Lackawanna Trail’s Matt Decker puts up a layup during the Lions’ 66-64 overtime victory over Susquehanna on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALICE STUFFLE

The Lackawanna Trail boys’ basketball team took a 66-64 victory over Susquehanna after it was dealt a 71-52 loss from Riverside at home on Thursday night.

Against Susquehanna, the teams battled back-and-forth through the first half with the Sabers outscoring the Lions, 20-8, in the first quarter and the Lions outscoring the Sabers, 16-15, in the second to make it 35-24 at halftime.

The teams came out after halftime and each scored 16 in the third quarter before Lackawanna Trail paced the Sabers 19-8 in the third to send the game into overtime where the Lions outscored Susquehanna 7-5 to take the win.

Dalton Mecke hit six three-pointers and scored 22 points while Matt Decker had a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds and Ross Fauquier had 11 points and six assists.

Susquehanna (1-1, 7-3) – C. Mallery 9 4-5 23, A. Tomczyk 9 0-0 21, J. Wheeler 4 0-0 9, B. Soden 3 0-0 6, D. Biegert 1 0-0 3, Z. Vaughn 1 0-0 2, M. Zappe 0 0-0 0, L. Falletta 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 4-5 64.

Lackawanna Trail (1-0, 3-6) – D. Mecke 7 2-4 22, M. Decker 8 2-3 18, R. Fauquier 2 7-9 11, D. Harris 4 1-4 9, J. Evancavich 1 2-4 5, A. Holmes 0 1-2 1, A. Hoffman 0 0-0 0, S. Scioscia 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 15-26 66.

Susq.  2015 16  8  5 – 64

Trail   8 16 16 19 7 – 66

3-point goals: A. Tomczyk (SUS) 3, D. Biegert (SUS), J. Wheeler (SUS), C. Mallery (SUS), D. Mecke (LT) 6, J. Evancavich (LT). JV: Susquehanna, 35-22 (LT: Evancavich 10, SUS: Faletta 14).

Riverside game

The Lions fell behind early as Riverside paced them 21-11 in the first quarter, and 17-9 in the second to trail 38-20 at halftime.

In the second half, the Lions led Riverside 16-15 before Riverside capped the win with an 18-16 fourth quarter.

Lackawanna Trail was led by Ross Fauquier’s 15 points while Dalton Mecke chipped in 14 and Matt Decker added 11.

Riverside (7-2) - J. Vishnesky 13 1-5 29, C. Mailen 7 2-2 17, N. Munley 5 2-2 15, R. Kincel 3 0-0 6, N. Dranchak 2 0-0 4, J. Plisko 0 0-0 0, A. Panek 0 0-0 0, M. Spinelli 0 0-0 0, M. Borowski 0 0-0 0, A. Leasure 0 0-0 0, J. Austin 0 0-0 0, W. Davies 0 0-0 0, D. Cintron 0 0-0 0, R. Roberts 0 0-0 0, K. Tompkins 0 0-0 0. Totals: 30 5-9 71.

Lackawanna Trail (2-6) - R. Fauquier 6 1-4 15, D. Mecke 5 2-3 14, M. Decker 4 3-5 11, A. Holmes 1 3-5 5, J. Evancavich 1 1-4 4, S. Scioscia 1 0-0 2, A. Hoffman 0 1-2 1, M. North 0 0-0 0, J. Hannon 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 11-23 52.

Riv,  21 17 15 18 – 71

LT    11   9 16 16 – 52

3-point goals: N. Munley (RIV) 3, J. Vishnesky (RIV) 2, C. Mailen (RIV), D. Mecke (LT) 2, R. Fauquier (LT) 2, J. Evancavich (LT).