Boys’ Basketball

Greene Holiday Showcase Finals

Norwich 79, Greene 50

NORWICH – In the opening half, particularly the second quarter, Norwich coach Mark Abbott said his team could not have played much better.

Trailing Greene early on in the finals of the Trojans’ own tournament, the unbeaten Tornado scored the last nine points of the first quarter to create a 15-8 lead, then ripped through Greene in the second quarter putting 34 more points on the board to produce a sizable halftime advantage, 49-21.

“The 34 points we scored in the quarter is the second highest since I’ve been here,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “We’re awful good in the open floor, and when we can press and run like we did tonight, we’re a tough matchup for people. We had it all going in the second quarter.”

Greene (4-4) did a fair job of breaking Norwich’s full-court press in the early stages of the game, but found itself completely rattled the entire second quarter committing 18 total turnovers in the first half. “We knew about their press and worked on it in practice,” said Greene coach Rick Smith. “It got to us and that was the difference. We panicked with the ball.”

Jon Foulds, coming off a career-high 35 points Wednesday night, had 28 more yesterday evening and was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Seth Thomsen added 16 points to the victory and Dennis Oralls canned 10. Foulds had 19 points by halftime, Oralls scored all of his points in the first half, and Thomsen had eight in the first two quarters. More than that, Abbott was especially pleased with the way his club distributed the ball. “The number of unselfish great passes...as a coach, that makes you feel great,” the NHS mentor said. “Every guy was looking to make that extra pass. We had countless layups. If I was a Greene fan, it had to be frustrating, especially coming off a nice win over Chenango Valley the previous night. For our players, they’re on a mission this season to create their own identity.”

Ten of Norwich’s baskets in the second quarter were layups, many coming off Greene turnovers, but a few came in transition after a defensive rebound. Foulds and Kyle Edwards also hit three-pointers in the quarter to prove that Norwich was still a capable outside shooting team.

“The last two nights Jon and Seth have had, obviously our style of play suits them,” Abbott said.

Isaiah Webb scored 13 points to lead Greene, and Jeff Carlin added nine – all on three-pointers. “This tournament was a great learning experience for us,” Smith said. “We want to build our program, and playing teams like Chenango Valley and Norwich will only help us.”

Norwich (8-0) plays at Oneonta Monday night.

NHS: Kyle Edwards, 2 1-2-7; Nate Ashton, 1 1-2-3; Dennis Oralls, 5 0-0-10; Patrick Taylor, 2 0-0-4; Josh Favaloro, 2 0-0-5; Jacob Kelly, 2 0-0-4; Ian Weaver, 1 0-0-2; Grady Thompson, 0 0-0-0; Seth Thomsen, 8 2-2-18; Jon Foulds, 12 0-0-26; Eric Walling, 0 0-0-0; Zach Martinson, 0 0-0-0. Totals: 35 4-6-79.

Greene: Dan Treadwell, 2 2-4-6; Evan Moxley, 2 0-1-5; Joe Beckwith, 2 1-2-6; Sam Adams, 1 0-1-2; Jeff Carlin, 3 0-0-9; Ryan Borst, 2 0-1-4; Akeem Daniels, 1 0-0-2; Mike Washburn, 0 0-0-0; Kyle Gorton, 0 0-0-0; Micah Smith, 1 1-1-3; Isaiah Webb, 6 1-4-13. Totals: 20 5-14-50.

NHS 15 34 18 12–79

Gre. 8 13 16 13–50

Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) Foulds 2, Edwards 2, Favaloro. (G) Carlin 3, Moxley, Beckwith.

All-Tournament team: Norwich-Jon Foulds, MVP, Jacob Kelly, Seth Thomsen. Greene-Isaiah Webb, Jeff Carlin. Chenango Valley-Robert Heller.

Sidney 56, Oxford 36

BINGHAMTON – Sidney had three players in double figures scoring as the Warriors won the Regional Division II consolation game at the Stop-DWI Tournament Thursday at the Broome County Arena.

Dylan Umbra led Sidney with 16 points, Alex Heil had 15, and Andy Kozak added 10. Sidney pulled away in the second half outscoring the Blackhawks (3-5), 29-17. “We didn’t play well and didn’t have a lot of offense today,” said Oxford coach Tim Davis. “Umbra and Heil were tough, and Kozak hit a couple of outside shots.”

Caden Izard scored eight points for Oxford, who play at Deposit Thursday.

Sidney: Brandon Walters, 1 0-2-2; Matt Vogel, 1 2-2-4; Joe Petroski, ; Andy Kozak, 4 2-4-10 ; Josh Wilce, 0 1-2-1; Dylan Umbra, 6 4-6-16; Corbin Curley, 1 0-0-2; Alex Heil, 6 2-2-15; Tanner Westcott, 2 0-1-4; Logan Raymond, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 22 11-19-56.

Oxford: Justin Schray, 0; Ryan Moore, 2 1-3-5; John Wonka, 1 0-0-2; Andrew Golden, 1 0-0-2; Paul Wonka, 2 2-2-7; Booker Davis, 2 3-5-7; Justin Harding, 0; Eric Dilfer,1 0-2-2 ; Caden Izard, 3 2-4-8 ; Quincy Davis, 1 0-0-3. Totals: 13 8-16-36.

Sidn. 13 14 15 14–56

Oxf. 11 8 7 10–36

Fouled out: (O) J. Wonka, P. Wonka. Three-point goals: (O) P. Wonka, Q. Davis. (S) Heil. Officials: Linehan, Kroh, Coleman.

G-MU 35, DeRuyter 32

DERUYTER – G-MU ended its first month of the season with an unblemished 5-0 mark edging DeRuyter Wednesday night in the finals of the Rockets’ own tournament.

Ian Edwards had 12 points, and the tournament’s most valuable player, Eddie Ray Cotton, added 11 for the defensive-minded Raiders. “We’re happy to come home with more than a split in this tournament, and that’s a great thing,” said G-MU coach Bill Hartman.

The Raiders focused on slowing DeRuyter’s Kyle Tiffany, who had 31 points the previous night against Otselic Valley. Tiffany only scored two with G-MU’s Jon Scofield handling the defensive duties on Tiffany.

In the Raiders’ five wins, only one opponent has scored more than 32 points, and the Raiders are giving up just 32 points a game this season. “We’re pleased with the defense we’re playing,” Hartman said. “We’ll find out how solid our defense is next week.”

DeRuyter: Ryan Coveny, 1 1-2-3; Harmon Parry, 1 0-0-2; Evan White, 0; Zach Thomas, 0; Dylan Tucker, 0; Kyle Cizenski, 0 1-2-1; Derek Ousler, 10 0-0-24; Kyle Tiffany, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 13 2-4-32.

G-MU: Kevin Davis, 0; Greg Delaney, 0; Jon Scofield, 2 2-3-6; Eddie Ray Cotton, 4 3-6-11; Ian Edwards, 4 3-4-12; Chris Steckline, 0; Nate Beach, 0 0-0 0; Andrew Delmar, 3 0-2-6. Totals: 13 8-15-35 .

GMU 6 7 14 8–35

DeR 6 8 7 11–32

Fouled out: (D) Coveny. Three-point goals: (G) Edwards, (D) Ousler 4.