Girls’ Basketball
Sherburne-Earlville 51, Ilion 45
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville weathered Ilion’s fourth-quarter comeback attempt to win its sixth straight game on Monday night.
The Bombers trailed S-E (6-1) 40-25 to start the fourth quarter. A pair of three balls by Christina Wright sparked the rally, and Amanda Alexander’s layup with 50.8 seconds left closed the gap to 47-45.
The Marauders’ Bridget Irwin hit a 15-foot shot that hit the back of the rim, bounced high, and swished through to answer Alexander’s bucket. Irwin then corralled a defensive rebound on the other end. Irwin was fouled and promptly canned two free throws to ice the game.
“I don’t think we were as patient as we needed to be on offense in the fourth quarter,” said S-E coach Karen Mulligan. “And they were able to beat our defense down the floor a couple of times.”
Caitlynn Adams scored 20 points, Irwin bucketed 17, and Kristi Vibbard 10 to account for all but four of the Marauders’ points.
Adams scored 16 of her points through the first three quarters, and added nine rebounds, seven steals, and four assists. Irwin had her sixth straight double-double pulling down 10 boards, while picking up four steals and four assists.
“We made the plays we needed to make, especially in the fourth quarter to withstand their run,” Mulligan said.
Ilion: Marissa Maldonado, 0, Amanda Alexander, 3 00-6, Sarah Alexander, 7 2-8-18, Jess Boulia, 0; Sarah Edwards, 5 0-0-10, Christina Wright, 4 0-0-10, Abby Coffin, 0 1-2-1; Millar, 0; J. Cobb, 0. Totals: 19 3-10-45..
S-E: Briana Vibbard, 0; Kristi Irwin, 1 0-1-2; Caitlynn Adams, 8 2-3-20; Bridget Irwin, 6 5-7-17; Courtney Jasper, 0; Nicole Carpenter, 0; Kristi Vibbard, 4 1-1-10; Liz Farrow, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 20 8-12-51.
Il. 7 5 13 20–45
S-E 13 11 16 11–51
Fouled out: (I) Edwards. Three-point goals: (I) S. Alexander 2, Wright 2. (SE) Adams 2, K. Vibbard. JV: S-E won 32-29. Officials: Kroh, Ciotou.
Walton 30, Greene 29
GREENE – Walton dealt Greene a first-round tournament loss at Greene Holiday Classic Monday night.
The Trojans had their poorest shooting night of the season including 1-for-13 from the field in the second quarter.
Devin Kaminsky led Walton with nine points, while Liz Wentlent had seven points and eight rebounds for Greene. The Trojans meet Sus Valley at 6 p.m. tonight in the tourney’s consolation game.
The box score was not available at press time.
Boys’ Basketball
G-MU 46, Deposit 40
COPES CORNERS – G-MU had its best offensive half of the season erasing a four-point halftime deficit with an 18-7 third quarter in a non-league win Monday over Deposit.
The Raiders were able to find seams in the Lumberjacks’ zone scoring 33 of their points over the final two quarters. “We had much better ball distribution tonight,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman. “We were played the ball through the post, and good things happened.”
Jon Scofield, the Raiders’ main inside presence, finished with 15 points, many of those coming via textbook entry passes from freshman Eddie Ray Cotton. Alex Schmidt added eight points to a balanced scoring lineup. Scofield also raked in 14 rebounds.
The Raiders (3-5) play at Candor on Dec. 29.
Deposit: Evan Thomas, 3 2-4-8; Ben Thomas, 4 5-7-13; Colby Raymond, 0; Brett Merrill, 5 1-2-12; Nathan Mills, 3 1-4-7; Mike Zaroba, 0. Totals: 15 9-17-40.
G-MU: DeMario Reed, 3 0-0-7; Kevin Davis, 0 0-1-0; Greg Talbot, 0; Eddie Ray Cotton, 0 1-2-1; Alex Schmidt, 4 0-0-8; Steckline, 1 0-0-2; Edwards, 3 0-0-7; Agresta, 0; Andrew Delmar, 2 2-5-6; Jon Scofield, 6 3-7-15. Totals: 19 6-15-46.
Dep. 5 12 7 16–40
GMu 9 4 18 15–46
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (D) Merrill, (G) Reed, Edwards. JV: Deposit won. Officials: DuMond, Willsey.
