Tyrone earned a huge win over a tough Johnstown team that they could potentially face in the playoffs again.

This game bumped Tyrone to the two-seed for the District 6 4A playoffs.

Tyrone was without senior Landon DeHaas for the evening, but the Eagles picked up the slack with a trio of players in double digits, led by Cortlynd Rhoades with 17, Keegan Gwinn with 14, and Ross Gampe adding 10.

Tyrone started the game strong, jumping to a 16-9 lead over the Trojans. The second quarter consisted of a lot of back and forth action, giving Tyrone a 7 point lead going into the half.

At the start of the second half, Johnstown came out hot and hit back-to-back three-pointers to cut Tyrone’s lead to one.

The game remained close for the remainder of the quarter until Tyrone went on an 8-0 run at the end of the third quarter.

Tyrone kept their lead through the 4th quarter and came out with a 64-54 victory.

The Tyrone JV also won, 50-46.

BOX SCORE

JOHNSTOWN (54): J. Collins 3 0-0 7, N. Collins 9 5-5 28, Reed 1 0-0 3, Stalworth 3 2-5 8, Malcolm 3 0-5 6, Smith 1 0-0 2, Thomas 0 0-0 0, Porath 0 0-0 0, Dixon 0 0-0 0. Totals — 20 7-15 54.

TYRONE (64): Lang 3 0-0 9, Rhoades 5 7-11 17, Gampe 4 2-3 10, LeGars 3 0-0 7, Gwinn 7 0-0 14, Johnson 3 1-2 7, Walk 0 0-0 0. Totals — 25 10-16 64.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Johnstown 9 12 14 19 — 54
Tyrone 16 12 15 21 — 64

3-point goals: Johnstown 7 (N. Collins 5, J. Collins, Reed); Tyrone 4 (Lang 3, LeGars).

Records: Johnstown (6-11); Tyrone (14-5)

JV: Tyrone, 50-46. High scorers–Toney, J, 15; Walk, T, 21.