NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley’s Caleb Parker gave his team their first lead, 61-60 of the game with 1:20 remaining in the contest. With 10.7 left, Levi Rifanburg went to the line to shoot two free-throws.
Making first of two, his second free throw missed and fell into the hands of Delhi’s Christian Aloisio, who dribbled to half court and lobbed a pass to his teammate, Nate Craft.
Craft made the basket and got the fouled called, giving the Bulldogs a 63-62 lead. With just 5 seconds before the buzzer sounded, he missed the attempt at the line.
Rifanburg grabbed the board and Andrew Jackson heaved a shot from half court but it fell short, giving Delhi the one point win over the higher seeded UV on Tuesday night.
Unadilla Valley struggled to get the shots they wanted on the offensive end because of the Bulldogs’ tough defense, barely allowing any Storm player to get a good look.
After the first quarter tie at 18-18, Delhi held a lead no more than five points until Parker’s three-pointer in the final quarter.
Craft finished with 30 on the night, making 13 baskets from the floor, leading the Bulldogs in the one point win and the chance at the MAC conference title on Friday at the Binghamton University Events Center.
His teammate Aloisio added 12 in the win for Delhi.
Jackson hit a three in the first three quarters, averaging 7.6 points in the time span. He ended the night with 27 in the scoring column and pulled down 10 rebounds for a double-double while dishing out six assists. Jackson is 13 points away from his 1,000 point milestone of his high school career.
Rifanburg scored 15 in the tough loss as well.
The Storm are now 12-7 overall and will play Sidney at home on Thursday at 7 p.m. UV will also receive word about their sectional seed on later today.
Delhi: Tyler Bruce 3 0-0-7; Luke Branigan 0; Cristian Aloisio 5 1-2-12; Alex Haight 2 2-4-6; Conor Aikens 2 1-2-6; Dustin Coffey 0; Chris Hillis 0; Johannes Ramboll 0; Logan Aikens 0; Rich Lalosh 1 0-0-2, Nate Craft 13 4-11-30. Totals: 26 8-19-63.
Unadilla Valley: Andrew Jackson 10 4-6-27; Dante Dye 2 3-4-7; Sam Loeffler 0; Charles Morgan 0; Payton Stilone 2 0-0-4; Caleb Parker 2 0-0-5; Levi Rifanburg 7 1-4-15; Wyatt Grey 1 1-2-4; Brady George 0; Cameron Osborne 0; Teddy Postma 0. Totals: 24 9-16-62.
D 18 16 18 11 – 63
UV 18 15 14 15 – 62
Fouled out: None. Three-point goals: (D) Bruce 1, Aloisio 1, Aikens 1; (UV) Jackson 3, Parker 1, Grey 1. Officials: Palmer and DeLorenzo.
Oxford 58, Bainbridge-Guilford 45
BAINBRIDGE – Three players recorded double-doubles in Tuesday mini MAC tournament game between Bainbridge-Guilford and Oxford with the Blackhawks taking the 13 point win over the host Bobcats.
Oxford’s Jason Davis opened up the scoring for his team with a three pointer, his first of three in the stanza. C.J. Smith added six and Brad Beckwith chipped in four points in the 21 point first quarter for Oxford.
On the other side of the floor, Bainbridge-Guilford’s Tevor Halaquist poured in 11 in the first eight minutes, aiding in a 17 point first for the Bobcats.
After the high scoring first by both teams, Oxford’s Chris Martin and Xavier Cruz played some great shut-down defense on Halaquist, only allowing him on three and free-throws for the rest of the contest.
Davis didn’t wasn’t slowed down though. Over the next 24 minutes of play, Davis scored 20 points to lead his team to a 58-45 win.
Davis was one of the three finishing with a double-double, scoring a game-high 29 while grabbing 17 rebounds.
“Jason [Davis] was too much for us tonight,” said Bobcats’ head coach Brad Aldrich.
Smith pulled down 10 boards in the win, giving Oxford their second player with a double-double as he scored 14 for the night.
Halaquist was the Bobcats’ player with a double-double, recording 18 points and 12 rebounds. Scherhaufer chipped in 10 in the loss for the
Oxford and Bainbridge-Guilford will play Thursday with the Blackhawks at Deposit/Hancock and the Bobcats will host Greene.
Oxford: Jacob Murrer 0; Josh Christian 0; Jason Davis 9 7-8-29; Xavier Cruz 1 1-4-3; Chris Martin 1 2-2-4; Matt Roach 0 2-2-2; CJ Smith 7 0-3-14; Brad Beckwith 3 0-0-6. Totals: 21 12-19-58.
Bainbridge-Guilford: Devon Scherhaufer 4 0-0-10; Xavier Churniak 2 0-1-4; Brenton Rideout 0; Trevor Halaquist 5 5-7-18; Parker Lord 0; Tom Palmatier 3 0-0-6; Colin Puerille 0; Adam Ives 3 1-1-7. Totals: 17 6-8-45.
O 21 11 12 14 – 58
B-G 17 9 6 13 – 45
