Marcella Appliances 67, Man Up 60
Marcella Appliances got off to a very hot start, and they were able to hold their opponents off the rest of the way to pick up a win in the 6:00 game. They took advantage of being one of the top shooting teams in the league, hitting 9 threes in the first half and 13 in the game. Johnstown senior Devin Boyle canned 5 in the first half, 6 on the game, and finished with a game high 24 points in the victory. Leominster (MA) senior Jamie Gonzalez added 11 points. Man Up saw 4 of their 5 players finish in double digits, led by Guilderland junior Mike Wine's 18 points. Logan O'Donnell, a 6'10" rising junior at John Jay, added 15.
Marcella Appliances (6-5): Kory Bergh 3-8, Jamie Gonzalez 3-4-11, Devin Boyle 9-24, Mitchel Wayand 3-7, Ben Diamond 3-8, Evan Pescetti 4-9. Totals: 25-4-67.
Man Up (2-9): Kevin Townes Jr. 6-1-14, Connor McCart 6-13, Mike Wine 5-6-18, Logan O'Donnell 7-1-15. Totals: 24-8-60.
3-Point Field Goals: Marcella Appliances 13 (Boyle 6, Bergh 2, Diamond 2, Gonzalez, Wayand, Pescetti), Man Up 4 (Wine 2, Townes Jr., McCart).
Free Throws: Marcella Appliances 4/6 (Gonzalez 4/5, Pescetti 0/1), Man Up 8/11 (Wine 6/7, Townes Jr. 1/2, O'Donnell 1/2).
Team 518 67, Marcella Appliances 48
Undefeated Team 518 used a stout 2nd half defensive effort to pull away in what was a close game most of the way. Holding a 6 point lead at halftime, they locked up and held Marcella Appliances to 20 after halftime. 10 players scored for now 11-0 Team 518, led by Guilderland senior Andrew Sischo, who had 16. South Kortright junior Tyler Lamport added 15 in the victory. The aforementioned Jamie Gonzalez and Rory Flaherty, an Albany Academy graduate doing a postgrad prep year at Deerfield Academy, had 11 points each for Marcella Appliances.
Team 518 (12-0): Colby Fancher 3-6, Adam Anderson 1-2-5, Kevin Murray 2-4, Tyler Lamport 6-1-15, Jesse O'Dell 2-4, Chad Zeoli 1-3, Joe Werner 3-6, Zac O'Dell 2-4, Alex Skaine 2-4, Andrew Sischo 7-2-16. Totals: 29-5-67.
Marcella Appliances (6-6): Kory Bergh 0-2-2, Jamie Gonzalez 4-1-11, Caleb Lapinel 0-1-1, Devin Boyle 4-9, Mitchel Wayand 1-2-5, Rory Flaherty 5-11, Ben Diamond 2-5, Evan Pescetti 2-4. Totals: 18-6-48.
3-Point Field Goals: Team 518 4 (Lamport 2, Anderson, Zeoli), Marcella Appliances 6 (Gonzalez 2, Boyle, Wayand, Flaherty, Diamond).
Free Throws: Team 518 5/9 (Sischo 2/2, Anderson 2/4, Lamport 1/3), Marcella Appliances 6/12 (Wayand 2/2, Bergh 2/4, Gonzalez 1/2, Lapinel 1/2, Pescetti 0/2).
Rising Stars 82, Upstate Select 62
Rising Stars were able to get up & down the court, and a team that loves track meets was able to turn it into one against a team with just 5 players for the duration of the game and pull away in the 2nd half. Argyle junior Kobe Lufkin had 16 of his team-high 23 points in the 2nd half, and Glens Falls freshman sensation Joe Girard III added 18 in the win. 3 of their 4 players in uniform finished in double digits - Troy senior Darius Holmes (14 points), Stillwater junior Jared D'Aloia (12 points), and South Glens Falls senior Matt Higgins (11 points). Utica Proctor senior Dejae Johnson had a game high 25 for Upstate Select, with 17 coming in the 2nd half.
Rising Stars (7-4): Kobe Lufkin 9-2-23, Jared D'Aloia 6-12, Darius Holmes 7-14, Matt Higgins 5-11, Joe Girard III 7-2-18, Anthony DeBonis 1-2-4. Totals: 35-6-82.
Upstate Select (2-9): Dejae Johnson 9-4-25, Darius Wicks 5-11, Ty'Jon Gilmore 3-7, Derek Newman 3-7, Tyler Bertram 2-6, Josh Gregory 3-6. Totals: 25-4-62.
3-Point Field Goals: Rising Stars 6 (Lufkin 3, Girard III 2, Higgins), Upstate Select 8 (Johnson 3, Bertram 2, Wicks, Gilmore, Newman).
Free Throws: Rising Stars 6/11 (Lufkin 2/2, Girard III 2/2, DeBonis 2/5, Holmes 0/2), Upstate Select 4/5 (Johnson 4/5).
