Girls’ Basketball
Norwich 59, Whitney Point 38
NORWICH – Norwich held Whitney Point scoreless over an 8-minute, 45-second stretch of the first half to take control of Monday’s non-divisional game at Norwich High School.
Whitney Point’s Kelsey Ticknor hit a set shot from 15 feet with 3:48 left in the first quarter to cut Norwich’s lead to 7-6. Hannah Runyon’s basket in the paint started a 14-0 spurt that pushed the lead to 15 points. Runyon and Adrienne Sharpe had a four points apiece, and five different Tornado players scored during the salvo.
Norwich extended the lead to 28-11 at halftime with Sharpe scoring nine of her team-high 11 points. Sharpe added 10 rebounds, Runyon 10 points, while Tatyana Ithier and Michelle Testani scored nine apiece. Elisha Eddy and Bryn Loomis added balance splitting 16 points down the middle.
“We shot the ball better tonight and had balanced scoring,” said Norwich coach Krista Porter, whose club improved to 8-10 overall. “When the shots go in, it makes the game a lot easier.”
Eddy added nine rebounds, Ithier dished out a team-high six assists, and Loomis led with three steals.
Norwich hosts Windsor Friday with a tentative 5:30 p.m. junior varsity start.
WP: Karli Theleman, 1 1-4-3 Makay Ross, 1 0-2-3; Chevee Hodges, 0; Shenna Driscoll, 1 0-1-2; Alicia Ford, 2 0-0-4; Bethany Atwood, 1 0-0-3; Ashley Keep, 1 0-0-2; Kelsey Ticknor, 6 7-8-19; Jessica Donnelly, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 14 8-15-38
Norwich: Gabrielle Testani, 0 0-0-0; Michelle Testani, 3 2-2-9; Kanako Takuume, 0 0-0-0; Sarah Bonnell, 0 0-0-0; Molly Demellier, 1 2-2-4; Elisha Eddy, 3 2-3-8; Hannah Runyon, 4 2-2-10; Adrienne Sharpe, 5 1-2-11; Tatyana Ithier, 3 3-4-9. Totals: 22 12-15-59.
WPt. 6 5 14 13–38
Norw. 13 15 10 21–59
Fouled out: none. Team fouls: (N) 18, (WP) 18. Three-point goals: (N) Loomis 2, M. Testani. (WP) Ross, Atwood. JV: not played. Officials: Miller, Jenson.
G-MU 44, Otselic Valley 33
OTSELIC – G-MU broke away from an 18-18 halftime score with a 16-7 third quarter to defeat the Vikings on Monday.
Tanya Barnes scored eight in the quarter and finished with a game-high 22 points. Brianne Lambert added 11 points for the Raiders, who won their second straight game and third this season. “They played man on man the whole game,” said OV coach Ron Graham. “Sometimes we did well, and other times – like the third quarter – we didn’t.”
Heather Eaton kept the Vikings in the hunt scoring 17 points, 12 of those coming on three-pointers.
OV wraps up its season Friday at Remsen.
G-MU: Smith, 0; Kirsten Gonzales, 1 0-0-3, Courtney Hillman, 1 0-2-2, Brianne Lambert, 5 1-9-11, Tanya Barnes, 7 6-8-22, Calli Hill 1 0-0-3, Marissa Finch, 1 0-2-2, Jenn Pederson, 0 1-4-1. Totals: 16 8-25-44.
OV: Taylor Monroe, 2 1-5-5; Thorp, 0; Bethany Lewis, 0; Angie Marshall, 0; Heather Eaton, 6 1-4-17; Bianca Kelly, 0 0-2-0; Bethany Mason, 0; Jessica Loomis, 0; Melinda Schutt, 3 1-2-7; Lizzy Brown, 1 0-0-2; Courtney Widger, 0; Bethany Rounds, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 13 3-13-33.
GMU 9 9 16 10–44
OVa. 7 11 7 8–33
Fouled out: (OV) Rounds. Three-point goals: (G) Barnes 2, Gonzalez, Hill. (OV) Eaton 4, Officials: Wagner, Schlafer.
Corning West 46, B-G 43
CORNING – Corning West eked out a three-point non-league victory over the Bobcats Monday night. A box score will appear in tomorrow’s Evening Sun.
Boys’ Basketball
S-E 69, Sauquoit Valley 51
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville (6-13) avenged a three-point overtime loss to Sauquoit Valley with a convincing win on senior recognition night.
All five S-E seniors started the game, and that quintet had the host team on the front end of a 21-15 score at the first turn.
“I let them (the seniors) play the whole first quarter, and they scored all 21 points for us,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “That was nice for them. They came out and took the ball to the basket.”
Caleb Brown scored 11 in the opening quarter, Ryan Collins had six, and Phil Price all of his four points.
Collins added seven more by halftime, and tacked on five in the third to finish with 18 points. Brown had 15, and senior Cody Schraft 13.
“We definitely want to finish this season strong,” Vibbard said, who noted that if his team wins Friday at Ilion, the Marauders will enter the Section III postseason tournament. “We’ve lost seven games that came down to the last two possessions. We just need to keep winning and see what happens.”
SV: Nick Critelli, 2 0-0-5; Jason Bentley, 3 0-0-9; Mason Olmstead, 3 3-6-10; Ryan Critelli, 2 0-0-4; Ted Kondziclawa, 3 0-0-6; Josh Jirecki, 2 2-2-6; Alex Schultz, 0 1-2-1; David Evans, 4 2-8-10; Matt Lee, 0. Totals: 19 8-18-51.
S-E: Brett Nelson, 3 1-2-7; Caleb Brown, 5 2-2-15; Ethan Johnson, 0; Andrew Parks, 1 0--0-2; Branden McDaniel, 3 0-0-6; Sean Boise, 2 0-0-4; Phil Price, 2 0-0-4 ; Ryan Collins, 8 2-3-18; Cody Schraft, 6 0-0-13. Totals: 30 5-7-69 .
SV 15 14 12 10–51
S-E 21 19 15 14–69
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Schraft, Brown 3, ((SV) Bentley 3, Olmstead, N. Critelli. JV: S-E won 71-46. Officials: Stepanovsky, Ferraresse.
Otselic Valley 66, Edmeston 59
EDMESTON – Otselic Valley knocked off a red-hot Edmeston club Monday in a non-league matchup.
The Panthers, who had won seven straight including a win over Tri-Valley League division leader Laurens, jumped on top 9-0 in the first quarter.
The Vikings bounced back and cut the tally to 32-31 at halftime. OV gained tenuous control of the game in the third period, and survived 8-for-26 foul shooting as well.
