Photo by Mark Evans Warren point guard Leihden Wotorson drives baseline in the Dragons’ 74-52 cross-district win over Brookville on Saturday at Warren Area High School.

Warren’s boys basketball team grabbed its 10th win in 11 games with a 74-52 cross-district win over Brookville on Saturday at Warren Area High School.

After a blip a week prior with a Saturday loss at DuBois, the Dragons won their third of the week despite an intense Region 5 game on Friday night at Fort LeBoeuf.

Brookville cut Warren’s lead to 38-34 in the third quarter on Saturday before the Dragons went on an 11-0 run and never looked back.

Lucas Thrift scored 14 points in Warren’s 35-29 first half, and 11 in the Dragons’ 22-11 fourth quarter to make it a rout.

Thrift finished with 27 points and teammate Logan Crissey added 20 in the win.

“I thought we came out of the locker room at halftime ready to go,” said Warren coach Jeff Berdine, whose Dragons are 11-3 overall. “We proceeded to take control of the game in the first couple minutes. Our transition game really ramped up and we were able to push the difference into the twenties. Every time they made a run at us, we answered. We got great minutes in this game from Allen (Eaton), Tage (Wyman) and Landon (Wood) due to foul trouble.”

While its defense led to transition baskets, Warren also took care of the ball on Saturday.

“We had 10 total turnovers,” said Berdine. “That’s the number we always want to be around if we think we’re going to have a chance to win.

“Three-game weeks are a grind on everyone — coaches and players alike,” added Berdine, “so to be able to go 3-0 against three quality opponents was a great week, and we celebrated with some donuts.”

Thrift added 6 rebounds and Grady Corey 5 in the win. Chase Sitler also had double-digits in points with 10 and added five assists. Leihden Wotorson contributed 7 points and four assists, Eaton 5 points, and Wood and Wyman added fourth-quarter free throws.

Brookville is 9-4 overall.

Wood had 17 points, Bradey Chase 11 and Kahle Kuzminski 8 in Warren’s 49-39 junior varsity win earlier on Saturday.

BROOKVILLE (52)

Lucas 3 0 6, Taylor 1 0 2, Marrara 0 3 3, Burkett 0, Miller 0, Haines 6 6 21, Burton 4 2 13, Jo.Semeyn 3 0 7, Ja.Semeyn 0, Mackins 0. Totals 17 12-25 52.

WARREN (74)

Thrift 10 3 27, Sitler 5 0 10, Wotorson 3 0 7, Crissey 8 0 20, Chase 0, Fiscus 0, Huffman 0, Eaton 2 1 5, Wood 0 1 1, Wyman 0 1 1, Corey 1 1 3. Totals 29 7-16 74.

3-point goals–Thrift 4, Wotorson, Crissey 4, Haines 3, Burton 3, JoSemeyn.

Brookville 12 17 12 11 — 52

Warren 20 16 16 22 — 74