Kyle Ray scored 17 points and seven rebounds, and Jeff Fazio had eight points and 10 rebounds as Unatego beat Afton, 58-38, in the first round of the Deposit Lumberjack Tournament on Friday night.
Alex Hendrickson scored 15 points, including four three-pointers, for the Spartans (1-0), who meet Susquehanna (Pa.) at 7 p.m. Saturday in the championship. Hendrickson also had five assists and four steals.
Kyle Falkenmeyer also scored 15 points for Unatego, which switched from zone to man-to-man in the first quarter.
"We didn't have the tenacity I was looking for," Unatego coach Jim Knight said.
Bryant Winans led Afton with 19 points. The Crimson Knights play Deposit in the tournament's consolation game.
Unatego 58, Afton 38
DEPOSIT LUMBERJACK TOURNAMENT
First Round
AFTON: Ethan Wharton 1 0-0 3, Bryant Winans 7 1-4 19, Casey Mohrien 0 4-8 4, Jake Snyder 3 0-0 6, Jake Metch 0 0-0 0, Matt McArther 0 0-0 0, Conor Tarbell 3 0-0 6. TOTALS: 14 5-12 38.
UNATEGO (1-0): Erik Barber 0 0-0 0, Kyle Falkenmeyer 6 1-2 15, Jeff Fazio 4 0-3 8, Alex Hendrickson 5 1-2 15, Chet Davis 1 1-2 6, Kyle Ray 7 3-7 17, Travis Simmons 0 0-0 0, Phil Schaffer 0 0-0 0, Mike Simonds 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 6-16 58.
Afton13 7 8 10 _ 38
Unatego12 10 14 22 _ 58
Three-point field goals: Afton 5 (Winans 4, Wharton); Unatego 6 (Hendrickson 4, Falkenmeyer 2). JV score: Unatego won, 63-34.
CV-S 59, Morris 41
Anthony Brant scored a game-high 20 points, many of those coming on drives to the basket, to lead Cherry Valley-Springfield to a Tri-Valley League victory on the road.
Jason Guernsey contributed 10 points for the Patriots (2-0, 1-0).
Seven of Morris' 15 field goals came from beyond the three-point line. Sean Babbitt hit two threes for the Mustangs (1-1), who play at Laurens on Tuesday.
CV-S 59, Morris 41
CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD (2-0, 1-0): Jason Guernsey 1 8-12 10, Scott Sheldon 0 1-2 1, Weston Johnson 3 0-0 6, Anthony Brant 9 1-1 20, Zach Pecenak 3 0-0 6, Chip Taylor 0 0-0 0, Jake Hanlon 2 1-4 5, Scott VanDerkrake 1 0-0 2, Mike Cagganello 2 0-0 5, Nate Herringshaw 0 0-2 0, Scott Fallington 0 0-0 0, Brian Sutton 1 0-0 2, Jesse Miller 1 0-1 2, Adam Halay 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 11-22 59.
MORRIS (1-1, 0-1): Andrew Chase 1 1-2 3, Steve Hansen 1 0-0 3, Sean Babbitt 2 0-0 6, Justin Chase 2 0-0 5, Adam Shumway 2 0-2 5, Brad Bourgeois 0 0-0 0, Dillon Anderson 1 1-4 4, Will Hickein 0 0-0 0, Matt Conroe 0 0-0 0, Eric Smith 1 0-1 2, Anthony Hartman 0 0-2 0, Andre Lynch 4 1-1 9, Stephen Maricle 1 1-2 4, Kyle Utter 0 0-0 0, Matt Tracy 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15 4-14 41.
Cherry Valley-Springfield16 14 16 13 _ 59
Morris9 11 12 9 _ 41
Three-point field goals: C 2 (Brant, Cagganello); M 7 (Hansen, Babbitt 2, Chase, Shumway, Anderson, Maricle). JV score: Morris, 46-40.
Windham 61,
Schenevus 54, OT
Mike Iacono had 15 points and six steals and Windham used an 11-4 overtime period to pull away in the opening round of the Schenevus Tip-Off Tournament.
Justin Filippone, a 6-foot-5 center, scored four of his 10 points in overtime. Andrew Alberti and Zhenya Doolan had 12 points apiece for the Warriors (1-1). Alberti also had eight steals.
"We kept the press on for most of the second half and overtime and picked up a bunch of steals," Windham coach Nate Hoyt said. "When we got to overtime, we didn't let down. We picked up the defensive energy and put it away."
