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<p>YATESVILLE &#8212; Pittston Area had a chance.</p><p>Trailing most of the game, Chris Klein drilled a 3-pointer from the wing to trim the deficit back to nine points with four minutes left.</p><p>A little life jumped up on the Patriots&#8217; bench. But that&#8217;s the closest it got.</p><p>Holy Cross hit its free throws down the stretch to hold off the rally as the Crusaders left Yatesville with a 55-43 victory Monday night in a game that stretched nearly two hours and featured more than 40 fouls.</p><p>The loss drops Pittston to 1-1 on the year.</p><p>&#8220;We have struggled from the perimeter so far this season,&#8221; Pittston Area head coach Alan Kiesinger said. &#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that it turns around. We really needed a big one in that fourth quarter, and we didn&#8217;t come up with it.&#8221;</p><p>Every time the Patriots got close, the turnover bug bit them.</p><p>It hurt the most in the fourth quarter when Pittston was trying to mount a comeback and grab its first lead since the opening quarter when free throws by Mike Mazurkivich gave his team a 9-8 edge.</p><p>The team turned the basketball over 25 times in the game, and shot just 19 percent (4 of 21) in the final eight minutes.</p><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t win when you turn the basketball over that much,&#8221; Kiesinger said. &#8220;There is just no one on our schedule that we can beat if you turn it over 25 times.&#8221;</p><p>Yet, Pittston had a chance.</p><p>Klein hit two 3-pointers from almost the same spot on the court. Keemar Woodruff made a strong drive to the basket for the hoop and the foul. Just like that, the crowd was back into it, and Pittston trailed by just nine, 45-36, with 3:28 left.</p><p>But Holy Cross didn&#8217;t miss the charity stripe, hitting its last six free throws in the final minutes.</p><p>&#8220;We have some good underclassmen, especially our freshmen class,&#8221; Holy Cross head coach Al Callejas said. &#8220;You wonder at times. You see it in the summer, and you see some good things. But you don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going to happen when the lights go on at 8 p.m. in the season. I really thought they made some good things happen. Overall, it&#8217;s a nice win.&#8221;</p><p>Really, Callejas couldn&#8217;t have ask for a better start.</p><p>The Crusaders hit five of its first 10 shots, including 3-pointers from Matt Nelson and Pat Galvin to build a 13-9 lead after one.</p><p>It was a 15-3 run between the first and second quarters that boosted the Crusaders&#8217; lead to 23-12. Pittston rallied back as Matt McGlynn&#8217;s bucket in transition cut it back to 25-21 before Holy Cross&#8217; Malachi Phillips took a beautiful feed from Kieran Burrier before the halftime buzzer to give the team a six-point edge heading into the locker room.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud of our effort,&#8221; Callejas said. &#8220;Pittston Area has a nice team, and they want to push the ball. We are not necessarily that type of team. I&#8217;m not sure we have that depth. We push it when we thought we could, but I thought we made good decisions to get into that half-court offense. We settled down, and did the things that we did well.&#8221;</p><p>Holy Cross outscored Pittston, 10-7, in the third quarter to take a 37-28 lead into the final four minutes, and stretched it out to 41-28 before the Patriots mounted their last charge.</p><p>&#8220;You learn in every game. In a loss, hopefully, you learn a little bit more,&#8221; Kiesinger said. &#8220;This game is always a building block of our season, and we always seem to get better from playing them. They are so disciplined, and well-coached.&#8221;</p><p>Alex McAndrew finished two rebounds shy of a double-double with 12 points and eight rebounds, while Klein added 11 points.</p><p>HC&#8217;s Phillips led all scorers with 16 points.</p><p><strong>Wyoming Seminary 57, </strong></p><p><strong>Coughlin 35</strong></p><p>Dimitri Gnall tallied 23 points on nine field goals to propel the Blue Knights. Jeremy Callahan totaled 15 points.</p><p>Coughlin received 11 points from Dominique Flippen. Charles Cobb and Julius Morris added eight.</p><p><strong>Dallas 62, Lake-Lehman 23</strong></p><p>Joey Parsons scored 16 points to lead Dallas in the Black and Blue Rivalry Trophy game.</p><p>The Mountaineers used nine steals to open a 24-6 lead in the first quarter.</p><p>None of the starters played half the game for Dallas, which led 60-20 after three quarters.</p><p>Alex Charlton had 12 points. Jay Bittner added nine points, seven steals and five assists.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>H.S. BOYS BASKETBALL</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Holy Cross 55, Pittston Area 43</strong></p><p><strong>Holy Cross `13`14`10`18 &#8211; 55</strong></p><p><strong>Pittston Area `9`12`7`15 &#8211; 43</strong></p><p><strong>HOLY CROSS (55)</strong> &#8212; Matt Nelson 5 2-2 13, Pat Galvin 3 4-4 12, Tyler Mozeleski 1 5-6 8, Malachi Phillips 7 2-7 16, Tommy Montefour 1 0-2 2, Delcan Tokash 0 0-0 0, Caleb Callejas 1 0-0 2, Leahy O&#8217;Connor 0 0-0 0, Nick Ferraro 0 0-0 0, Kieran Burrier 1 0-0 2, Joe DeGrazia 0 0-0 0, Brendan Wilsch 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals</strong> <strong>19 13-21 55.