Salisbury's offensive output has been the same all season, a balanced attack that includes a variety of scoring options on the court.

Last week's Colonial League matchup against Northern Lehigh was no different. This time, it was the Falcons' guard play that led the way.

Dylan Belletiere and Dasheen Reid combined for 25 points to lead the Falcons to a 55-36 victory over Northern Lehigh last Tuesday at Salisbury High School. Two days later, the Falcons improved to 4-0 in the conference after Bryce Fairclough's 14 points led Salisbury to a 52-49 win against Wilson.

"Our starting five, and even all of the kids that come off the bench, we are all threats," Belletiere said. "That really creates a problem for the other teams. They don't have to focus on one player, but more so everyone because we are all threats on the floor."

"There is balance here," head coach Jason Weaver said. "There is a lot of athleticism, too, which allows us to do some pressing. The potential is here."

The Falcons' only loss of the season came on Saturday against Pottsville, 58-32.

"I just told those guys that we have to stay hungry and keep getting better because we didn't play our best tonight," Weaver said after the Northern Lehigh game. "Obviously it was good enough tonight to get a win, but we have to keep improving."

The Falcons held a comfortable 33-21 lead at halftime against the Bulldogs. But in the opening minutes of the third quarter, Northern Lehigh had found its way back in it.

David Shupp began the third by notching his first field goal to make it a 10-point game. Joe Egan, who finished with 11 points, scored to cut Salisbury's lead to 33-25.

The Bulldogs were within eight points with 2:57 to play in the third after Aaron Hofmann set up Tyshawn Golden for two of his team-high 14 points. However, every time the Bulldogs would cut it to single digits, the Falcons wasted little time in pushing it back to a double-digit advantage.

Fairclough closed out the third period with back-to-back field goals, and when the fourth began with a 41-29 advantage, Chad Cooperman helped put the game out of reach. Brendan Reichenbach set up Cooperman for 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions 41 seconds apart to give Salisbury a 48-31 lead.

"That's what he's in the game for," Weaver said. "That was a great play. We ran it down, and Brendan kicked it to him, his feet were set, and he hit that 3. Then we ran it back to him again for another 3 at the top. That's his strength. That's why he's in the game."

Northern Lehigh opened the game with the first basket, but it was all Salisbury from that point on. Belletiere scored eight of his 13 in the first period to push the Falcons' lead to 15-9 after eight minutes.

Reid then took over in the second quarter, scoring nine of Salisbury's 18 to push the Falcons in front 33-21 at the break.

"We understand that we can't come out soft," Belletiere said. "We really have to jump to a big lead in the beginning because that helps us throughout the rest of the game. With that mentality, we just keep playing hard, and aggressive defense will lead to easy baskets."

Cooperman finished with nine points (all 3-pointers), while Tevon Weber recorded six points and 12 rebounds.

Results from Monday's game against Palmerton were not available at time of press. Salisbury holds its annual tournament on Saturday against Lincoln Leadership Academy at 7:30 p.m.