Tyrone Defeats Mountain League Foe Bald Eagle 67-50

Tyrone Junior Dylan Thomas scored a game-high 25 points and splashed six triples to lead Tyrone to a solid victory over Bald Eagle.

Thomas and junior Parker Mitchell combined for 44 points to pace Tyrone’s high-powered offense. Jacob Meredith and Alex Weaver added 8 points each to help the Golden Eagles. Jordy Jones scored a team high 17 for Bald Eagle.

“We knew we had to slow down Jordy [Jones] and for the most part, I’d say we accomplished that.” added Meredith.

Tyrone controlled the game throughout, but Bald Eagle did a great job of hanging around for a better part of the game. In the fourth quarter however, Tyrone pulled away, outscoring Bald Eagle 19-12.

Tyrone moves to 7-3 with this win over Bald Eagle.

Tyrone’s upcoming schedule consists of Penns Valley, Phillipsburg, and Central.

TYRONE (67): Mitchell 7 4-7 19, Meredith 2 4-6 8, Weaver 3 2-5 8, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Thomas 9 1-2 25, Anderson 2 1-1 5, Ferguson 0 0-0 0, Kohler 0 0-0 0, Politza 0 0-0 0. Totals — 24 12-21 67.

BALD EAGLE AREA (50): Hildebrand 2 1-1 6, Jo. Jones 6 0-0 17, Barnhart 0 1-2 1, Dobbs 4 0-0 9, Ja. Jones 4 0-0 9, Roberts 1 1-2 3, Bucha 2 0-0 5. Totals — 19 3-5 50.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Tyrone    22 14 12 19 — 67

Bald Eagle Area    18 5 15 12 — 50

3-point goals: Tyrone 7 (Thomas 6, Mitchell); Bald Eagle Area 9 (Jo. Jones 5, Ja. Jones, Bucha, Dobbs, Hildebrand).

Records: Tyrone (7-3).

JV: Tyrone, 56-30. High scorers–Kohler, T, 14; Bucha, BEA, 9.