Dramatic comeback for Greene

Evening Sun Report

Girls’ Basketball

Greene 43, Unatego 38

WELLS BRIDGE – Greene coach Bill Case, who has over 400 career victories, could not recall a better late-game comeback than his team’s dramatic win over Unatego Saturday afternoon.

Down by six points with just over a minute to play, the Trojans’ pressure defense forced four Unatego turnovers in a row to remain unbeaten in MAC league play. “I’ve never seen our girls so happy because it looked like we were going to lose,” Case said. “It was a subpar night for us in a lot of ways, but we didn’t lose our composure the whole game and the girls believed they could win.”

Colleen O’Hara buried a three ball for Unatego with just under 1 1/2 minutes to play making it 38-32.

The Trojans began their prodigious comeback on Liz Wentlent’s basket. Megan McDermott had a steal out of the Trojans press, and scored to make it 38-36. The Trojans forced another turnover and got the ball out of bounds under the Unatego basket. McDermott scored another layup tying the game with 17 seconds remaining.

Barb Borst stole the ensuing inbounds pass, and instead of calling a timeout, hit the go-ahead three-pointer. Following Unatego’s missed opportunity to score at the other end, Greene forced a turnover after a missed shot, and Borst gathered the board. She hit two free throws to seal the win.

McDermott led Greene with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Borst pulled down 12 rebounds, and Erin Smith finished with 11 points.

Greene: Barb Borst, 2 2-2-7; Abbey Wentlent, 0; Erin Smith, 5 0-0-11; Megan McDermott, 7 0-2-14; Lizzy Buhl, 1 1-2-3; Liz Wentlent, 2 0-0-4; Megan Kinne, 2 0-0-4. Totals: 19 3-6-43.

Unatego: Kayleigh Kinsella, 2 0-0-4; Kaylinn Birdsall, 2 0-0-5; Chelsea Dalton, 4 2-2-12; Katya Harris, 1 2-2-4; Colleen O’Hara, 3 0-2-8; Blake Shelton, 2 1-2-5. Totals: 14 5-8-38.

Gre. 6 12 8 17–43

Una. 11 12 6 9–38

Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (G) Borst, E. Smith, (U) C. O’Hara 2, Dalton 2, Birdsall. JV: Unatego won 38-23. Officials: Cook, O’Donnell.

B-G 58, Hancock 44

HANCOCK – Bainbridge-Guilford senior Mariah Schaeffer became the fourth B-G player under head coach Bob Conway to reach 1,000 points for her career in a 26-point outing Saturday against Hancock.

Schaeffer needed 14 points to reach 1,000, and a bucket with 3:02 left in the first half put her on the number. “Her first two years and about half of last year, Mariah was coming off the bench,” Conway said. “I have always liked having a sixth man who could change the complexion of the game either offensively or defensively, and over the last three years, she has been our second or third leading scorer.”

Schaeffer added five assists, and Dani Conway pitched in with 13 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists.

Other B-G players to reach 1,000 points were Danielle Baldwin, Courtney Mattingly, and Schaeffer’s teammate last season, Jennifer Patten.

B-G: Jerica Thomas, 1 0-0-2; Mariah Schaeffer, 11 3-3-26; Ellery Gager, 1 0-2-2; Liz Holbert, 2 1-2-5; Savannah Hard, 0 0-1-0; Brittney Fahringer, 1 0-0-2; Dani Conway, 4 5-7-13; Kimberly Hart, 4 0-0-8; Brittney Hutchinson, 0; Samantha DeGroat, 0; Jennifer Rommer, 0. Totals: 24 9-15-58.

Hancock: Alycia Jones, 4 0-0-9; Jordan Geer, 5 3-5-13; Kortnie Sigura, 0; Ariel Knavetsky, 2 7-11-11; Maria Newman, 2 0-0-4 Ashley Raymond, 1 0-0-2; Jordan Leet, 0; Amber Raymond, 2 1-6-5. Totals: 16 11-22-44.

B-G 16 18 20 4–58

Han. 7 13 4 20–44

Three-point goals: (BG) Schaeffer 1, (H) A. Jones. JV: B-G won.

Sidney 46, Unadilla Valley 37

NEW BERLIN – A defensive switch in the second half turned the tide for Sidney, who overcame a nine-point halftime deficit with a big third quarter Saturday.

The Warriors remained in a zone defense, but the adjustment was to a trapping one-three-one zone. “I wish there wasn’t a halftime,” said UV coach Brandi Backus. “The end of the first quarter and beginning of the second quarter was the best I’ve ever seen us play. When they went to a different zone, we didn’t handle it well. We didn’t turn it over, but we didn’t get good looks at the basket.”

Dani Gravel and Kate Philpott each had six points during a 16-3 third quarter. Gravel led her team with 18 points.