SHERBURNE – The Lady Marauders won their fourth league game on Tuesday night with a final of 54-22 over Clinton, reaching a requirement to qualify for sectional play after the regular season.
Over the first 16 minutes of play, Sherburne-Earlville dominated the scoring column with a 30-5 lead. In the third, the Marauders showed no signs of letting up as they tacked on another 16-6.
Nearly having every girl on the roster score, Sherburne-Earlville added another eight points in the fourth – two coming from senior Eva Westbrook at the free-throw line.
S-E’s second senior, Sophia Khoury got her first points on the board in the first half with two made foul shots as well. Khoury finished with four, going 100-percent from the line. The team as whole shot a perfect 8-for-8 at the free-throw for the game.
Tessa Cole ended the game with a game-high 19 points while teammate Kaitlyn Furner finished in double-digits as well with 12. Nine of Furner’s 12 came in the first half.
The Marauders travel to Unatego on Thursday for a non-league game and follow up with another road trip to Adirondack on Tuesday, February 13.
Clinton: Megan Bremer 0; Gianna Trunfio 1 2-2-4; Audrey Gale 1 0-0-2; Tess Maxam 5 0-1-10; Madeline Walters 1 0-0-2; Laura Hughes 1 0-0-2; Mariah Seward 0 1-2-1; Lauren Chmielewski 0 1-4-1. Totals: 9 4-9-22.
Sherburne-Earlville: Sage Ashton 2 0-0-6; Kaitlyn Furner 5 0-0-12; Jaci Wright 2 2-2-7; Amberlyn Robertson 2 0-0-4; Tessa Cole 9 0-0-19; Eva Westbrook 0 2-2-2; Sophia Khoury 0 4-4-4; Corey Jeffrey 0. Totals: 20 8-8-54.
C 3 2 6 11 – 22
S-E 15 15 16 8 – 54
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (C) None; (S-E) Ashton 2, Furner 2, Cole 1, Wright 1. Officials: Killian and Hendrickson. JV: Clinton won, 32-28.
B-G 73, Sidney 5
BAINBRIDGE – Balanced team scoring and sharing the ball for 20 assists as team propelled the Lady Bobcats to a 73-5 win over the visiting Lady Warriors of Sidney in a MAC league game Tuesday night.
Megan Palmatier led the Bainbridge-Guilford in the assist column as she dished out seven passes on scoring plays. Jill Cannistra kicked another six assists while Abi Selfidge handed out four.
Kori Thornton led B-G in scoring with 17 points for while Macie Leizear tallied 14 points, including four from behind the three-point arc.
Abi Selfridge scored 11 while pulling down 15 boards, 11 on the offensive end. Erica finished the contest with 13 points Jillian Cannistra had six points with six assists.
Sidney’s Mackenzie Constable scored three points and Hannah Gray scored two.
Bainbridge-Guilford is the two seed the in MAC Conference currently and will host Greene on Monday, February 12 at 7:15 p.m. Other games for the MAC playoffs and times will be announced later this week once the information is received.
Sidney: Kaitlin Bookhout 0; Jordyn Lang 0; Hannah Gray 1 0-0-2; Tara Smith 0; Haley Larson 0; Bryleith Beauchat 0; Meghan Worden 0; Lindsay Frederick 0; Sarah Bessett 0; Mackenzie Constable 1 1-4-3; Jasona Williams 0. Totals: 2 1-4-5.
Bainbridge-Guilford: Jillian Cannistra 3 0-0-6; Matraca Harmon 2 0-0-4; Abigail Selfridge 3 5-5-11; Erica Selfridge 5 0-0-13; Macie Leizear 5 0-0-14; Zamira Caldwell 1 0-0-2; Kori Thornton 7 0-0-17; Megan Palmatier 3 0-2-6. Totals: 29 5-7-73.
S 0 1 2 2 – 5
B-G 31 25 10 7 – 73
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (S) none; (B-G) Leizear 4, Thornton 3, E. Selfridge 3. Officials: Wahila and Vinjevich.
Afton 59, Oxford 55 (OT)
AFTON – Afton’s Madison Riley stole the ball eight times the down the stretch, scoring six of her eight points in the fourth quarter to lead the Crimson Knights to overtime against the visiting Oxford Blackhawks. In the extra session of basketball, Afton outscored the Blackhawks 11-7 for a 59-55 victory.
A close game throughout, the Crimson Knights trailed by one at the half. Oxford extended their lead after three to six after completing a 10-5 to end the quarter.
But Afton answered in the fourth behind the Riley’s steals and six points. Teammate Sam Schoelier hit two free-throws in the closing 20 seconds of the quarter to tie the game and force the extra time.
In overtime, the Crimson Knights hit nine of their 14 attempts foul shots to earn the win.
Schoelier finished with nine points and 13 rebounds for Afton. Teammates Casey East led the team with 13 points while Abby Beaulieu scored 10 points, seven coming from the free-throw line.
