Boys’ Basketball
Oxford 63, Unadilla Valley 40
NEW BERLIN – Oxford outplayed Unadilla Valley from the opening tap, and took some retribution back from last year’s MAC championship game loss to the Storm with a thoroughly dominating win Wednesday night.
“We came out and played great defense,” said Oxford coach Tim Davis. “My guys were really fired up.”
Few if any teams have shown such superiority over the Storm, and a 32-7 halftime lead for the unbeaten Blackhawks was the largest halftime deficit UV has experienced in head coach Matt Osborne’s tenure. “We didn’t come mentally or physically ready to play, and I don’t know why,” Osborne said. “Their defensive pressure took us totally out of our rhythm on offense, and our guys were too tenative to shoot the ball.”
Alex Champlin hit a three ball at the end of the first quarter for his first points, then proceeded to knock down 12 points in the second stanza on his way to a game-high 23 points. Scott Seiler had 12 points for the Blackhawks (7-0) and Jeff Champlin added 10 points to go with a career-best 16 rebounds.
Raffi Perry scored 12 for Unadilla Valley (5-2), who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Oxford plays Susquehanna Valley Saturday, Dec. 29 at 11:15 a.m. in the first round of the STOP DWI regional division.
Oxford: Cory Seiler, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Hubman, 3 0-0-6; Scott Seiler, 4 3-4-12; Nate Sortino, 0; Tom Gould, 1 0-2-2; Alex Champlin, 9 0-0-23; Jeff Champlin, 5 0-0-10; Robert Amor, 2 0-0-4; Ethan Paul, 0; James Loughren, 0; Hugh Witchella, 1 2-2-4. Totals: 26 5-8-63.
UV: Paul Smith, 1 0-0-2; Mason Wyman, 2 0-0-6; Raffi Perry, 5 0-0-12; Josh Wright, 2 0-0-6; Jay Lloyd, 0; Darin Garcia, 1 0-0-2; Matt Harrington, 0 2-2-2; Jake Curtis, 2 0-0-5; Jimmy Jachim, 1 0-0-3; Josh Thomsen, 1 0-0-2; William Sanders, 0. Totals: 15 2-2-40.
Oxf. 15 17 15 16–63
UVa. 2 5 17 16–40
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: JV: UV won 43-33. Officials: Ploutz, Cook.
Greene 71, Deposit 61
DEPOSIT – Greene coach Jeff Paske said his team didn’t play shut-down defense, but it did plenty of scoring to win for the fifth time in seven games.
“They kept hanging around and it some threes at key times to stay in the game,” Paske said. “We did a good job of making that extra pass, and everyone was contributing on the offensive end.”
Chris Engler scored 12 of his game-high 24 points in the third quarter to move the Trojans’ lead to double digits. Dan Carlin completed his best all-around game this season finishing with nine points, 11 rebounds, six assists, and five steals. Dustin Turner blocked a career-high seven shots to go with his eight points.
Greene: Mark Day, 3 0-0-6; Josh Fischer, 3 1-2-7; Dan Carlin, 3 3-4-9; Scott Gorton, 2 3-4-9; Chris Engler, 8 6-14-24; Ben Adams, 3 1-2-7; Booker Davis, 0 1-2-1; Dustin Turner, 3 2-3-8. Totals: 25 17-31-71.
Deposit: Corey Andresen, 3 1-2-7, Michael Mills, 9 0-0-21, Jordan Hathaway 5 4-12-14, Benjamin Winans, 4 2-2-11, Zachary Matthews 1 0-0-2, Babcock, 2 0-0-4; Christopher Reis 1 0-0-2. Totals: 25 7-16-61.
Gr. 20 19 20 12–71
Dep. 13 22 14 12–61
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (D) Mills 3, Winans, (G) Gorton 2, Engler 2. JV: Greene won. Officials: Stepanovsky, Augustini.
Unatego 52, B-G 33
BAINBRIDGE —B-G coach Ben Nelson summed up his team’s shooting performance succinctly Wednesday night. “We were 9-for-22 from the foul line, so you can just imagine how we were when someone was guarding us,” he said. “Our defense is not too bad, we just can’t put the ball in the basket.”
Kyle Falkenmeyer hit two three balls in the third quarter and finished with 15 points to lead Unatego.
Unatego: Erik Barber, 0, Kyle Falkenmeyer, 6 1-2-15, Jeff Fazio, 3 0-0-6, Will May, 3 0-2-6, Alex Hendrickson, 4 0-0-10, Chet Davis, 1 0-2-2, Kyle Ray, 5 1-4-11, Brown, 0; Travis Simmons, 0; Mike Simonds, 0; Phil Schaffer, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 23 2-10-52.
B-G: Greg Dicks, 1 0-0-2, Ben Roosa, 0; Travis Dickey, 2 3-8-7, Tim Feyerabend, 3 0-0-6, Dylan Whitaker, 1 0-0-2; Ricky Marjorum, 3 1-7-7, Chris McGinnis, 1 4-5-6, Justin Pepper, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 12 9-22-33.
Unat. 18 10 14 10–52
B-G 8 5 9 11–33
Fouled out: (BG) Feyerabend. Three-pointers: (U) Falkenmeyer 2, Hendrickson 2. JV: Unatego won 46-23. Officials: Wahila, J. Bennett.
Girls’ Basketball
Maine-Endwell 55, Norwich 30
NORWICH – Maine-Endwell went on a 17-5 run in the second half to pull away from Norwich Wednesday night.
The Tornado traded baskets and were within nine points midway through the third quarter. Taylor Kucharski kickstarted the Spartans’ offense hitting two three balls in the third quarter and scoring eight of her team-high 15 points. M-E also contained the Norwich offense forcing 23 turnovers overall. “We didn’t execute our offense well and we didn’t have too many high percentage shots in the third quarter,” said Norwich coach Krista Porter.
Michelle Testani had nine points for the Tornado (1-5), who host Chenango Valley Friday.
