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Live from the Southeastern-Mechanicsburg game
9:06: Final: Southeastern wins 71-52.
Complete live blog on the jump.
8:57: Southeastern leads 61-50 with 2:20 left.
Austin Mercer’s layup and free throw, on an assist from Tyler Cooper, gives the Trojans a 64-50 lead. They have won eight of their nine games by double digits.
8:54: Reed Florence at the line for Southeastern with 3:57 mark. Trojans trying to add to a 58-50 lead. He hits it. 59-50.
8:50: A four-point swing. A layup by Burg rolls around the rim and out, and the Trojans get a quick basket on the other end. 55-58 at the 4:58 mark.
8:48: Southeastern leads 53-46 at the 5:45 mark. Kyle Bossetti’s layup at the 5:34 mark cuts the deficit to 53-48.
8:44: About to start the fourth. Trojans lead 51-41.
8:40: Trojans pulling away with a 51-39 lead at the 1:09 mark of the third. Jared Toops just scored on a jumper and a layup in a 12-second span, and the crowd roars, “Trojans! Trojans!”
Burg called a time-out. A win for Southeastern makes it 10-0, halfway to a perfect regular season with a big test coming up next week against Kenton Ridge.
8:33: Southeastern leads 40-35 at the 3:46 mark of the third quarter. The Trojans scored the first eight points of the quarter to lead 38-28 on a 3-pointer by Austin Mercer at the 6:00 mark.
But Burg isn’t going away.
8:22: At halftime, the Trojans lead 30-28. Tyler Cooper tied the score with 5.7 seconds left, but Kyle Bossetti was fouled with one second left to give Burg a 1-point on the first throw. But he missed the second free throw and Reed Florence nailed a 75-foot swish at the buzzer to give Southeastern the lead.
Bossetti has 13 for Mechanicsburg, while Cooper has 13 for the Trojans.
7:55 p.m.: The Trojans lead 13-12 after one quarter. Southeastern opened up a 5-0 lead to start the game, but the Indians changed to a 2-3 zone that gave the Trojans fits.
7:22 p.m.: This game will start in 10 minutes or so. The cold weather hasn’t stopped the Southeastern fans, here to root on the unbeaten and state-ranked Trojans.
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