Boys basketball: Jonathan Law defeats Xavier High

Jonathan Law held Xavier High to seven points in the middle two periods when the Lawmen defeated the Falcons, 40-36, in Middletown on Tuesday.

Coach Jamie Anderson’s Lawmen are now 11-0. Xavier is 6-6.

Law trailed 14-8 after one quarter, but used a 10-1 advantage in the second to take an 18-15 lead into the half.

Law won the third period, 6-5 and the SCC rivals played the final frame even.

Diontae Eady had 17 points and Antonio Brown eight.

Marcus Williams led Xavier with nine points.

Law (11-0)

Zane Birks 2 2-6, 6  Tyler McKenna-Hansen 2 0-0, 4  Antonio Brown 4 0-3, 8 Diontae Eady 7 1-2, 17  Jon Vitale 0 0-0, 0 Brian Felag 0 0-0, 0 Noah Tutlis 2 0-0, 5

Totals: 17 3-11 40

Xavier (6-6)

Marcus Williams 4 1-3, 9  K.J. Grisham 3 0-0, 7 Nick DeBrizzi 0 1-2, 1  Stephen Kohs 3 0-0, 8 Andrew Brown 3 0-6, 6 Aidan Kaufman 2 0-0, 5

Totals: 13 2-11 36

3-pointers: L—Eady 2, N. Tutlis 1; X—Grisham 1, Kohs 2