<center><em>Boys’ Basketball</center></em>
Unadilla Valley Tournament
Oneonta 85, Unadilla Valley 77 (finals)
S-E 63, Oxford 52 (consolation finals)
NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley was unable to match Oneonta’s prolific offense falling to the Yellowjackets in UV Holiday Tournament championship game Saturday night.
Tournament MVP Jordan Gutierrez had 33 points in the title win over the Storm, and reserve George Foti had five three balls and a season-high 21 points.
Gutierrez scored 62 points in the two-day tournament, and Oneonta’s offense eclipsed 50 points in the second half in each of its wins. Still, it took a strong closing finish by Oneonta to close out an upstart UV club that has just two losses this season – both to much larger schools.
“I told the team that I was proud of the way we battled, and we need to have that level of intensity in our league games so we can continue to improve,” said UV coach Matt Osborne.
Gutierrez and Foti offset the monster night from UV sophomore David Dufresne, who scored 32 points before fouling out in the final 20 seconds. Trailing Oneonta throughout the fourth quarter, Dufresne’s three closed the score to within 76-74. Albert Odero hit two free throws, and Gutierrez hit a three so deep and so far beyond the three-point arc, it nearly eminated from Otsego County. Oneonta closed on 9-3 run, and UV struggled from the line making one out of six free throws in the last 45 seconds.
S-E rebounded from a 79-65 loss to Oneonta in Friday’s opening game with a win over intracounty rival Oxford in the consolation game. Kevin Vibbard Jr. had a team-high 16 points for S-E, and Ben Khoury added a season-best 15 points.
Oxford sophomore Kevin Davis fashioned a career night in the loss scoring 25 points and pulling down 16 rebounds. He was named to the all-tournament team.
Friday, Oneonta scored 56 points in the second half to defeat the Marauders. Gutierrez scored 29 and Paul Bischoff netted 24. Austin Jasper bucketed 20 for S-E and Vibbard had a season-high 19 points. Vibbard was subsequently named an all-tournament pick.
UV went to its full-court press to run away from Oxford, 63-40, in Friday’s second game. The Storm outscored the Blackhawks 45-9 over the middle two periods to open a 36-point lead. Dufresne had 16 and Nate Shackleton 14 in the victory.
Matt Moore’s 14 points paced Oxford.
Finals
Oneonta 85, Unadilla Valley 77
Oneonta: Paul Bischoff 1 7-8 9, George Foti 5 6-6 21, Jordan Gutierrez 13 2-4 33, Willy Harrison 0 0-0 0, Albert Odero 7 5-8 19, Ben Southern 0 0-0 0, Skylar Thompson 1 0-0 3, Mike Wolstenholme 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 20-26-85.
UV: Mason Alford 3 1-2 7, David Dufresne 13 2-3 32, Brett Hanslmaier 0 0-2 0, Bryant Maynard 5 0-2 10, Nate Shackleton 4 2-2 12, Nick White 4 8-10 16. Totals 29 13-21-77.
Fouled out: (UV) Dufresne. Three-point goals: (O) George Foti 5, Jordan Gutierrez 5, Skylar Thompson, (UV) David Dufresne 4, Nate Shackleton 2.
Consolation Finals
Sherburne-Earlville 63, Oxford 52
S-E: Cody Marango, 5 0-0-10; Julienne Alsheimer, 0; Derek Capria, 2 2-2-6; Ben Khoury, 6 3-3-15; Austin Jasper, 2 2-4-6; Brady Elderkin, 0; Keith Rose, 4 0-0-8; Kevin Vibbard Jr., 6 2-4-16; JP Osborne, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 26 9-14-63.
Oxford: Matt Moore, 1 6-8-8; Cam Heggie, 2 1-2-6; Jeff Lawton, 1 1-1-3; Greg Brewer, 0; Lane Barry, 2 2-3-7; Kevin Davis, 6 11-14-25; Francisco Quintana, 1 1-2-3. Totals: 13 22-30-52.
S-E 15 23 10 15–63
Oxf. 11 11 14 16–52
Three-point goals: (O) Heggie, Barry, Davis 2, (S-E) Vibbard 2.
Friday Games
Oneonta 79, Sherburne-Earlville 65
Oneonta: Jordan Gutierrez 10 5-6 29, Albert Odero 2 1-2 5, Paul Bischoff 7 7-8 24, George Foti 1 0-0 2, Mike Wolstenholme 1 0-0 2, Ben Southern 1 0-0 3, Skylar Thompson 3 4-5 12, Trevor Wolf-Gould 1 0-0 2. Totals: 26 17-21 79.
S-E: Cody Marango 3 0-0 6, Derrick Capria 2 2-2 6, Ben Khoury 3 2-3 8, Austin Jasper 6 8-13 20, Keith Rose 2 0-0 4, Kevin Vibbard 7 1-3 19, JP Osborne 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 13-21 65.
One. 14 8 31 26–79
S-E 11 17 21 16–65
Three-point goals: (O) Gutierrez 4, Bischoff 3, Thompson 2, Southern); (SE) Vibbard 4). JV: Oneonta won.
UV 63, Oxford 40
Oxford: Matt Moore 6 0-0 14, Cameron Heggie 4 0-0-11, Jeff Lawton 0 1-2 1, Greg Brewer 0 0-0 0, Lane Barry 1 0-0 2, Kevin Davis 3 4-9 11, Adam Camiel 0 0-0 0, Francisco Quintana 0 1-2 1. Totals: 14 6-15-40.
