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NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley controlled the tempo against the Greene Trojans in the first half to lead 40-23 at the break before the Storm took a 76-66 conference win at home.

Andrew Jackson’s eight and Wyatt Grey seven in the first eight minutes to pace the Storm to a 21-10 lead. Unadilla Valley pushed the lead to 17 at the break behind Levi Rifanburg’s six and Jackson’s seven.

Rifanburg scored another six in the third, giving him 12 of his 14 points over the two middle quarters. and Dante Dye scored 13 for the Storm.

The fourth quarter was all the Trojans as they put up 26 in their comeback effort. Bob Mills knocked down three from long-distance, scoring 10 in the quarter while Evan Walters added six of his team-high 19 in the quarter.

Unfortunately, their final push at the end was not enough to overcome the big lead from the first three quarters UV.

Jackson finished the night with a game-high 28 points, pulled down eight rebounds and dished out six assists to lead Unadilla Valley while Dante Dye added 13 and Grey scored nine for the night.

Mills tallied 13 on the night while Nate Erickson added 10, eight coming from the free-throw line. Erickson went 8-for-11 at the line for the contest.

Unadilla Valley next plays at home on Tuesday in the MAC semi-finals against Delhi. Game time is yet to be announced. Greene will participate in the MAC mini tournament but location, time and opponent are to be determined later today as most of the MAC league teams played last night.

Greene: Evan Walters 8 1-3-19; Nate Barry 2 0-0-5; Brandon Whitaker 3 0-0-8; Bob Mills 4 2-3-13; Alec Frair 3 0-1-6, Nolan Butler 0 1-2-1, Nate Erickson 1 8-11-10; Mitch Walters 0; Nathan Hurlburt 0; Ryan Smith 2 0-0-4. Totals: 23 12-20-66.

Unadilla Valley: Andrew Jackson 10 6-7-28; Dante Dye 3 6-7-13; Sam Loeffler 1 0-2-3; Charles Morgan 2 0-0 4; Payton Stirone 0 1-2-1; Caleb Parker 1 0-0-3; Levi Rifanburg 6 2-2-14; Wyatt Grey 4 0-0-9; Brady George 0; Cameron Osborne 0 1-2-1; Teddy Postma 0. Totals: 27 16-22-76.

G 10 13 17 26 – 66

UV 21 19 20 16 – 76

Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (G) Barry 1, Whitaker 2, Mills 3; (UV) . Officials: Mark and Carnell

Unatego 45, Oxford 44

OXFORD – Caden Clow’s two free throws with 11 seconds remaining led to the Unatego Spartans one point win at Oxford on Thursday night. The Blackhawks did have a drive with a chance to win in the final 10 seconds but the attempt was unsuccessful.

Oxford trailed at the end of the third by just one basket after the Spartans Dawson Wisley scored in the final seconds of the quarter. Before that, the two teams were tied at 29 with 20 seconds remaining in the stanza.

“Game was back and forth all night,” said Oxford’s head coach Tim Davis. “Not having practice in a week because of the weather does hurt.”

The Blackhawks’ Jason Davis scored eight in the first half to aid in the 23-19 lead held by Oxford at the break.

Unatego was led by Dawson Wisley’s 14 points, including three behind the three point arc. Dean Reed finished with 10 points.

Chris Martin went 6-for-8 from the free-throw line to lead Oxford with 11 points, a season high for the senior Blackhawk. Teammates Davis and Xavier Cruz added 10 and eight.

Before the game, Oxford honored their two seniors, Martin and Hutch MacDonald. MacDonald has been unable to play since an injury sustained back in December.

Oxford is the eight seed in the MAC conference and will play in a MAC crossover game. Team, location and time will be announced later today. The Blackhawks have qualified for sectional play and will be waiting for that game to be announced sometime next week.

Unatego: Cody Smith 2 0-0-5; Peyton Carman 0; Andy Sheldon 1 0-0-2; Tyler Stein 1 0-0-2; Dawson Wisley 5 1-1-14; Tyler Innes 1 2-2-4; Dean Reed 5 0-2-10; Noah Blake 0; Caden Clow 2 2-2-6; Zach Carey 1 0-0-2. Totals: 18 5-7-45.

Oxford: Jacob Murrer 0 1-2-1; Josh Christian 0; Jason Davis 3 2-2-10; Xavier Cruz 4 0-0-8; Chris Martin 2 6-8-11; Matt Roach 1 0-0-2; CJ Smith 4 0-1-8; Brad Beckwith 2 0-0-4. Totals: 16 9-13-44.

U 11 8 12 14 – 45

O 16 7 6 15 – 44

Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (U) Smith 1, Wisley 3; (O) Davis 2, Martin 1. Officials: Barker and Woody.

Sidney 67, Bainbridge-Guilford 41

BAINBRIDGE – The Sidney Warriors scored 27 of their 67 points from long-distance, hitting nine three-points as a team. Malik Howard hit four on his own, accounting for 16 of his game-high 20 in the win over the host Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats Thursday night.

B-G outscored the Warriors 14-9 in the third quarter but were trailing by 13 at the halftime break.

Sidney limited the Bobcats to just four points in the second quarter, proving to the be the difference in the game. Bainbridge-Guilford kept the game within reach after the first quarter behind Trevor Halaquist’s eight points.

Howard paced the Warriors in the second with seven of the team’s 20.

Ethan Finch added 17 for Sidney while teammates Mike Gravelin, Steven Smith and Liam Matthews all scored 10 in the win.

Halaquist led the Bobcats with 12 while Shawn Lindsey and Tom Palmatier each added 11 and 10 in the loss.