Girls’ Basketball
S-E 58, Ilion 52 (OT)
ILION – More late-game heroics from S-E senior Karli Harris enabled the Marauders to escape with an overtime victory Tuesday night.
Ilion’s Sarah Alexander hit a free throw with 12 seconds left to give her club a 50-47 lead. S-E moved the ball over halfcourt before calling timeout. Harris inbounded the ball to Megan Record, who passed it back to Harris on the wing. Harris drained a deep three-pointer with four seconds remaining. It was the second time in 11 days that Harris hit a game-tying three-pointer to force overtime.
“Karli’s made some big shots for us, and those situations, she’s the one to take it,” said S-E coach Karen Mulligan.
In overtime, Record drove for a layup and Stacy Palmer put back an offensive rebound to establish command. Harris and Brenda Hoefler tacked on a pair of free throws.
Record finished with a season-high 19 points to go with eight rebounds and three steals. Bridget Irwin chipped in with 13 points, eight rebounds, and four steals, and Caitlynn Adams blocked five shots and had five steals.
S-E (6-2, 13-4) overcame an eight-point halftime deficit outscoring Ilion 15-5 in the third quarter. “I wasn’t happy with our defense in the first half, but our man-to-man was really good in the third quarter and we played better as a team offensively,” Mulligan said.
S-E: Shelbie Dye, 0; Kristi Irwin, 0; Brenda Hoefler, 3 2-4-8; Caitlynn Adams, 3 0-0-6; Bridget Irwin, 5 3-7-13; Samantha Crandall, 0 5-8-5; Megan Record, 7 5-7-19; Lea LoPresti, 0; Kristi Vibbard, 0; Karli Harris, 1 2-2-5; Stacy Palmer, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 20 17-28-58
Ilion: Leanne Evans, 2 0-2-5; Sarah Alexander, 2 6-7-10; Kristen Whittaker, 0; Stephanie Lachacz, 0 2-4-2; Kristina Wright, 2 2-2-7; Emily Woudenburg, 2 2-4-6; Adriana Carpenter, 9 2-7-20; Samantha Witt, 0 2-2-2. Totals: 17 16-28-52.
S-E 9 14 15 12 8–58
Ilion 17 14 5 14 2–52
Fouled out: (SE) Adams, B. Irwin, Record, (I) Alexander, Woudenburg, Carpenter. Three-point goals: (SE) Harris, () Wright, Evans. JV: Ilion won 40-29.
Norwich 67, Chenango Forks 53
CHENANGO FORKS – Hannah Runyon scored a varsity high of 18 points, and Elisha Eddy posted the Tornado’s first triple-double in recent memory with 14 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists.
“We came out and played a good first half and had balanced scoring,” said Norwich coach Krista Porter. “Tatyana Ithier did a good job pushing the ball up the floor and finding the right people on fast breaks.”
Sarah Bonnell, making her second start, contributed 13 points. Michelle Testani hit all three of her three-pointers in the first half and finished with 11 points. Molly DeMellier came off the bench to score a season-best eight points. Runyon also snagged 11 rebounds, while Ithier dished out six assists.
Norwich improved to 7-9 overall and hosts Johnson City Saturday afternoon.
Norwich: Gabrielle Testani, 0; Michelle Testani, 4 0-0-11; Kanako Takuume, 0; Sarah Bonnell, 6 0-0-13; Molly Demellier, 3 1-2-8; Elisha Eddy, 5 4-6-14; Hannah Runyon, 8 2-4-18; Tatyana Ithier, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 27 8-14-67.
CF: Michelle Staiger, 4 1-1-10; VanTassel, 1 0-0-2; Mikael Transue, 6 1-2-13; Raychel Shannon, 4 0-0-8; Silverio, 0 0-2-0; Ivan, 0 0-1-0; Guth, 3 2-4-8; Spencer, 3 0-0-9; Duvall, 1 0-0-2; Ward, 0 1-2-1. Totals: 22 5-12-53 .
NHS 21 16 18 12–67
CFk 10 10 16 17–53
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Testani 3, Bonnell, DeMellier, (CF) Spencer 3, Staiger. JV: Norwich won 50-37.
G-MU 26, Morris 19
MORRIS – The third meeting was indeed the charm for G-MU in the third installment of this year’s battles against Morris.
The Raiders received 12 points from Tanya Barnes, and held the Mustangs’ Kayla Card and Erica Anderson to four combined points.
“Card and Anderson burned us for over 20 points the first two times we played them, so holding them to four was huge,” said G-MU coach Jim Johnson. “We didn’t do anything special, we just worked hard for defensive position.”
Barnes had seven in the third quarter helping the Raiders (2-13) expand their lead to eight points.
G-MU plays at Otselic Valley Monday.
G-MU: Kirsten Gonzales, 0 1-2-1; Courtney Hillman, 0 3-5-3, Brianne Lambert, 2 3-5-7, Tanya Barnes, 5 0-0-12, Calli Hill 0 0-1-0, Marissa Finch, 0, Jen Pederson, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 8 8-15-26.
Morris: Kayla Card, 1 0-0-2; Erica Anderson, 0 2-2-2; Stacia Maricle, 1 0-0-2; Leah Clark, 1 0-0-2; Sabrina Hanson, 0 1-2-1; Alyssa Hite, 1 1-2-3; Krisssy Banks, 2 1-2-6; Emily Gregory, 0 1-2-1. Totals: 6 6-10-19.
GMU 7 4 10 5–26
Morr. 4 3 6 6 –19
