Evening Sun Report

Boys’ Basketball

Maine-Endwell 57, Norwich 45

Union-Endicott 62, Norwich 59

BINGHAMTON – Norwich, down to eight players due to injuries and illness, failed to hold its fourth-quarter lead, and fell in the consolation game of the Stop DWI Classic regional division Saturday morning.

Osoma Borwari and C.J. Krowiak spearheaded the Tigers’ second-half charge. Borwari scored all 14 of his points after the the halftime break, and Krowiak nailed a pair of second-half threes scoring 13 of his game-high 24 markers.

“No one likes to lose a game, but we were able to experiment with some things and get some kids into the game to develop our bench,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “In that sense, we accomplished what we wanted to.”

Norwich was without starters Kyle Edwards, Michael Sutton, and Cody Barnes for the consolation game, yet received spirited contributions from Grant Brightman, Danny Carson, and Mike Oralls in building an eight-point halftime lead. Brightman finished with a career-high 20 points, Carson scored 14, and Oralls added 10. Brightman was especially effective in the first half scoring 14 points, while Oralls and Carson provided Norwich with most of its second-half offense netting nine points apiece.

Norwich’s fourth-quarter rally attempt fell short in Friday’s first-round game against Maine-Endwell falling to the Spartans by 12. NHS closed to 42-38 with 4:55 to play on Brightman’s transition layup.

The Spartans’ Kyle Gallagher answered after an NHS turnover hitting a difficult shot in the lane to extend the lead back to a half-dozen points. After a defensive stop, Norwich had one final opportunity to close the gap to one possession. Edwards pulled up for a three ball that hit the front of the rim, and spurred an M-E breakout. Steve Eggleston completed the layup on a pass from Gallagher. Norwich was no closer than eight points the rest of the way.

“We got back into the game, the but I’m not sure how much we had left,” Collier said. “Maine-Endwell is probably the top team in our league, and it was probably a four- or six-point game until the end.”

Brightman led with 11 points, while Oralls and Edwards netted 10 apiece.

Norwich: Danny Carson, 4 5-15-14; Mike Oralls, 3 3-4-10; Carlos Ithier, 1 0-0-2; Zan Stewart, 3 0-2-6; Matt Burke, 1 1-2-3; Storm Cook, 1 0-0-2; Michael D’Abbraccio, 1 0-0-2; Grant Brightman, 9 2-3-20. Totals; 23 11-26-50

UE: Caleb Scepaniak, 0 0-2-0; Rayshawn Brooks, 1 0-0-3; Nick Jordan, 0 0-1-0; Rob Molvosio, 3 2-2-8; Osoma Borwari, 5 4-4-14; Matt Eastman, 2 0-0-6; C.J. Krowiak, 9 3-4-24; Miles Hemphill, 3 0-0-7. Totals: 23 9-13-62.

Nor. 21 8 17 13–59

U-E 9 12 20 21—62

Fouled out: (UE) Eastman. Three-point goals: (UE) Eastman 2, Krowiak 3, Brooks, Hemphill. (N) Oralls, Carson.

M-E: Adam Gallagher, 1-2 0-1-2; Chris Heimes, 6-7 2-2-15; Alex Moses, 0; Alec Wisniewski, 5-7 6-8-16; Steve Eggleston, 1-7 2-2-4; Jake Sinicki, 2-4 0-0-4; Kyle Gallagher, 6-15 3-4-16. Totals: 21-42 13-17-57

Norwich: Kyle Edwards, 2-12 4-6-10; Danny Carson, 1-4 6-8-9; Mike Oralls, 3-8 4-4-10; Carlos Ithier, 0 0-0-0; Zan Stewart, 1-3 1-2-3; Matt Burke, 1-2 0-2-2; Storm Cook, 0-4 0-1-0; Grant Brightman, 5-7 1-1-11. Totals:  13-40 16-24-45.

M-E 12 10 15 20–57

NHS 9 7 13 16–45

Fouled out: (N) Oralls, Carson. Three-point goals: (N) Edwards 2, Carson. (ME) K. Gallagher, Heimes. Officials: Springer, Berg, Szelkowski.

Unadilla Valley Tournament

Oneonta 58, Oxford 39

Sherburne-Earlville 39, Unadilla Valley 33

NEW BERLIN - Sherburne-Earlville posted its lowest scoring game of the season, but also limited UV to a season-low 33 points to advance to the finals of the UV Tournament.

The Storm were held to 4-for-25 shooting in the first half and just 12-for-44 for the game. Led by 11 points from Sam Caton and 10 from Austin Jasper, the Marauders were able to extend their lead to 13 after three quarters. "They had the two big guys in the middle (Caton and Jasper), and they altered and blocked a lot of shots," said UV coach Matt Osborne.

Justin Hofer had 13 points for the Storm, who will play Oxford in the tourney consolation game. Saturday's games were postponed due to inclement weather.

Oneonta reached the title game overwhelming the Blackhawks in the second half by a 35-11 count.

Alec Picinich scored 23 points for Oneonta, while Oxford was led by Andrew Golden's 20 points.

Championship games – for the boys and girls’ games – were postponed due to poor weather conditions Saturday. In the boys’ consolation game, UV toppled Oxford, 77-61. A game report will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Evening Sun.

Oxford: Matt Moore 1 0-0 2, Cameron Heggie 0 2-2 2, Daniel Lawton 0 2-2 2, Andrew Golden 8 3-6 20, Paul Wonka 2 5-5 9, Kevin Davis 1 0-0 2, Jake McConnell 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 12-15-39.

Oneonta: Skylar Thompson 2 1-2 6, Ben Southern 0 0-0 0, Jacob Mykytyn 0 2-2 2, Mike Wolstenholme 3 1-4 9, Paul Bischoff 1 5-6 7, Noah Sheehan 1 0-0 2, Thomas Slicer 0 0-0 0, Alec Picinich 9 3-7 23, Kevin Smith 2 2-4 6, Trevor Wolf-Gould 0 1-2 1, Taharen Williams 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 15-27-58.

Oxford 12 16 4 7 – 39

Oneonta 4 19 15 20 – 58

Three-point field goals: (Ox) Golden ; (On) Wolstenholme 2, Picinich 2, Thompson.

S-E 39, Unadilla Valley 33

S-E: Elijah Morris, 0 1-4-1; Jesse Yerton, 1 2-4-4; Sam Caton, 4 3-5-11; Carter Cole, 0; John McDaniel, 0; Julienne Alsheimer, 1 0-0-2; Mick Khoury, 3 1-4-8 ; Austin Jasper, 4 2-4-10; Kevin Vibbard, 1 0-0-3. Totals: 13 9-21-39.