GREENE – The Lady Trojans of Greene knocked down seven from beyond the arc in Friday’s 60-18 win over the visiting Harpursville Hornets.
Greene jumped out to a 15 point after the first quarter with the first two baskets coming from the hands of Emma Smith. But the Trojans’ snipers began to dial in from long distance as Alyssa Sands hit the first of three straight threes by Greene McKenna Sergi then hit the next two back-to-back as they scored 17 in the first.
Greene showed no signs of slowing down as they scored 39 points over the course of the next 16 minutes of play. In the two middle quarters, the Trojans scored 17 and 22 on balanced scoring throughout the team. Smith led in the second with seven points tallied while it was Sergi again leading the charge in the third.
All of Greene’s scoring occurred while limiting their opponent to no more than eight points in any of the quarters and holding them to a game total of 18 points.
Smith finished with a game high 17 points. Teammates Sands and Sergi each chipped in with 15 and 14 points in the Greene win.
The Lady Trojans don’t play again on Friday when they travel to Afton with their boys team for a quad-header. The basketball action is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. when the girls JV team plays. The varsity will start following the boys JV game.
Harpursville: Taylor Fish 0 1-2-1; Mackenzie Whidden 1 0-0-2; Morgan Fleming 1 1-4-3; Maryjane Kappauf 0; Abbie Livermore 1 0-4-2; Saleen Medovich 1 1-2-3; Mackenzie Robertson 1 0-0-3; Alexus Roys 0; Vanessa Groover 2 0-0-4. Totals: 7 2-9-18.
Greene: Madison Rice 1 2-2-5; Brianna Austin 0; McKenna Sergi 6 0-0-14, Alyssa Sands 6 0-0-15; Katelynn Pratt 1 0-2-2; Mary Borchardt 0; Kylee Peck 3 0-0-7; Emma Smith 8 1-2-17. Totals: 25 3-6-60.
H 2 4 8 4 – 18
G 17 17 22 4 – 60
Fouled out: Pratt (G). Three-point goals: (H) Robertson 1; (G) Rice 1, Sergi 2, Sands 3, Peck 1. JV: Greene won.
Delhi 45, Oxford 13
OXFORD – Depsite outrebounding their opponent, the Lady Blackhawks had a rough night shooting from the floor on Friday against a tough Delhi Bulldogs team, who is number three in the most recent New York State rankings.
Oxford shot 17 percent from the floor and was held scoreless in the first quarter in a very physical contest between the two teams.
The Blackhawks’ Caitlyn Quigley led with six points.
Oxford hosts Otselic Valley on Tuesday for an inter-county, non-league matchup.