G-MU knocks off state-ranked CV

Girls’ Basketball

G-MU 39, Charlotte Valley 37

ONEONTA – G-MU will get a third meeting in two weeks with Morris after knocking off the 12th-ranked Class D team in the state Thursday in the Morris Boosters Tournament at SUNY Oneonta.

Brittney Rudnitsky’s three ball with under a minute left tied the game for G-MU, and following a defensive stop, Dani Conway fed Kayla Armstrong on a layup for a brief 37-35 lead.

Miranda Zimmerman’s putback of an offensive rebound tied the game giving G-MU the ball with 20 seconds left. Conway drew a foul under the basket and hit two free throws for the win. Conway finished with 18 points. “It was a good win for us, and maybe they haven’t seen our level of competition so far this season,” said G-MU coach Jim Johnson. “They were state-ranked and we were able to beat them, so we’re pretty happy about that.”

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The Raiders face Morris Saturday at 7 p.m.

G-MU: Sam Moreno 0, Ashlea Osborne 2 0-0-5, Cass Calamia, 0 Brittney Peet 2 0-0-4 , Danielle Conway 6 6-6-18, Sam Brooks 0, Sierra French 0, Kayla Armstrong 1 0-0-2, Brittney Rudnitsky 3 0-0-8, Terra Moore 0 2-2-2. Totals: 14 8-8-39.

CV: Nicole Frank, 1 0-0-2; Miranda Zimmerman, 8 1-2-17;Shaylon McCracken, 0; Katie Moore, 0; Linda Steiber, 0; Samantha Meyerhoff, 6 3-4-15; Chelsea Haight, 1 1--2-3; amanda Toombes, 0. Totals: 16 5-8-37.

GMU 4 20 4 11–39

CVa. 6 8 11 12–37

Fouled out: none. Team fouls: (G) 9, (CV) Three-point goals: (G) Rudnitsky 2, Osborne 1. Officials: Chilion, Porter.

Cooperstown 59, S-E 57

COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown’s Kaitlin Cring made 4-of-4 foul shot attempts in the final minute to hold off the Marauders and send them to their second two-point defeat of the season.

S-E fought back from a nine-point deficit to tie the game twice in the fourth quarter, but hurt its chances at rallying for the win missing two front ends of one-and-one foul shots. “We outplayed them and outrebounded them, but we didn’t make enough shots,” said S-E coach Jeff Barry, whose club finished with a 28 percent shooting percentage.

Erin Dowdall led S-E (4-3) with 16 points, Adrienne Cross added 12, and Danielle Green had her most complete game of the season scoring a season-high 12 points to go with 10 rebounds, seven assists, and six steals.