Windham plays Worcester in the championship at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Windham 61, Schenevus 54, OT
SCHENEVUS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT
First Round
WINDHAM (1-1): Matt Bentley 0 1-2 1, Andrew Alberti 5 1-2 12, Anthony Alesi 2 0-4 5, James McNab 1 4-11 6, Zhenya Doolan 5 2-5 12, Mike Iacono 5 5-12 15, Justin Filippone 5 0-3 10, Chris Maynard 0 0-0 0, Jay Maynard 0 0-0 0, Evan Goettsche 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 13-39 61.
SCHENEVUS (0-2): Jesse Ward 1 0-0 2, Joe Herr 4 1-2 10, Corey Hubbard 2 0-0 4, Shawn Sperbeck 9 9-11 27, Will Weinert 2 4-12 8, Michael Klein 0 0-0 0, Roger Dixon 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18 14-25 54.
Windham15 10 14 11 11 _ 61
Schenevus15 15 10 10 4 _ 54
Three-point field goals: W (Alberti, Alesi); S (Herr).
Worcester 60, Downsville 39
Joey Nelson scored his varsity-best 23 points to lead Worcester in the opening round of the Schenevus Tip-Off Tournament.
Nelson also had seven steals and five rebounds for the Wolverines (2-1). Toby Stay contributed 18 points and six steals for Worcester, which used a 26-10 second quarter to pull away.
The Wolverines play Windham in the championship at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Donald Jennings scored 12 points to lead Downsville (1-1), which plays Schenevus in the consolation game at 4:30 p.m.
Worcester 60, Downsville 39
SCHENEVUS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT
First Round
DOWNSVILLE: Kody MacDonald 4 0-0 8, Donald Jennings 4 4-4 12, Ethan Skinner 0 0-0 0, Ronnie MacDonald 1 0-0 2, James Irwin 0 0-0 0, Dustin Keesler 3 0-0 6, TJ Felter 2 0-0 4, Michael Lawrence 3 1-8 7, Jon Wren 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 5-12 39.
WORCESTER: Tim Bristol 2 0-0 4, Jorge Stafford 0 0-0 0, Toby Stay 5 6-8 18, Garrett Roe 0 0-0 0, Tim Tompkins 0 0-0 0, Josh Hunt 2 0-0 4, David DuBois 0 3-6 3, Joey Nelson 10 3-7 23, Kegan Althiser 1 0-0 2, Bobby Putnam 0 0-0 0, Zac Clark 3 0-2 6, Ralph Basso 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 12-23 60.
Downsville4 10 16 9 _ 39
Worcester6 26 13 15 _ 60
Three-point field goals: W (Stay 2).
UV 54, S-E 36
Mason Wyman scored 16 points and Raffi Perry 15 to lead visiting Unadilla Valley in the opening round of the Sherburne-Earlville Tip-Off Tournament.
The Storm trailed, 10-8, after the first quarter, but Wyman scored six points in the second quarter as Unadilla Valley outscored the Marauders, 16-7, to take the lead.
"In the first quarter we had first-game jitters," UV coach Matt Osborne said. "Then we put on some full-court pressure and got some turnovers and easy buckets."
Darin Garcia had eight points and nine rebounds for the Storm (1-0), who plays Westhill at 7:45 p.m. Saturday in the championship.
UV 54, S-E 36
S-E TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT
First Round
UNADILLA VALLEY (1-0): Mason Wyman 5 4-5 16, Raffi Perry 6 1-2 15, Josh Wright 1 0-0 3, Jay Lloyd 1 0-0 2, Darin Garcia 4 0-0 8, Matt Harrington 1 2-2 4, Jake Curtis 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Jachim 1 0-0 2, Josh Thomsen 2 0-0 4, Will Sanders 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 7-9 54.
S-E: Brett Nelson 3 1-2 7, Caleb Brown 2 0-0 5, Ken Knickerbocker 1 0-0 3, Sean Boice 1 1-2 3, Bill Crane 1 0-0 2, Garrett Parack 5 0-0 10, Dan Leet 0 0-0 0, Ethan Sconzo 1 0-0 2, Ryan Collins 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 16 2-5 36.
UV8 16 12 18 _ 54
S-E10 7 9 10 _ 36
Three-point field goals: U (Wyman 2, Perry 2, Wright); S (Brown, Knickerbocker). JV score: UV won.
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