Boys’ Basketball
UV Holiday Tournament
Oneonta 57, Sherburne-Earlville 43
NEW BERLIN – In the finals of the Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament, Oneonta erased a six-point halftime deficit using a 16-0 run in the third and fourth quarters to take control of Tuesday’s contest against the Marauders.
Jacob Van Duesen, the tournament’s most valuable player, had 12 of his 17 points in the second half – all of them on the inside. Bryce Wooden also scored 17 points for the Yellowjackets.
“Than ran some stuff to get (Van Duesen) free on the block, and he really hurt us,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “We were trying to double down and help more, but we didn’t play good team defense.”
Oneonta took the lead late in the third quarter when Dan Baker scored on a layup cutting the S-E lead to 34-33, then Baker stole the ensuing layup and converted that into a layup giving his team the lead for good.
S-E hit five three-pointers in the opening half to take a 26-20 lead. After a 17-point first quarter, the Marauders did not score 10 in any quarter the rest of the way. “We struggled offensively, and we didn’t get enough stops on the defensive end,” Vibbard said. “Oneonta picked up its defensive intensity, and we weren’t getting the same looks. The looks we did get, we didn’t make too many.”
The Marauders play at Sauquoit Valley Monday.
Oneonta: Sean Getman, 0; Aaron Foreman, 1 0-0-3; Ryan Mahon, 2 2-2-6; Ben Payton, 0; Kevin Burns, 0; Dan Baker, 3 0-1-6; Jacob Haynes, 1 0-1-2; Ryne Rivino, 2 0-0-6; David Wright, 0; Bryce Wooden, 8 1-1-17; Bryan Stilson, 0; Jacob VanDuesen, 7 3-6-17. Totals: 24 6-1-57.
S-E: Randy Briggs, 4 0-2-9; Cameron Yerton, 4 0-0-10; Cody Williams, 0; Paul Romanenko, 2 0-0-6; Branden McDaniel, 4 0-0-9; Cole Hodges, 1 0-0-2; Ethan Johnson, 2 1-2-7; Matt Piazzi, 0. Totals: 17 1-4-43.
Onta 12 8 20 17–57
S-E 17 9 8 9–43
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Briggs, Yerton 2, Romanenko 2, McDaniel, Johnson 2, (O) Rivino 2, Foreman. Officials: Ploutz, Baker.
All-Tournament team: MVP-Jacob Van Duesen, Oneonta, Dan Baker, Oneonta; Ethan Johnson, S-E; Branden McDaniel, S-E; Tyler Magnis, Walton; Brett Smith, UV.
Walton 55, Unadilla Valley 48
NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley acquitted itself much better than its first meeting with Walton (a 75-42 loss) closing a double-digit deficit down to as little as five before falling to the Warriors in the UV Holiday Tournament consolation game.
Brett Smith had seven of his season-high 21 points in the last quarter to lead UV, and Mitch MacDuff scored six of his 11. “We played with a lot more intensity tonight,” said UV coach Matt Osborne. “I was happy with the way we played. Obviously we didn’t win. If we did, that would have been a big boost.”
Tyler Magnis helped Walton build a six-point halftime lead. He had 11 in the opening quarter on his way to a 21-point night. Ben Conklin scored nine during a 19-9 third stanza as Walton’s lead grew to 46-30 with a quarter to play.
Walton: Matt Bartlett, 1 0-0-2; Tim McGuire, 1 0-0-2; Dan Jacquays, 0; Ben Conklin, 5 0-0-11; Orrin James, 0; Schick, 0; Tyler Magnis, 5 7-11-21; Rony LaRouge, 0; Brian Hodges, 3 2-3-8; Davis, 0; Dalton Kaminsky, 3 5-8-11. Totals: 18 14-22-55.
UV: Austin Glidden, 2 0-0-5; Jack Wilcox, 1 3-4-5; Brandon Miles, 1 0-1-2; Gunnar Sheldon, 0; David Blomquist, 0; Brett Smith, 7 3-4-21; Travis Conklin, 0 1-3-1; Mason Talbot, 0; David Anderson, 1 0-0-3; Mitch MacDuff, 5 1-2-11. Totals: 17 8-14-48.
Walt 17 10 19 9–55