</strong></p><p><strong>PITTSTON AREA (43)</strong> &#8212; Chris Klein 4 0-0 11, Matt McGlynn 2 0-0 4, Alex McAndrew 4 4-6 12, Mike Mazurkivich 1 2-3 12, Patrick Mitchell 0 3-4 3, Trevor Tigue 0 2-2 2, Naseem Guillaume 0 0-0 0, Kolton Zaffuto 0 0-0 0, Keemar Woodruff 2 0-1 4, Brennan Higgins 0 1-2 1, Jimmy Pliska 0 2-2 2, Joe DeLucca 0 0-0 0, Brian Miller 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals 13 14-20 43.</strong></p><p><strong><strong>Three-point goals</strong> &#8212; HC 4 (Galvin 2, Nelson, Mozeleski); PA 1 (Klein 3).</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Wyoming Seminary 57, Coughlin 35</strong></p><p><strong>COUGHLIN (35) &#8212;</strong> Thomas Davis 0 0-0 0, Charles Cobb 3 1-4 8, Anthony Hinkle 1 1-1 3, Marco Deluca 0 0-0 0, Dominique Flippen 5 1-2 11, Dylan Thomas 0 0-0 0, Aaron Bennett 0 0-0 0, Tony Egedio 0 0-0 0, Shawn Valenzuela 0 0-0 0, Nyseem Johnson 0 0-0 0, Julius Morris 4 0-0 8, Jesus Perdomo 0 0-0 0, Idris Hollis 1 3-4 5, Kimmeng Eab 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals 14 6-11 35.</strong></p><p><strong>WYOMING SEMINARY (57) &#8212;</strong> Tyler Maddock 1 0-0 3, Noah Munley 0 0-0 0, Dimitri Gnall 9 4-8 23, Nicolas Bufalino 0 0-0 0, Noah Hammerman 0 0-0 0, Ryan Anderson 0 0-0 0, Todd Phillips 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Callahan 4 4-4 15, Samir Singh 2 0-0 4, Alex Meuser 0 0-0 0, Johnny Kehl 2 1-2 5, Nicholas Ganter 3 1-2 7, Dan Paglia 0 0-0 0. <strong>Totals 21 10-16 57.</strong></p><p><strong>Coughlin`9`7`11`12`&#8212;`35</strong></p><p><strong>Wyoming Seminary`17`13`15`12`&#8212;`57</strong></p><p><strong>Three-point goals</strong> &#8212; COU 1 (Cobbs); SEM 5 (Callahan 3, Gnall, Maddock).</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Alex McAndrew, left, and Holy Cross&#8217; Kieran Burrier battle for a loose ball in non-conference boys basketball action Monday night in Yatesville. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Pittston Area&#8217;s Alex McAndrew, left, and Holy Cross&#8217; Kieran Burrier battle for a loose ball in non-conference boys basketball action Monday night in Yatesville. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Mike Mazurkivich gets the ball in the post against Holy Cross. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Pittston Area&#8217;s Mike Mazurkivich gets the ball in the post against Holy Cross. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Chris Klein shoots over Holy Cross defender Malachi Phillips. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Pittston Area&#8217;s Chris Klein shoots over Holy Cross defender Malachi Phillips. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Patrick Mitchell defends Holy Cross Kieran Burrier. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_4.jpg</photo3><caption3>Pittston Area&#8217;s Patrick Mitchell defends Holy Cross Kieran Burrier. </caption3><photoCredit3>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Keemar Woodruff brings the ball down the court. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_5.jpg</photo4><caption4>Pittston Area&#8217;s Keemar Woodruff brings the ball down the court. </caption4><photoCredit4>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_4CMYK.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Keemar Woodruff brings the ball down the court. Pittston Area&#8217;s Patrick Mitchell defends Holy Cross Kieran Burrier. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo5>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_4CMYK.jpg</photo5><caption5>Pittston Area&#8217;s Keemar Woodruff brings the ball down the court. Pittston Area&#8217;s Patrick Mitchell defends Holy Cross Kieran Burrier. </caption5><photoCredit5>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit5></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_5CMYK.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area's Keemar Woodruff, center, brings the ball down the court against Holy Cross in non-conference boys basketball action Monday night in Yatesville.   Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo6>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_TTL121316Pittston-HolyCrossBBB_5CMYK.jpg</photo6><caption6>Pittston Area's Keemar Woodruff, center, brings the ball down the court against Holy Cross in non-conference boys basketball action Monday night in Yatesville.   Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader</caption6><photoCredit6>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit6></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Fox</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-8297143 or on Twitter @tlsports</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Turnovers doom Pittston Area boys basketball in 55-46 loss to Holy Cross