But as the game wore on, the Pirates — who were idle the night before because their game against Waverly was postponed — were able to wear down Green and end up with a 68-49 win.
"The biggest thing was the shooting, we didn't shoot well from the floor," Wheelersburg coach Tom Barrick said.
The one player for the Pirates who did shoot well was Andy Stegman. The senior led all scorers with 33 points.
"Obviously it was nice for him but we need a better scoring balance for us to be successful on a consistent basis," Barrick said.
After winning Friday night 51-38 at New Boston, Pat Pierce was one of three Green players in double-figures. He led the Bobcats with 18 points while Cody Bruce put in 11 and T. J. McCloud chipped in with 10 points.
The Waverly-Wheelersburg game that was postponed Friday will be played tonight. The Pirates then travel Thursday to Portsmouth for a battle with the Trojans before the Christmas break.
"When you look for games right now heading into Christmas, we want to see how tough we are mentally," Barrick said.
Green 16 7 13 13 — 49
Wheelersburg 17 19 12 20 — 68
Green — Hughes 3 1 8, Pierce 6 3 18, Bruce 2 7 11, Crace 1 0 2, McCloud 2 5 10, Totals 14 16 49.
Wheelersburg — McBee 2 3 7, Schankweiler 3 1 7, Ballard 5 0 11, Massie 2 0 6, Stegman 13 7 33, Miller 0 2 2, Slone 1 0 2, Totals 26 13 68.
3-Pointers — Green 5 (Pierce 3, Hughes, McCloud); Wheelersburg 3 (Massie 2, Ballard).
Records — Green 2-2; Wheelersburg 3-0
Oak Hill 65, West 46
Although they were able to cut the third quarter deficit to six, the West Senators were not able to hang on Saturday night as they dropped a 65-46 SOC II game to host Oak Hill.
"Their size was just a problem for us to handle defensively," Senators coach Travis Bradford said.
Even though the loss puts West at 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the league, Bradford does have optimism.
"We're more competitive than what we had last year at this time," Bradford said. "...We're not to where we want to be but we're getting there."
Zach Bolton led the Senators with 15 points while Adam Bricker added seven and nine rebounds for West.
The Senators travel tonight to West Union and play Thursday night at home against Ironton St. Joe. In this next stretch of games, Bradford will be looking for more consistent shooting and also more game experience from underclassmen as most of the games after the new year will come against league foes.
West 12 11 14 9 — 46
Oak Hill 13 21 16 15 — 65
West — Journey 2 0 4, Ratliff 2 1 5, Auger 2 1 5, Z. Bolton 5 2 15, Bricker 3 1 7, Bailey 1 0 2, Travis 2 4 8, Totals 16 9 46.
Oak Hill — Cannon 7 0 14, Stiltner 4 2 10, Slone 5 1 11, Gaines 6 0 12, Hammons 1 0 2, Brown 5 1 11, Kyser 2 1 5, Totals 30 5 65.
3-Pointers — West 3 (Z. Bolton 3); Oak Hill None.
Records — West 2-3 (0-2); Oak Hill 4-0 (2-0).
Eastern 61,
Notre Dame 54
Free-throws were critical in Saturday night's game between Eastern Pike and host Notre Dame.
The host Titans just couldn't hit enough as they dropped a 61-54 decision to the Eagles.
Eastern went 13 of 26 from the foul line while the Notre Dame shot 10-for-22 from the charity stripe.
Notre Dame's Tyler Noel was the game-high scorer with 18 points and seven rebounds in the loss.
Four Eagles were in double-figures as Chad Lands and Dakota Hawks each had 15 points to pace Eastern to the win. Jordan Thornsberry put in 14 and Caleb Watkins added 11.
The Titans return to action tonight as they travel to South Webster. It will be the final game for the team before the calendar changes to 2011.
Eastern 21 9 9 22 — 61
Notre Dame 12 15 14 13 — 54
Eastern — Watkins 5 0 11, Hawks 6 3 15, Lands 5 2 15, Thornsberry 4 6 14, Pickett 1 1 3, Satterfield 0 1 1, Lykins 1 0 2, Totals 22 13 61.
Notre Dame — Lewis 3 2 9, Hannah 1 2 4, Noel 7 4 18, Glockner 2 0 4, July 2 0 4, Mader 1 1 3, Pierron 5 1 12, Totals 21 10 54.
3-Pointers — Eastern 4 (Lands 3, Watkins); Notre Dame 2 (Lewis, Pierron).
Record — Notre Dame 1-3 (0-2).
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