Girls’ Basketball
Windsor 51, Norwich 40
NORWICH – Norwich’s comeback effort in the fourth quarter was turned aside by Windsor and its stellar foul shooting.
Anne Buchert was 6-for-6 from behind the stripe in the fourth quarter, and the Black Knights made 10-for-12 over the final stanza.
Norwich trailed by 13 entering the fourth quarter, but twice sliced the lead to seven points, the last time coming on Tatyana Ithier’s layup with 47.8 seconds left to make it 47-40.
“We wanted to pressure the ball in the fourth quarter, and we weren’t worried about fouls,” said Norwich coach Krista Porter. “We did a good job in the last three minutes, but I guess we started too late.”
Windsor hurt Norwich on the offensive boards, while also forcing 17 turnovers. Buchert, Windsor’s leading scorer, had 19 points in the game – eight from the foul line. “We keyed on (Buchert) the whole game,” Porter said. “When you take a chance like that, sometimes you leave people open.”
Becca Griswold had three putback baskets after missed shots and finishe dwith 10 points for Windsor.
Elisha Eddy had nine points, seven rebounds, and four assists for Norwich (9-11). Adrienne Sharpe added nine points, and Hannah Runyon finished with eight points, six rebounds, and four assists.
Wind: Leigh Martino, 1 0-0-2; Amy Goetz, 1 0-0-3; Sonia Williams, 4 0-3-8; Jessica Bump, 0 4-4-4; Anne Buchert, 5 8-9-19; Becca Griswold, 5 0-0-10; Kelly Costello, 2 1-1-5; Beth Bankhead, 0; Erica Hauptfleisch, 0; Rachel Lamantia, 0. Totals: 18 13-17-51.
Norwich: Gabrielle Testani, 0; Michelle Testani, 2 0-2-6; Kanako Takuume, 0; Sarah Bonnell, 3 0-0-6; Bryn Loomis, 0 0-0-0; Molly Demellier, 0 0-0-0; Elisha Eddy, 3 3-7-9; Hannah Runyon, 3 2-2-8; Adrienne Sharpe, 4 1-3-9; Tatyana Ithier, 1 0-0-2 . Totals: 16 6-14-40 .
Win. 8 14 15 14–51
NHS 5 10 9 16–40
Fouled out: (N) Eddy. Three-point goals: (N) M. Testani 2, (W) Goetz, Buchert. JV: Windsor won 44-41. Officials: Szelkowski, O’Connor.
Oxford 26, Bainbridge-Guilford 23
OXFORD – Oxford is heading toward postseason play as one of the hottest teams in the Midstate Athletic Conference.
The Blackhawks defeated B-G for the first time in over three years, and finished a 5-0 run in return meetings against division opponents.
“We haven’t beaten B-G in a while, and from that standpoint it was a big win,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “We said early in the season that we didn’t want to be at our best around Christmas, but around Valentine’s Day.”
Kelli Whitehill made 2-of-4 foul shots in the last minute to wrap up the Blackhawks’ win, while also pushing Oxford over .500 (10-9) for the first time this season. Before the turn of the new year, Oxford sported a 2-6 record. “We’ve come a long way mentally, and we’re guarding who we’re supposed to guard,” Palmer said.
B-G’s Dani Conway, Chenango County’s leading scorer at over 20 points per game, finished with just five against the Blackhawks. Most of the game she was checked by Oxford senior Danielle Murphy, who is more than six inches shorter than Conway. “If they tried to post Conway up, we did a good job of double-teaming,” Palmer said.
B-G was limited to just one field goal in the first half – on a Chelsi Roaa putback – and had just six field goals for the game.
Alyshia Crawford scored 11 points and had six steals for Oxford. Haley Witchella grabbed 12 rebounds.
B-G: Randi Conway, 2 0-0-4; Chelsi Rosa, 1 4-4-6; Dani Conway, 2 1-2-5; Kimberly Hart, 2 0-0-4; Amber Bauerle, 0; Kimberly Brown, 1 0-2-2; Shania Vandermark, 0 2-4-2. Totals: 8 7-12-23.
Oxford: Alyshia Crawford, 4 3-4-11, Daisy Murphy, , Kelli Whitehill 0 2-4-2, Danielle Murphy, 2 0-0-4, Chantel Crandall, 1 1-6-3, Amanda Mathis, 0, Kim Shackleton 0, Haley Witchella, 3 0-7-6 Burdick, 0. Totals: 10 6-21-26 .
B-G 2 5 10 6–23
Oxf. 4 7 8 7–26
Three-point goals: none. JV: Oxford won 41-27.
Remsen 34, Otselic Valley 31
REMSEN – New York State Division II shot put champion, Rachel Roberts, had too much muscle for the Vikings in leading Remsen to a win Saturday.
Roberts scored 14 of her 23 points in an 18-6 third quarter to help open an eight-point lead. At the half, OV clung to a 15-11 lead.
“We tried to take the ball at (Roberts) and get her in foul trouble, and that didn’t work out,” said OV coach Ron Graham. “Roberts would turn, shoot, and go after the ball if she didn’t make it. We tried to box out, but she was too strong.”
Heather Eaton led OV (4-14) with 11 points.
OV: Taylor Monroe, 2 4-6-8; Bethany Lewis, 0; Angie Marshall, 0; Thorp, 1 0-0-2; Heather Eaton, 4 1-3-11; Bianca Kelly, 0; Bethany Mason, 0; Jessica Loomis, 0; Melinda Schutt, 2 0-0-4; Lizzy Brown, 0; Courtney Widger, 0; Bethany Rounds, 3 0-0-6. Totals: 12 5-9-31.
Remsen: Runniger, 0; Madson, 0; Corrigan, 1 1-2-4; A. Roberts, 1 0-1-2; Fox, 0; Rieden, 0 0-2-0; Robinson, 2 0-0-5; Rachel Roberts, 8 7-11-23. Totals: 12 8-14-34.
