Greene falters in fourth quarter against unbeaten Unatego

Girls’ Basketball

Unatego 47, Greene 41

GREENE – MacKensey O’Hara led a six-point surge for Unatego midway through the fourth quarter to help her club stay unbeaten on the season Wednesday.

After Megan McDermott’s basket put Greene up 34-32, O’Hara scored on an inside move, then assisted teammate Blake Shelton on consecutive back-door layups to put her club up by four. O’Hara also blocked a shot late in the game and hit two three-pointers in the first half leading her club with 16 points.

“We just didn’t execute down the stretch, and they did,” said Greene coach Bill Case. “We didn’t defend as well as we needed to, and we made poor decisions on offense.”

Jessica Smith scored 12 points for Greene and McDermott tallid eight of her 10 points in the second half.

Unatego: Ashley Walke 0, Chelsie Dalton 3 2-2-9, Katya Harris 0 2-2-2, Colleen O’Hara 4 0-3-9, MacKensey O’Hara, 7 0-0-16, Blake Shelton 5 1-4-11. Totals: 19 5-11-47.

Greene: Barb Borst, 3 1-4-8; Holly Davis, 0; Erin Smith, 2 0-0-4; Monica Puglisi, 0; Megan McDermott, 4 2-4-10; Lizzy Buhl, 3 1-2-7; Liz Wentlent, 0; Jessica Smith, 4 3-4-12. Totals: 16 7-14-41.

Unat. 8 12 12 15–47

Gre. 9 4 15 13–41

Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (U) M. O’Hara 2, C. O’Hara, Dalton, (G) Smith, Borst. JV: Greene won 43-36, Officials: Cicciarelli, Andrews.

B-G 80, Hancock 11

BAINBRIDGE – B-G won its ninth straight game in its most lopsided contest of the season Wednesday at home.

Marcie Day (19), Mariah Schaeffer (18), and Jen Patten (17) accounted for 54 of the Bobcats’ points. Patten added 10 assists and eight steals, and B-G (13-2) had 32 steals as a team. Sam Spalholz grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

Hancock: Alicia Jones, 0; Jordan Leet, 0; Sh. Anderson, 1 0-0-2; Deanne Ogden, 0; Sam Weyrauch, 0; Kane, 3 0-0-6; Fayth Schror, ; Megan Martin, 0; Ashley Raymond, 1 1-4-3; Amber Raymond, 0. Totals: 5 1-6-11.

B-G: Sam Spalholz, 3 0-0-6; Mariah Schaeffer, 8 1-2-18; Jen Patten, 6 4-6-17; Liz Holbert, 2 1-2-5; Brittany Fahringer, 3 0-0-7; Nicole Conway, 2 4-6-8; Marcie Day, 9 1-2-19. Totals: 33 11-18-80.

Hanc 0 2 2 7–11

B-G 19 20 21 20–80

Three-point goals: (BG) Schaeffer, Patten, Fahringer. JV: B-G won. Officials: Haynes, Kniskern.

S-E 77, Cincinnatus 23

SHERBURNE – Five Sherburne-Earlville players reached double figures in its team-record ninth straight victory Wednesday night.

Erin Dowdall had a game-high 15, Karli Harris scored 14, Samantha Crandall netted a season-high 11, while Adrienne Cross and Danielle Green scored 10 apiece for S-E (13-4). “The intensity was there tonight right from the start,” said Marauders coach Jeff Barry.

S-E is at Poland Friday.

Cincinnatus: Savannah Ward, 1 0-0-2; Heather Wehner, 0; Danielle Mulhern, 2 0-0-5; Kim Wehner, 4 0-2-8; Macumber, 2 0-0-4; McKenzie Heath, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 11 0-2-23.

S-E: Courtney Kurtz, 4 1-2-9; Megan Welshko, 1 0-0-2; Brenda Hoefler, 1 0-0-2; Adrienne Cross, 5 0-0-10; Samantha Crandall, 4 2-2-11; Megan Record, 2 0-0-4; Leah LoPresti, 0; Danielle Green, 4 0-0-10; Karli Harris, 6 0-0-14; Erin Dowdall, 7 0-0-15. Totals: 34 3-4-77.

Cinc. 6 4 7 6–23

S-E 25 19 21 12–77

Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (SE) Harris 2, Green 2, Dowdall, Crandall, (C) Mulhern. JV: S-E won. Officials: Reynolds, C. Miller.

Norwich 43, Oneonta 32

ONEONTA – Norwich avoided the fourth-quarter woes that had plagued it in three straight losses to defeat Oneonta for the second time this season and even its mark at 8-8.

Alicia Testani hit a trio of three-pointers in the first quarter scoring 11 of her 16 points as Norwich jumped out to an 18-0 lead. “We got off to a great start, and that certainly made things easier,” said Norwich coach Bob Branham.