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OXFORD – Turnovers and missed shots caused by the clinging, persistant defense of the Delhi Bulldogs handed the Blackhawks a loss at home on Thursday night.
Oxford kept the game within reach after the first as the they were down by three. But the turnovers caused by the Bulldogs allowed the Blackhawks to only add four points to their tally, helping Delhi extend the lead to 23-11 by the half.
Nate Craft scored 25 points, more than half of the Bulldogs point total with 11 of his points coming at the foul-line. The Bulldogs as team were 15-for-22 for free-throws.
The Blackhawks were led by Jason Davis’ nine points on the offensive end. Teammate Brad Beckwith added seven and C.J. Smith chipped in with five in the loss.
Oxford will look to rebound Wednesday, January 17 when they travel the Bainbridge-Guilford for a MAC league match-up.
Delhi: Tyler Bruce 1 0-0-2; Luke Branigan 0; Michael Griswold 2 0-0-5; Alex Haight 0 0-3-0; Conor Aikens 3 1-2-7; Chris Hillis 1 0-0-2; Tristan Olson 1 0-0-2; Rich LaLosh 0 3-4-3; Nate Craft 7 11-13-25. Totals: 15 15-22-46.
Oxford: Jake Merwin 1 0-0-2; Josh Christian 0; Jason Davis 3 2-2-9; Xavier Cruise 1 0-0-2; Chris Martin 1 0-0-2; Matt Roach 0; CJ Smith 2 1-2-5; Brad Beckwich 3 1-1-7. Totals: 11 4-5-27.
D 10 13 9 14 – 46
O 7 4 10 6 – 27
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (D) Griswold 1; (O) Davis 1. Officials: Killian and McPeek.
Unadilla Valley 63, Deposit/Hancock 47
DEPOSIT – The second quarter was the difference in the game as the Storm took down the host Deposit/Hancock Eagles Thursday night.
UV’s Levi Rifanburg accounted for 10 of his teams 19 in the first stanza of action as the Storm led 19-12.
In the span of the second eight minutes, Unadilla Valley went on a 21-9 run behind Andrew Jackson’s nine and Dante Dye’s six from beyond the three-point line, giving them a 19 point lead at the break.
Coming out of the intermission, Rifanburg continued to pour in the point, nearly outscoring the Eagles by himself as he added 13 to his alreaady impressive tally. He finished the night with a double-double, recording 25 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
Jackson dished out nine in the game while contributing 16 in the scoring column.
The Storm improves to 3-0 in the conference with an overall record of 6-5. They are in action again on Tuesday, January 16 in a boys-girls quad-header against Delhi as a rescheduled game from the winter weather cancelations on January 4 and 5.
Unadilla Valley: Andrew Jackson 6 2-4-16, Sam Loeffler 0; Dante Dye 3 0-0-9; Charles Morgan 0; Payton Stilone 1 1-2-3; Caleb Parker 2 1-1-6; Spencer Meade 0 1-2-1; Levi Rifanburg 11 3-5-25; Bob Anderson 0; Wyatt Grey 0 1-2-1; Brady George 0; Cameron Osborne 0; Teddy Postma 1 0-0-2. Totals: 24 9-16-63.
Deposit/Hancock: Austin Lenio 2 3-4-7; Jackson Miller 0; Ray Rynearson 0;, Tommy Letosky 0; Josiah Simmons 0; Darren Shaver 5 1-4-13; Tyler Young 4 0-0-8; Cole Russell 7 3-8-17; Nick Staton 1 0-0-2. Totals: 19 7-16-47.
UV 19 21 19 4 – 63
D/H12 9 14 12 – 47
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (UV) Dye 3, Jackson 2, Parker 1; (D/H) Shaver 2. JV: D/H won.
Bainbridge-Guilford 45, Unatego 44
OTEGO – The Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats took the momentum from topping Harpursville on Tuesday into their MAC conference road game two night later. The Bobcats fourth quarter pressure led to a comeback win against the Unatego Spartans Thursday night.
Unatego held a 26-15 lead at break and outscored B-G 12-2 in the third, giving themselves the 38-27 lead.
Down by 11 entering into the final eight minutes of play, Bainbridge-Guilford head coach Brad Aldrich knew his team needed to do something different in the quarter to comeback. That’s when he decided to throw a full-court, full-pressure defense at the Spartans.
It proved to work as they caused turnover after turnover, leading to transition baskets for the Bobcats as they went on an 18-6 run to give themselves the win.
Dean Reed finished with a game-high 20 points for Unatego.
The Bobcats’ Tom Palmatier scored a team-high 12 points in the win while teammates Trevor Halaquist finished with 11 points and Xavier Cherniak chipped nine, six coming during the comeback efforts for B-G.
Tuesday’s 81-60 win over the Hornets was the first of the season for Bainbridge-Guilford. The win was a true team effort as the scoring was balanced throughout the game. Halaquist led in the scoring column with 26 points and Cherniak ended the night with 18. Shawn Lindsey scored 15 in the paint while Devin Scherhaufer contributed 10, six from long-range.
Bainbridge-Guilford will look to continue their win streak later tonight when they host Windsor in the non-league contest. Game is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. tip-off.
Unatego: Dallas Bosley 0; Cody Smith 0 2-2-2; Cooper Thayer 5 0-0-11; Payton Carman 0; Noah Hatalla 1 0-2-2; Andy Sheldon 1 0-0-2; Tyler Stein 0; Dawson Wilsey 1 0-4-2; Dean Reed 10 0-1-20; Caden Clow 1 0-0-2; Zach Carey 1 0-0-3. Totals: 20 2-9-44.
Bainbridge-Guilford: Devon Scherhaufer 2 0-0-6; Xavier Cherniak 4 0-0-9; Brenton Rideout 0; Shawn Lindsey 1 0-0-2; Trevor Halaquist 3 4-7-11; Parker Lord 0 1-2-1; Tom Palmatier 5 2-2-12; Collin Puerile 2 0-0-4; Adam Ives 0. Totals: 17 7-11-45.
U 17 9 12 6 – 44
