Take Away: Greenwich put three players in doubles, bottomed 10 triples and rolled over OESJ in this Class C quarterfinal.
Stillwater 65 Maple Hill 39
Leading Scorers: Stillwater – Maddie Chatt 16 4, 3’s Addison Thornton 14 Andie Luskin 12 Maple Hill – Addy Loszynski 22 Ayva Spar 10
Key Stat: Stillwater outscored Maple Hill 38-18 after the break.
Take Away: Leading 26-21 entering the third frame, Stillwater pulled away for the Class C quarterfinal victory holding OESJ to single scoring numbers in the final two periods.
Six Wasaren squads will play in quarterfinal games tonight in Class C with four boy squads and a pair of girls’ teams looking to advance to Class C semis with a win tonight.
Girls
#1 Greenwich vs. #9 OESJ
The top-seeded Witches come in off an 88-29 demolition of KIPP in round one. Brooke Kuzmich with 29 points, Jordan Wolfe with 25 points and Bailee Wolfe with 23 led the way for the 20-1 Greenwich quintet.
OESJ slipped past Galway 43-39 in first round action and have put together a nice season at 16-4. That season comes to end tonight.
Look for Greenwich to post a comfortable “W” here.
#2 Stillwater vs. #7 Maple Hill
Stillwater boasts a 19-2 mark and enters off an 84-16 decision over Bishop Gibbons in the opening round. Addison Thorton dropped 36 points with six triples, while Maddie Chatt with 15 and Leiann Thompson with 10 points rounded out a trio of double-digit scorers.
Maple Hill had an easy time in round one besting Warrensburg 59-20 and have put together a 13-win campaign thus far.
Stillwater simply too good and will punch their ticket to the semifinal round tonight.
Boys
#4 Cambridge vs. #12 Rensselaer
Cambridge enters with a 16-5 mark after topping Hoosic Valley 73-48 in round one. Connor Genevick led the way in the victory with 24 points while Luke MacDougal and Myles Matteson added 16 and 12 respectively.
Rensselaer bested Fort Plain 66-52 in the opening round and the Rams show a9-11 record on the year.
With a few common opponents this year the most relevant may be Tamarac who beat the Rams 75-41 early in the season, while Cambridge topped Tamarac 69-61 in mid-January.
I like Cambridge’s perimeter shooting, 13 threes in round one, and their overall ability to score.
Look for Cambridge to get past a solid Rensselaer squad.
#2 Duanesburg vs. #7 Stillwater
Duanesburg has posted 18 wins this year, the latest a 65-27 victory over Lake George. They have won 8 of their last nine entering tonight’s game.
Stillwater comes in at 14-7 after a comfortable 76-59 first-round “W” over Middlebury. Stillwater put three players in doubles in the win with Mason Wagner scoring 26 with six triples, Rocco Schneller dropping 22 and Vinny Parella adding 12 points.
Stillwater are 4-1 in their last five and can score with anyone in the C’s. Look for Stillwater to pull the mild upset in a close one.
#3 Spa Catholic vs. #6 Greenwich
Spa Catholic made easy work of Loudonville Christian in round one, notching a 78-45 win to run their record to 15-6. Jason Thompson led the Saints attack with a 20-point effort with teammates David Kingston and Thomas Zayac adding 14 and 11 points. Spa Catholic drilled 11 long balls in the win.
Greenwich at 15-6, took care of Schoharie in the opening round posting a 59-53 victory. Ethan Mullen with 18 points, Mike Cronin with 16, Langston Hall 12 and Omar DeJesus with 10 rounded out a quartet of double figure scorers in the win.
The two Wasaren squads split in the regular season with Greenwich earning a 58-44 victory in December and Spa Catholic returning the favor with an 82-59 “W” in mid-February.
Injuries have hurt the Witches the last month although they’ve remained very competitive despite being down two starters.
I’ll give the nod to the Saints tonight with the Witches having a “puncher’s chance”.
Leading Scorers: Saints – Sophia Ryan 34 3, 3’s Generals – Makenzie McKernan 9
Key Stat: Spa Catholic won every quarter.
Take Away: The Saints held a 35-22 lead at the break and pulled away over the final two frames to the quarterfinal win in Class D. Sophia Ryan led the way with a game-high 34 points with 16 coming in the first period. #2 Spa Catholic advances to the semifinal round where they’ll face #3 Hartford at HVCC on Sunday at 6 p.m.
Key Stat: Mayfield won each of the first three quarters.
Take Away: Mayfield steadily pulled away from Cambridge building a 55-29 lead entering the final frame where they closed out the victory in Class C play.
Key Stat: Stillwater won each of the first three frames.
Take Away: Leading 21-15 after the first eight minutes, Stillwater took control with a 29-point second quarter led by Wagner’s 20-point period, on their way to the comfortable first round win in Class C.
Greenwich 59 Schoharie 53
Leading Scorers: Witches – Ethan Mullen 18 Mike Cronin 16 4, 4’s Langston Hall 12 Omar DeJesus 10 Schoharie – Florussen 21 5, 3’s Dingee 12 Gagnon 11
Key Stat: Greenwich converted 11 of 19 free throws while Schoharie connected on 4 of 6 from the stripe.
Take Away: In a close game throughout the Witches took a 43-40 lead into the final stanza where they sealed the “W” in Class C first round play.
Spa Catholic 78 Loudonville Christian 45
Leading Scorers: Saints – Jasyn Thompson 20 David Kingston 12 4, 3’s Thomas Zayac 11 3, 3’s LC – Liam Des 20 6, 3’s Cooper Bibighoas 13
Key Stat: The Saints outscored the visitors 24-5 in the second quarter.
Take Away: Spa Catholic won every quarter, put three players in doubles and drilled 11 triples in the Class C round one win.
Greenwich 88 KIPP 29
Leading Scorers: Witches – Brooke Kuzmich 29 3, 3’s Jordan Wolfe 25 3, 3’s Bailee Wolfe 23,5, 3’s KIPP – S. Powell 25
Key Stat: The Witches held KIPP to single scoring numbers in each of the first three periods.
Take Away: Top-seeded Greenwich led wire-to-wire with Kuzmich and the Wolfe sisters combining for 77 points in the Class C victory.
Key Stat: Stillwater held Gibbons to single scoring numbers in every period.
Take Away: Stillwater put three players in doubles, bottomed 10 threes and rolled to the first round “W” in Class C.
Tamarac 39 Greenville 37
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Raegan Sorel 10 Greenville – L. Dawson 14 S. Capozzi 10
Key Stat: The Bengals ended the game on a 6-0 run.
Take Away: Tamarac trailed 37-33 with :38 remaining when the Bengals’ Liz Darling drilled a three, and after a Bengal steal Becky Barbera is fouled on a drive and hits one of two knotting the score at 37 all. Tamarac turns Greenville over on the next possession and Darling runs out for the game-winning layup as Tamarac advances to the second round in Class B.
Whitehall 33 Waterford 21 No other stats provided
Take Away: The Fordians led 15-7 at the break, but Whitehall outscored Waterford 26-6 the rest of the way to notch the win in girls, Class C action.
Berne-Knox 80 Waterford 15 Boys No other stats provided