Erickson scores 21 to lead Trojans past B-G; OV 2-0 in league play

CHENANGO VALLEY – After a flat start in the first half, the Norwich Purple Tornado scored 50 in the second half to take the lead in the fourth quarter to beat the Chenango Valley Warriors 74-63 for their third straight win of the season.

Norwich trailed by five in the first quarter and the slow start continued into the second stanza as the Warriors held a nine point lead at halftime. Helping keep his team in the game, Norwich’s J.T. Vinal tallied eight first half points while the the rest of the scoring was spread throughout the team.

Out of the break, the Purple Tornado went on a tear that was lead by Marcus Cashman’s 13 points the 25 point quarter for Norwich. Nine of Cashman’s points came from the 3-point line as he caught fire. However, Chenango Valley still held the advantage by two points as the two teams headed into the final eight minutes of play.

Also aiding in the Norwich comeback was their hard-nose defense and strong presence on the glass. As a team, the Tornado forced at least 12 turnovers by the Warriors and pulled down a total of 29 rebounds, 21 of them coming on the defensive end to allow CV just one-shot trips on their offensive end of the floor.

In the fourth, Norwich went 10-for-12 at the free throw line and received two big 3-point buckets from Carson Maynard and an additional deep ball from Thomas Flanagan.

The Purple Tornado defense held the Warriors 12, their lowest point total of any quarter in the contest.

Cashman led all scorers as he ended the night with 23 points. Vinal finished with 20 points, sinking six of 10 attempts from the floor and shooting 88.9-percent at the free throw line (8-for-9) while Maynard shot 75 percent from behind the 3-point arc to record 13 points in the contest.

Mujuni Mutabiilwa tallied six points but nearly came home with a double-double the hard way as he pulled in 10 rebounds and dished out eight assists in the game.

As a team, Norwich committed just nine turnovers for their lowest total this season.

Chenango Valley’s offense saw four different played score double digits in the loss with Nathan Kline scoring 13 to lead the team. Riley Spencer chipped in 11 while Travis Kraack and Max Singer added 10 points each.

The Purple Tornado (3-1, 2-0) travel to Susquehanna Valley on Friday for their third divisional game in a row. Game time is scheduled for

Norwich 73, Chenango Valley 64

Nor 10 14 25 25 – 73

CV 15 18 18 12 – 64

Norwich: Drew Walsh 0; Thomas Parrella 0; Mujuni Mutabiilwa 2 2-2-6; Carson Maynard 5 0-1-13; Marcus Cashman 7 6-8-23; Thomas Flanagan 1 0-0-3; Brayden Supensky 0; J.T. Vinal 6 8-9-20; Shane Lawrence 0; Jahlil Jones 1 0-0-2; Jon Clarke 0; Skylar Wenzel 3 1-1-7. TOTALS: 29 17-21-74.

Chenango Valley: Dylan Ferry 1 0-0-3; Nate Klein 5 2-2-13; Riley Spencer 3 3-3-11; Dom Testani 3 0-0-7; Travis Kraack 1 7-8-10; Rory Thompson 1 0-0-2; Max Singer 4 0-0-10; Garrett Kraack 1 1-2-3; Marcus Hanyon 0; Henry Stroka 1 0-0-2.

Fouled out: (N) J.T. Vinal; (CV) Travis Kraack. 3-point goals: (N) Marcus Cashman 3, Carson Maynard 3, Thomas Flanagan 1; (CV) Dylan Ferry 1, Nathan Klein 1, Riley Spencer 2, Dom Testani 1, Travis Kraack 1, Max Singer 2. Officials: Stepanovsky and Smith.

Greene 68, Bainbridge-Guilford 52

BAINBRIDGE – The Greene Trojans scored 26 points in the first quarter and followed it with 20 in the second en route to a 68-52 win over the Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats on the road Tuesday night.

Greene’s Nate Erickson scored a game-high 21 points, knocking down two 3-point field goals in the early minutes of the first stanza. Erickson finished with 11 of his 21 in the eight minute stretch as a part of the Trojans’ 26-9 run.

Erickson hit two more 3-pointers in the second and Nate Parker scored seven points as he went 3-for-4 at the foul line. Greene went into the locker room at halftime leading by 23 points.

The Bobcats didn’t quit though. B-G came out in the second half strong, outscoring the Trojans 16-12 behind a balanced scoring effort that was led by Tom Palmatier’s seven points. Palmatier pulled down 10 boards and finished the game with a team-high 17 points to record his second straight double-double this season.

Bobcats’ head coach Brad Aldrich said that his team just needs to figure out a way to start the game better and they will be in games like the one played Tuesday.

Haiden Burns chipped in 13 points in the loss, nine coming in the second half for Bainbridge-Guilford and Trent Thornton added nine.

Both Parker and Alec Frair ended the night with nine points while Spencer Klumpp scored seven.

Greene’s win over B-G comes after heartbreaking overtime loss to Sidney Friday night, 54-51.

The Trojans led by one point heading in the fourth quarter but as the game was a battle back and forth between the two teams, Sidney tied the game up late in the fourth quarter to force the extra four minutes of basketball.

In the overtime session, the Warriors’ Liam Matthews went 3-for-4 at the foul line to help lead Sidney past Greene.

Nate Barry of the Trojans led the team with 13 points and Tristan Austin scored 10 in the loss.

Matthews tallied a game-high 22 points while teammate Ryan Harris put up 18.