LISBON FALLS

Monday night’s score from Manchester Gym is one that some will see in black-and-white, accompanied by no details, and grumble that Maine high school basketball needs a shot clock.

Well, that wouldn’t have helped. A range finder like the one some golfers use, perhaps, but not a shot clock.

Lisbon and Telstar were a combined 27-for-140 from the field in a contest that was high-octane but low-impact. The Greyhounds escaped with a 39-27 Mountain Valley Conference boys’ victory that could have substantial late-season impact on the Class C West tournament bracket.

“It was one of those nights where neither team shot very well,” Lisbon coach Jake Gentle said. “You just have to look at it as a bad shooting performance. We hope that doesn’t happen, but I guess it’s a good thing that it happened to both teams or it would have been a more frustrating night for one of us.”

The one hot streak of the evening belonged to Lisbon (3-4), which ended the third quarter with an 11-0 run to grab a 36-23 lead that stood up with ease when both teams sank only one field goal in the fourth.

Johnny Yim drove to the basket twice in the final 38 seconds of the third stanza to punctuate that push. He finished with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Jonah Sautter nailed a 3- pointer to ignite the thirdquarter finishing kick. The freshman wound up with eight points for Lisbon, which won despite shooting only 22 percent from the field.

Telstar (2-5) hit 70 points in one previous game and topped 60 in two others, but the Rebels never recovered from a 1-for-20 first quarter and wound up at 16 percent overall.

Maverik Griffin led the Rebels with 11 points. Cameron Pike added eight points and eight rebounds.

Lisbon defensive rebounds outnumbered Telstar second chances by a 2-to-1 disparity thanks to the strength of Tyrese Joseph (16 rebounds, three blocked shots), Yim and Joe Philbrick (eight boards) underneath the basket.

Yim rained down two 3- pointers in a 53-second span late in the second quarter. Pike answered with a drive to get the Rebels within 19-12 at the half.

“It definitely helps when we get a couple of 3s,” Gentle said. “Johnny hit a couple, which really helped, because we were pretty stagnant in the first quarter.”

Griffin and Pike combined for 11 points in the third, capped by Pike’s long rebound and coast-to-coast drive to trim the deficit to 25-23 with 3:57 to go.