Girls’ Basketball
Bainbridge-Guilford 47, Unatego 30
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford shrugged off an erratic first half of shooting to blaze into the Midstate Athletic Conference finals next weekend against Delhi.
The Bobcats hit just 5 of 33 shot attempts in the first half and were locked in a 15-15 tie with the Spartans. “It seemed like we were just too wound up, and we did talk at halftime about getting our composure and settling down,” said B-G coach Bob Conway.
Sophomore Becca Reyes allowed the Bobcats to settle in quickly. Reyes hit a three on the opening possession of the first half, stole the ensuing inbounds pass for another layup, and had a steal and another layup for seven straight points. Later in the quarter, senior Morgan Bullis took charge with seven points including a three-point play in a 22-4 dominant stanza.
Bullis finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds in the victory, and Reyes added nine points.
Unatego: Cassidy Frazier, 0; Allyson Butler, 0; Beth Carey, 0; Bailey Faulkner, 1 0-4-2; Megan Faulkner, 3 1-2-7 ; Samantha Pikaard, 3 0-0-7; Emily Slawson, 2 0-0-4; Cassidy Newman, 2 0-0-4; Hezel Haehnel, 3 0-0-6; Korrin Barber, 0; Mariah Sullivan, 0. Totals: 14 1-6-30.
B-G: Shayla Baldwin, 0; Megan Ferrara, 1 0-0-2; Abigail Selfridge, 2 1-2-5; Marissa Thornton, 0 ; Morgan Bullis, 7 3-7-17; Cadi Barber, 0; Casey Davis, 0 ; Darcy McElligott, 0; Rebecca Reyes, 4 0-0-9; B. Spake, 0; Megan Palmatier, 3 0-1-6; Taylor Palmatier, 4 0-0-8. Totals: 21 4-10-47.
Unat. 8 7 4 11–30
B-G 10 5 22 10–47
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (BG) Reyes, (U) Pikaard. JV: B-G won 29-19. Officials: Ehrie, Ewing.
Norwich 57, Oneonta 36
ONEONTA – Norwich jumped on Oneonta early building a 16-point halftime lead en route to its first win over the Yellowjackets since January, 2007.
Shelby Benjamin scored 17 points to lead three Tornado players in double figures scoring. Sophomore Makenzie Maynard bucketed 14, and Savannah Williams chipped in with 10.
“Oneonta defends well and has held teams with good talent to 45-50 points,” said Norwich coach Josh Bennett. “We went on another good run in the third quarter and pushed the lead up to 26 points.”
Norwich: Caitlyn Brown, 0; Carin Kuhn 3 0-0-6; Jordan Murphy, 0; Kassidy Seary, 0; Makenzie Maynard, 4 6-8-14; Carey Sheldon, 0; Meghan Komendarek, 2 2-3-6; Bridget Murphy, 1 1-2-4; Savannah Williams, 3 3-4-10; Shelby Benjamin, 7 3-5-17; Courtney Scheer,0 ; Ashley Murphy, 0. Totals: 20 15-22-57.
Oneonta: Mary Picinich, 1 0-0-2; Taylor Microni, 7 0-0-21; Brie Baker 0; Mia Obergefell, 1 0-1-2; Rachael Brown, 0; Deseray Thomas, 0; Allie Baker, 0 0-2-0; Caroline McGraw, 2 2-4-8; Madison Miller, 1 0-0-2; Teagan Mackey, 0 1-2-1; Mallory Herrick, 0. Totals: 12 3-9-36.
Norw. 13 20 15 9–57
Oneon. 4 14 13 5–36
Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (N) B. Murphy, Williams. (O) Microni 7, McGraw 2. JV: Norwich won 57-54. Officials: Innes, Curtis.
Sherburne-Earlville 47, Clinton 41
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville’s Savannah Irwin was red-hot early in the game, and the Marauders needed every one of Irwin’s points.
Irwin canned four threes in the first quarter as the Marauders jumped out to a 22-2 lead. Clinton chipped away the rest of the game and came as close as three points in the fourth quarter.
“They went box-and-one on Savannah after the first quarter, and that slowed her down, and we missed some shots around the basket,” said S-E head coach Karen Mulligan. “We kept our heads when they came back, we made some plays, and got some rebounds when we needed to.”
Irwin hit two free throws in the final minute, and Stacia Beckwith added a free throw with three seconds left to finish the scoring.
Lilly Berg had 11 points in the second half for S-E finishing with 19 points to go with 19 rebounds and seven blocked shots. Irwin wound up with 18 points.
The Marauders play at Adirondack Saturday.
Clinton: Louisa Gale, 2 1-2-7; Leah Arnold, 2 0-0-5; Jasmine Knight, 3 4-8-10; Tess Maxim, 0; Gina Martini, 1 2-2-4; Anisa Louis, 0; Audrey Bartels, 2 1-2-5; Nicole Durante, 5 0-0-10. Totals: 15 8-14-41.
S-E:  Stacia Beckwith, 1 1-2-3; Miranda Wright, 0; Lexi Elderkin, 2 2-2-6; Savannah Irwin, 6 2-2-18; Emily Stanton, 0; Sydney Palmer, 0 1-2-1; Lilly Berg, 8 3-6-19. Totals: 17 9-14-47 .
Clin 2 13 15 11–41
S-E 22 5 12 8–47
Fouled out: (SE) Palmer. Three-point goals: (SE) Irwin 4, (C) Gale 2, Arnold. JV: S-E won 39-38. Officials: Miller, Washburn.
