DELHI – Delhi’s Logan Bruce dropped 25 for the Lady Bulldogs Tuesday night to hand Bainbridge-Guilford a 58-45 on Tuesday night, their first loss of the season.
Jumping out to a quick 18-6 lead over the visiting Bobcats in the opening quarter, Delhi shut down Bainbridge-Guilford’s Megan Palmatier. Bruce opened the game with 11 in the first quarter.
B-G pulled within eight before the intermission behind Zamira Caldwell’s performance at the free-throw line in the second quarter and Erica Selfridge’s seven points.
Palmatier came out in the third, finishing three buckets to get her scoring going. But the Bobcats again were outscored by the Bulldogs, 18-9, to grow their lead and ultimately seal a MAC conference win.
Megan Palmatier led B-G with 16 points, all coming in the second half. Teammate Abi Selfridge scored 10 while Erica Selfridge chipped in 8 points.
The Bobcats next game is Thursday as they square up against Unadilla Valley for the second time this season. Bainbridge-Guilford snagged the win in the championship game of the Sherburne-Earlville Tip-Off Tournament. The Bobcats will be looking to rebound from this game while the Storm will be looking for revenage from their first meeting. Game is scheduled tip off at 7:15 p.m.
Bainbridge-Guilford: Jillian Cannista 0; Abigial Selfridge 4 2-2-10; Erica Selfridge 2 3-5-8; Macie Leizear 2 0-0-5; Zamira Cladwell 1 4-4-6; Kori Thornton 0; Megan Palmatier 7 1-2-16. Totals: 16 10-14-45.
Delhi: Logan Bruce 10 4-7-25; Aileen Nealis 0; Hannah Baxter 0; Olivia Waken 6 2-4-14; Kaitlynn Finch 1 5-5-7; Hannah Post 2 0-3-4; Reagan Braccy 0; Cella Schnable 0; Brenna Gioffe 2 0-0-4; Julia Burns 0; Meredith Mable 0; Caroline Grace 2 0-0-4; Sophia Waken 0. Totals: 23 11-19-58.
BG 6 16 9 14 – 45
D 18 12 18 10 – 58
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (B-G) E. Selfridge 1, Leizear 1, Palmatier 1; (D) Bruce 1. Officials: Linchansky and O’Donnell.
Deposit/Hancock 60, Afton 30
AFTON – Afton’s Casey East completed the night with double-double in points and steals but the game ended with a Deposit/Hancock 60-30 win over the Crimson Knights Tuesday night.
East scored 13 points and wound up with 10 steals despite the loss.
D-H’s leading scorer, Laycee Drake scored 16 points, which is on the lower side for one of the section’s best. But that was in large part to Afton’s Abby Beaulieu tasks of guarding Drake.
“Abby [Beaulieu] played Drake man to man and did a good job,” Afton head coach Lacy Stanton said. “Drake in some foul trouble early on because of Abby’s defense and that helped.”
Afton scored a combined 11 points after the first two quarters because of a rought shooting night for the Crimson Knights. Afton found themselves in a 20 point whole at the half and was determined to do anything they could to close the gap.
The Crimson Knights shooting picked up in the second half but the first half defecit was too much to overcome for the home team.
Deposit/Hancock’s Malorie Rutledge finished with a game-high 17 points in the win, with most of her effort coming from the the three-point line. Rutledge knocked down four in the contest from behind the arc.
