Girls’ Basketball
Norwich 41, Susquehanna Valley 28
NORWICH – Norwich’s suffocating defensive pressure kept Susquehanna Valley’s offense out of rhythm Friday night as the Purple Tornado won their fourth straight game.
Breanna Cashman had 10 points, 13 rebounds, three blocked shots, and four assists in a stat-stuffing performance. Jennifer Borfitz added 10 points as well, and Cassie Sutton scored eight.
Norwich was able to stretch its six-point halftime lead to 13 points in the third quarter. Borfiz and Sutton completed layups, and Borfitz added two free throws with 4:36 left in the quarter to make it 28-15. Cashman figured in two final-minute buckets driving and dishing to Taylor Cook for a layup, then putting back an offensive rebound with four seconds left in the period to again raise the lead to 13.
The Sabers had just 12 field goals for the game and shot less than 30 percent from the field while also committing 20 turnovers against NHS. “We definitely executed well on defense, and we rebounded much better in the second half,” said Norwich coach Josh Bennett. “We have to shore things up on the offensive side, especially limiting turnovers, and get better shots.”
Norwich’s JV team won its seventh straight game improving to 7-1 overall with a 45-34 victory over SV. Meghan Komendarek led with 14 points and Savannah Williams had 11.
Susquehanna Valley: Maddie Blackman, 0 0-2-0; Rose Green, 1 0-0-3; Kelsey Dunn, 2 0-0-4, Morgan Finch3 0-0-6, Lindsey Gregory, 1 0-2-2, Caitlyn Knapp, 4 2-4-10, Courtney Knapp, 0; Shayna Lee, 1 0-0-2, Rosemary Zelenyak, 0. Totals 12 2-8-27.
NHS: Lexi Race, 0 3-4-3; Carin Kuhn, 2 1-2-6; Caitlyn Brown, 0; Breanna Cashman, 3 4-9-10; Jennifer Borfitz, 3 3-5-10; Cassie Sutton, 4 0-0-8; Shelby Benjamin, 1 0-0-2; Taylor Cook, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 14 11-20-41.
SVall 6 5 8 9–28
NHS 8 9 15 9–41
Fouled out: (SV) Cai. Knapp. Three-point goals: (N) Kuhn, Borfitz, (SV) Greene. JV: Norwich won 45-34. Officials: Coleman, Malia.
Unadilla Valley 57, Sidney 31
SIDNEY - Unadilla Valley surged in the third quarter on the strength of shut-down defense to capture its fourth straight game on Friday night.
The Storm held Sidney scoreless in the period and expanded a five-point halftime lead to 22. “We didn’t change anything, we just picked it up the defense tremendously,” said UV coach Brandi Backus. “We were much more scrappy, and a lot of our offense comes off of our defense. It definitely did in the second half.”
Amanda Off scored 17 to lead UV, and Corrine Izard chipped in with a career-high 14 points. “That was huge for us and a nice surprise,” Backus said of Izard. “It’s what I expected she could do, and she proved she could do it.”
UV hosts S-E tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the finals of the UV Holiday Tournament.
UV: Emily Converse, 2 2-2-6; Corrine Izard, 7 0-0-14; Taylor Davis, 4 0-0-8; Olivia Lazarus, ; Jenn Elliott, 1 0-0-2; Amanda Off, 8 1-2-17 ; Hannah Lazarus, 0; Morgan Weidman, 0; Melinda Dixson, 0; Jordan Anderson, 3 1-4-8; Bridget Converse, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 26 4-8-57 .
Sidney: Rileigh Genung, 0; Mikala Sinkbinar, 1 0-2-2 Dawn Savino, 0; Bethany Karl, 1 0-1-2; Hannah Wood, 0 1-2-1 ; Taylor Krom, 0; Kelsey Decker, 4 8-9-18; Nicole Smith, 0 2-2-2; Brianne McClennon, 3 0-4-6. Totals: 9 11-18-31 .
UVa 14 9 17 17–57
Sidn. 7 11 0 13–31
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (UV) Anderson, (S) Decker 2. JV: Sidney won 45-40 (OT).
Sherburne-Earlville 70, Ilion 53
ILION – Sherburne-Earlville reached the 70-point mark for the second straight game getting a career-high 27 points from freshman Savannah Irwin, and 15 points from felow freshman Lilly Berg.
“You wouldn’t think those two are freshman by the way they have been playing,” said S-E coach Karen Mullligan. “They’ve played a lot of basketball in the offseason, and it shows.”
Irwin hit three of of her five three-pointers in the opening quarter scoring 13 points as the Marauders raced to a 23-6 lead. Adding 11 points was junior Mikayla Solloway, and Jordan Van Althuis dished out six assists. “We have a lot of different people that can score, and we’re also extremely unselfish,” Mulligan said of her team’s high-scoring performance.”
The Marauders play at Unadilla Valley today at 7:30 p.m.
Ilion: Erica Dack, 0; McKenzie Stubley, 1 2-3-4; Tega Ward, 0; Nicole Doolen, 2 3-4-7; Laruen Metz, 5 0-0-15; Sidney Putnam, 0; Haley Metz, 0; Emily Lalonde, 3 1-2-7; Rachel Phillips, 0 2-3-2; Makayla Donato, 6 5-6-18. Totals: 17 13-18-53.
