the 9th annual D3hoops.com Classic on Thursday evening at the South Point Arena. The Polar Bears (3-8 overall) were led by senior All-American Ryan Bruns with 22 points and 9 rebounds, while the Wildcats (8-2 overall) were led by Dempsey Roggenbuck with 20 points.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Ohio Northern used a late 13-0 run to post a 65-57 women's basketball victory over Carthage (Wis.) on the first day of the D3hoops.com Classic on Thursday afternoon at the South Point Arena. The Polar Bears (7-4 overall) were led by Abby Weeks with 15 points, Emily Brock with 14 points and Alyssa Manley with 10 points.

VANLUE — Hardin Northern could not overcome an early deficit as the Polar Bears fell to Vanlue 37-32 in a non-league girls basketball game on Thursday night. The hosts jumped ahead 12-6 after eight minutes before Hardin Northern got within 18-14 at halftime and 25-21 after three quarters.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — With two of his teammates having missed two of their last six free throw attempts as the Riverdale boys basketball team trimmed the Wildcats’ lead to three points with 28 seconds remaining, North Union guard Connor Terrill knew he had to step up.

LONDON — The Ben Logan Lady Raiders defeated London 2,111-1,495 on Wednesday. Erica Warne rolled games of 184 and 189 for a 373 series to lead the Raiders.

Using a steady dose of the three-ball, the Kenton Lady Wildcats converted on three of them in the first quarter and trailed Bluffton by just a point. But in the second quarter of Saturday’s non-league girls basketball contest, Kenton went cold, hitting just two shots and getting outscored 16-4.

BELLEFONTAINE — Ben Logan led 24-2 after eight minutes and never looked back on the way to a 72-26 victory over Upper Scioto Valley in a non-league girls basketball game on Saturday. The Raiders, who improve to 6-3 on the season, extended their lead to 43-7 by halftime and 58-15 after three quarters on the way to the win.