BAINBRIDGE – Top seeded Bainbridge-Guilford faced early foul trouble but controlled the tempo of the contest, building their lead after every quarter to take the 58-35 win over eight-seed Spencer Van-Etten in the Section IV Class C quarterfinals on Saturday night.

The Bobcats jumped out to an early 14-5 lead over the Panthers in the first quarter, and added 12 to go into the break up 26-14. Six of their 12 points came from the hand of Jill Cannistra as she hit two from beyond the arc.

Out of the intermission, the Bobcats’ received six from Abi Selfridge and five from Kori Thornton in the quarter to pace B-G to another big scoring quarter.

But in the final quarter of play, the Bobcats totalled their largest of the game to score 17. Selfridge and Palmatier each scored five in the eight minute span.

Palmatier finished with a double-double as she scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. She added six assists to her statline. Abi Selfridge also had a double-double with 16 points and 10 boards.

On the other side of the top half of the Class C bracket, Greene found themselves down 10 points with 40 seconds left in third quarter before pulling together a huge come back led by their senior Alyssa Sands’ 28 points to grab the upset win over Odessa-Montour, 57-53.

After trailing by six after the first eight minutes, Greene bounced back to outscore the high-seed O-M 12-11. The Lady Trojans went into the halftime break trailing by five.

Odessa-Montour game out of the locker room and continued to add to their lead, scoring 14 in the quarter behind Nakiaha Robinson and Sara Gardner. The two combined for seven of the team’s total points in the stanza.

But late in the third, Sands and Madison Rice each added a bucket to cut the lead down to three.

In the final quarter, the Lady Trojans dominated, scoring 21 points. Sands poured in 10 points and McKenna Sergi added sic in the stanza, allowing Greene to take the lead and the win.

Another key factor in the win was Greene controlled the boards like they do in most games, as Mary Borchardt pulled down 11 and Emma Smith grabbed 10.

I was really proud of the way the kids were so poised and played together,” said head coach Dave Gorton. “They were positive in the timeouts and our seniors really stepped up.”