CHEROKEE, Kan. — Southeast boys basketball surged out to a 20-13 lead after one quarter and managed to hold on for a 43-37 win in Three Rivers League play Thursday night against Uniontown.

The Lancers scored only single-digit points during each of the last three quarters after their hot start, as Uniontown took the air out of the ball and milked the 35-second shot clock almost every possession.

Southeast built a double-digit lead in the second quarter at 27-15 and even led by as much as 43-30 in the fourth after Solomon Scott knocked down his second trifecta of the night.

Uniontown scored the game’s last seven points.

On a night when seniors Blake Robinson and Garrett Burger produced a combined five points between them, Southeast junior Tyler Warner scored a game-high 21 points to help the Lancers stay unbeaten in league play. His old-fashioned three-point play with 4 minutes, 17 seconds remaining in the game extended the Lancers’ lead to 40-30.

Scott added six and Zayne Gabern five points.

Colter Powell led Uniontown with 17 points and freshman Brayden Russell added seven with a pair of 3-point baskets and one free throw.

The Lancers improved to 14-3 on the season and stay at the top of the Class 2A Northeast sub-state. They are idle until next Tuesday at Pleasanton.

Uniontown dropped to 11-5 overall.

UNIONTOWN (37) — Gaige Lape 5, Brayden Russell 7, Kole Harris 6, Colter Powell 17, Julius Rodriguez 2.

SOUTHEAST (43) — Zayne Gabern 5, Solomon Scott 6, TreySol Galindo 3, Tyler Warner 21, Blake Robinson 3, Tucker Sutton 3, Garrett Burger 2.

Uniontown 13 6 9 9 — 37

Southeast 20 8 9 6 — 43

3-point goals: Russell 2, Scott 2, Gabern, Galindo, Robinson.

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