UV: Bryant Maynard 1 0-0 2, David Schwab 0 0-0 0, Dalton Miner 1 1-2 3, Steven Gillette 0 0-0 0, Jon Schermerhorn 1 0-0 2, Nick White 4 0-0 8, David Dufresne 8 0-0 16, Brett Hanslmaier 3 0-0 6, Nate Shackleton 6 0-0 14, Mason Alford 1 0-0 2, Willie Lamont 1 0-0 2, Chris Stone 0 0-0 0, Hank deGlee 4 0-3 8. Totals: 30 1-5-63.
Oxfd 11 7 2 20–40
UV 8 25 20 10–63
Three-point goals: (O) Heggie 3, Moore 2, Davis. (UV) Shackleton 2 JV: UV won.
DeRuyter 68, Otselic Valley 66 (OT)
SOUTH OTSELIC – DeRuyter overcame 11-for-31 foul shooting to outlast Otselic Valley in overtime Friday night.
The lead changed hands several times throughout the night with neither team asserting control. OV did not fare much better from the charity stripe hitting just 40 percent of its 25 attempts. “We also missed a number os shots in close that we needed to make,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “We had our chances, they just didn’t go down tonight.”
The Vikings canned a season-best 10 three-pointers led by Angel Marshall. Marshall drained six treys on his way to a season-high 22 points. Austin Reynolds added 18, and Matt Neal scored 14. OV plays at Madison Jan. 7.
DeR: Thomas 4 2-4-11; Wheeler, 4 1-5-9; Booth, 2 2-7-6; Glissen, 6 2-9-14; Fish, 1 0-0-2; Phelps, 9 4-6-24; Merkle, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 27 11-31-68.
OV:  Darnell Marshall, 0; Angel Marshall, 7 2-2-22; Connor Smith, 1 1-4-4; Austin Reynolds, 6 3-8-18; Tyler Armstrong, 3 2-5-8; Matt Neal, 6 2-6-14; John Liuzzo, 0; Ben Brown, ; Peter Robinson, 0. Totals: 23 10-25-66 .
DER 18 17 14 11 8–68
OV 16 20 15 9 6–66
Fouled out: (OV) Connor Smith, T. Armstrong. Team fouls: (D) 20, (OV) 23. Three-point goals: Thomas, Phelps 2. (OV) A. Marshall 6, Smith, Reynolds. 3. JV: OV won. Officials: Carey, Mattingly.
Downsville Tournament
Roscoe 49, G-MU 43
Downsville 48, G-MU 36
DOWNSVILLE – G-MU nearly erased a 27-point halftime deficit losing to Roscoe Saturday in the consolation game of the Downsville Tournament.
The Raiders hit all five of their threes in the fourth – four from Nate O’Hara – scoring 25 points in the last quarter. “We were moving the ball and (our players) were moving without the ball in the fourth quarter,” said G-MU coach Matt Johnson. “Our offense was stagnant in the first half, and we were relying on a couple of people to make shots instead of moving the ball.”
O’Hara had 14 of his 16 points in the final quarter including four three-pointers, and Christopher Cole added 13 markers.
After a strong opening quarter, the Raiders’ offense went into a funk the final three quarters in Friday’s loss to Downsville. “We had some turnovers in the second and third quarters, and that led to some easy baskets for them,” Johnson said.
O’Hara paced G-MU with 13 points. The Raiders host Milford Jan. 7.
G-MU: Christopher Cole, 1 0-2-2; Devon Fitch, 0; Nathan Winans, 2 0-0-5; Matthew Ward, 0; Nate Whitehill, 1 0-0-2; Austin Burnside, 2 0-0-5; Jesse Theodore, 2 0-0-4; Nathan Fuller, 2 1-6-5; Nathaniel O’Hara, 5 1-2-13. Totals: 15 2-10-36.
Downsville: Zach Doig, 1 5-9-8; Billy Smith, 5 2-3-12; Justin Baxter, 5 5-6-16; Anthony Shields, 2 0-2-4; David Doig, 3 2-2-8. Totals: 16 14-22-48.
G-MU 15 9 3 9–36
Do. 13 18 12 5–48
Three-point goals: (D) Z. Doig, J. Baxter. JV: Downsville won.
G-MU: Christopher Cole, 6 1-2-13; Devon Fitch, 0; Nathan Winans, 2 0-0-5; Matthew Ward, 0; Austin Burnside, 1 0-0-2; Jesse Theodore, 1 0-0-2; Nathan Fuller, 2 1-2-5; Nathaniel O’Hara, 4 4-5-16. Totals: 16 6-9-43 .
Roscoe: Rob Taurino, 9 1-4-22; Brad Drener, 4 4-7-12; Jacob Butler, 3 0-0-6; Will Brosius, 0 1-2-1; Cullin Tallman, 2 0-0-5; Ryan Wood, 0 1-2-1; Robert Drener, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 19 7-15-49.
G-MU 5 4 9 25–43
Rosc. 25 11 6 7–49
Three-point goals: (G) O’Hara 4, Winans. (R) Taurino 3, Tallman. JV: G-MU beat Margaretville.
<center><em>Girls’ Basketball</center></em>
Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament
Sherburne-Earlville 68, Chenango Forks 51
Sherburne-Earlville 62, Susquehanna Valley 54
Susquehanna Valley 55, Unadilla Valley 20
Chenango Forks 60, Unadilla Valley 54
