It was a close call, but the Dugway boys basketball team prevailed in overtime against Manila Saturday night in Dugway to run its record to 9-0 on the season.

Jackson Jones hit a fade-away jumper with six seconds left in overtime to give the Mustangs a 52-50 victory over the visitors.

Dugway led by three with only three seconds in regulation when Manila canned a three-point shot to send the game into overtime.

"I think they (Manila) were our toughest opponent so far -- just a notch above ICS and Westridge Academy. They're a lot like us. They're small but are quick and have a lot of good shooters," said Dugway coach George Bruce.

In its previous two games Dugway started slowly, but on Saturday the Mustangs opened up a five-point lead 13-8 after one quarter. Manila looked sharp in the second quarter outscoring the Mustangs 19-8 to take a 27-21 lead at intermission

Dugway could only muster 10-of-21 from the foul line while the visitors hit 12-of-18.

"We're not shooting very well from the line this year, it is our Achilles Heal," the coach said.

Field goal shooting has also taken a dip for the Mustangs in recent games. After shooting near 50 percent for most of the season, Dugway's shooting has dipped below 40 percent the last three games.

"We missed a lot of shots inside the paint against Manila," Bruce said.

Fortunately, junior Zach James has been cleaning the glass offensively for the Mustangs and scoring baskets underneath.

"James has been strong on the boards. He's scoring but it's not by design; he's getting a lot of garbage shots underneath," the coach said.

James led Dugway the last two games in scoring with 20 points against Manila and 15 against Tooele's freshmen on Friday night.

Against Manila, point guard Morgan Kartchner scored 14, Preston Edwards added 8 and Jones contributed 6.

Dugway 59,

Tooele Freshmen 34

The Mustangs tuned up for the Manila game on Friday with a game against the Tooele freshmen on Friday night.

The freshmen were able to hang with the Mustangs for one quarter with the game tied 12-12, but were outscored 47-22 in the final three quarters.

"We didn't play well and if Tooele would have brought its sophomores we might have been in trouble," Bruce said. Some scheduling conflicts forced Tooele to send its freshmen team instead of the sophomores.

Three-point shots from Tooele's Cory McKendrick and Jarom Stuart kept the Buffs in the game early on. But nine second-quarter points from Dugway's James helped Dugway jump out to a 27-21 lead at intermission.

Dugway put it away in the third quarter outscoring Tooele 20-4. Edwards scored seven points in the quarter.

Dugway plays tonight at West Wendover.

Mark Watson: mwatson@tooeletranscript.com