SHERBURNE – The Marauders’ Dawson Lagoe dropped 30 points in Friday’s match-up with the visiting Canastota Raiders as Sherburne-Earlville won their third straight game 75-66.
Lagoe made six three-pointers in the contest en route to his career high in the scoring column.
S-E’s pressuring defense in the first half helped the home team jump out to a 39-25 lead.
Canastota answered with 41 in the second half with behind 10 points from Edquen Brooks in the third and 13 by Hunter Znuji in the fourth.
But it wasn’t enough to overcome the Marauders’ as they tacked on another 36 points in the second half.
Hunter Lane added 19 to go along with Lagoe’s 30 for Sherburne-Earlville.
The Marauders (4-2, 1-0) will travel to Clinton on Tuesday for their second league game of the season. Game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
Canastota: Darrin Fox 3 0-0-7; Nick Hluska 0; Hunter Znuji 6 0-0-19; Erick Marsh 0; Ken Cole 1 0-0-3; Roman Reed 0; Jim Warner 5 5-5-15; Edquen Brooks 8 4-8-20; Jacob Debrueque 1 0-0-2; Noah Gilgallon 0 0-1-0; Corey Evans 0 0-2-0. Totals: 25 9-16-66.
Sherburne-Earlville: Tyler Bigford 2 0-0-4; Sylas Swingle 3 1-3-7; Gabe Irwin 1 2-4-4; Kyle Cole 0; Hunter Lane 9 0-0-19; Nick Thurston 3 1-2-7; Ryan Asma 0; Ben Osborne 0; Owen Rodriguez 0; Dawson Lagoe 11 2-2-30; Ian Bowker 0; Alan Donnelly 2 0-2-4; Nathan Hadlock 0. Totals: 31 6-13-75.
C 11 14 21 20 – 66
SE 18 21 15 21 – 75
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (C) Fox 1, Znuji 4, Cole 1; (SE) Lane 1, Lagoe 6. Officials: Bennett and Green. JV: Canastota won 59-56.
Oxford 53, Hunter-Tannersville 50
MORRIS – Playing in the consolation game after a tough loss of the Morris tournament Thursday, Oxford took the win over Hunter-Tannersville 53-50 on Saturday afternoon.
Blackhawks’ Jason Davis led the team in the first half with 11 of his game-high 19 points. But in the second half, Hunter-Tannersville made a defense adjustment by double and triple teamming Davis, only allowing him to score from the free-throw line.
Oxford’s scoring didn’t slow down though. Jacob Murrer and Brad Beckwith took advantage of the defense focusing on Davis, combining for 19 points in the second half.
Hunter-Tannersville scored 19 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to take down the Blackhawks.
Murrer finished with 13 and Beckwith recorded 11 on the night. Davis nearly completed a triple-double as he ended the afternoon with 10 rebounds and nine blocks to go along with his 19 points.
Oxford hosts Greene on Wednesday for a MAC Conference match-up. Tip is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.
Hunter-Tannersville: Zack Lane 3 0-0-8; Kody Leach 0; Richard Kenneally 2 3-4-8; Chris Lagzdins 8 0-3-16; Jason Mcdevitt 2 0-3-4; Kaeden Leach 2 2-2-7; Vincent Cianciolo 1 0-0-2; Zane Lewis 0; Maxwell Davis 0; Cassidy Arquiett 0; Cole Matthews 2 0-0-5; Jared Haines 0; Zarren Raleigh 0; Totals: 20 5-12-50.
Oxford: Jacob Murrer 4 3-4-13; Josh Christian 1 0-0-3; Jason Davis 4 10-10-19; Nick Cirello 0 1-2-1; Chris Martin 1 0-2-3; CJ Smith 1 1-6-3; Brad Beckwith 4 3-3-11. Totals: 15 18-27-53.
H-T 6 17 8 19 – 50
Ox 11 8 15 19 – 53
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (H-T) Lane 2, Kenneally 1, Leach 1; (O) Murrer 2, Christian 1, Davis 1, Martin 1. Officials: Curtis and Gray.
Delhi 45, Greene 33
GREENE – Foul trouble and a rough shooting night led to a loss for the Greene Trojans at home Friday night as the visiting Delhi Bulldogs topped the host team 45-33.
The Bulldogs went to the line 31 times in the game as the Trojans fouled 26 times. Delhi made 14 free-throws, basically creating the difference in the score.
As far as Greene’s shooting, the Trojans completed a total of 11 field goals, one coming from behind the arc. “Our shooting percentage could have easliy been below 20-percent,” said head coach Chris Rice. “We head to Chenango Forks on Monday and hope we shoot better.”
Greene was led by Ryan Smith with nine points while the Bulldogs’ N Craft finished with a game-high 17.
Greene travels to Chenango Forks for a non-league contest on Monday at 7 p.m.