Rising Stars 66, Bellevue 59
After being down 2 at halftime, the flood gates opened for Rising Stars, who had their 2nd 40+ point 2nd half of the night to pick up another victory. This was their 3rd win of the season over Bellevue, with the 3 combined margins of victory being 15 points. Three players scored 38 of their 40 points after halftime - Glens Falls freshman Joe Girard III and Troy senior Darius Holmes had 14 each in the 2nd half, and South Glens Falls senior Matt Higgins added 10 after intermission. Girard III finished with 23, Holmes added 20, and Higgins chipped in with 13. Bellevue got a team high 18 from Mount Anthony Union (VT) senior Tyler Champagne and 16 more from The Hill School (PA) senior Bryce Allen.
Rising Stars (8-4): Kobe Lufkin 1-3, Jared D'Aloia 2-5, Darius Holmes 9-1-20, Matt Higgins 6-13, Joe Girard III 8-4-23, Anthony DeBonis 1-2. Totals: 27-5-66.
Bellevue (5-6): Bryce Allen 6-2-16, Tyler Champagne 9-18, Damon Burgess 2-5, Keenan Loder 3-6, Damonte White 5-4-14. Totals: 25-6-59.
3-Point Field Goals: Rising Stars 7 (Girard III 3, Lufkin, D'Aloia, Holmes, Higgins), Bellevue 3 (Allen 2, Burgess).
Free Throws: Rising Stars 5/11 (Girard III 4/4, Holmes 1/3, D'Aloia 0/2, DeBonis 0/2), Bellevue 6/10 (White 4/4, Allen 2/2, Reidell 0/2, Loder 0/2).
Upstate Select 87, Bellevue 74
Upstate Select turned it up early and never took their foot off the pedal, racing out to a quick lead and putting up one of the season's highest scoring totals in the league. All 6 players in uniform for the white team scored at least 8, led by Utica Proctor senior Dejae Johnson's 23 points. Cooperstown sophomore Tyler Bertram got hot from the start and added a season high 19 - each hit 4 threes, combining for 8 of their 11 makes from beyond the arc. Saratoga Springs junior Darius Wicks and Watervliet senior Ty'jon Gilmore added 13 each, Herkimer junior Derek Newman chipped in with 11, and Whitesboro young senior Josh Gregory fought through a nasty looking knee injury that forced him out of much of the first game to score 8. Cobleskill-Richmondville senior Keenan Loder got going in the 2nd half and gave Bellevue a team high 21. The aforementioned Tyler Champagne and Bryce Allen added 15 and 14, respectively.
Upstate Select (3-9): Dejae Johnson 9-1-23, Darius Wicks 6-13, Ty'Jon Gilmore 6-13, Derek Newman 4-2-11, Tyler Bertram 7-1-19, Josh Gregory 4-8. Totals: 36-4-87.
Bellevue (5-7): Bryce Allen 5-2-14, Danny Reidell 4-1-11, Tyler Champagne 7-15, Damon Burgess 1-3, Aram Alexanian 1-2, Keenan Loder 9-3-21, Damonte White 4-8. Totals: 31-6-74.
3-Point Field Goals: Upstate Select 11 (Johnson 4, Bertram 4, Wicks, Gilmore, Newman), Bellevue 6 (Allen 2, Reidell 2, Champagne, Burgess).
Free Throws: Upstate Select 4/6 (Newman 2/3, Johnson 1/1, Bertram 1/2), Bellevue 6/14 (Loder 3/3, Allen 2/4, Reidell 1/5, Champagne 0/2).
Team 518 49, Man Up 39
The nightcap at Union's Viniar Athletic Center - the first boys league game played on the hardwood courts since the league's opening night - was home to a very unfamiliar sight. Consistently dominant Team 518 had to crawl their way back into it after being down by 10 at halftime. They were able to buckle down in the final 20 minutes, holding the upset-minded Man Up to just 11 2nd half points in turning a double digit deficit to a double digit win. After getting back to within 1 with 5 minutes left, 518 finished the game on a 15-4 run to pull away. Now 12-0 and the top seed headed into next Saturday's playoffs, Team 518 was paced by Guilderland senior Andrew Sischo and Schalmont senior Zac O'Dell, who scored 12 points apiece. The 6'8" Sischo added 11 rebounds, and 6'5" O'Dell had 7 boards and 2 blocks. Despite having just 2 wins on the season, Man Up gave 518 their toughest challenge of the season by far. Guilderland junior Mike Wine led the way with 13 points, and his backcourt mate Kevin Townes Jr., a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes in Poughkeepsie, scored all 11 of his points in the 1st half.
Team 518 (12-0): Adam Anderson 1-2, Ryan Blair 0-1-1, Tyler Lamport 3-7, Chad Zeoli 2-5, Joe Werner 1-2, Zac O'Dell 6-12, Alex Skaine 4-8, Andrew Sischo 5-2-12. Totals: 22-3-49.
Man Up (2-10): Kevin Townes Jr. 4-2-11, Mike Wine 4-5-13, Connor McCart 3-3-9, Logan O'Donnell 3-6. Totals: 14-10-39.
3-Point Field Goals: Team 518 2 (Lamport, Zeoli), Man Up 1 (Townes Jr.).
Free Throws: Team 518 3/5 (Sischo 2/3, Blair 1/2), Man Up 10/17 (Wine 5/7, McCart 3/5, Townes Jr. 2/3, O'Donnell 0/2).
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