Boys’ Basketball

Norwich 60, Chenango Forks 31

NORWICH – Norwich is accustomed to holding a team scoreless for a quarter on the gridiron. But on a basketball court?

“We’ve had some good defensive teams over the years, but we’ve never held a team scoreless for a quarter in my tenure,” said Norwich varsity coach Mark Abbott.

In a virtuoso third quarter in which the offensive output matched the defense’s stinginess, the Tornado (8-3) turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 31-point rout in which the reserves from both teams were playing out most of the last stanza. “Sometimes when you’re playing great defense, it doesn’t always carry over to the offensive end,” Abbott noted. “We played unselfish basketball and took good shots; it was something to watch (the third quarter).”

Norwich scored the game’s first 10 points and never trailed in the contest. Amos Parry scored six in the opening quarter to lead the fast start.

Norwich maintained that 10-point advantage taking a 32-22 lead into the locker room.

Nate Foote scored all 11 of his points in the third quarter including back-to-back three balls off passes from Keegan Edwards in the high post. Edwards and Robert Martin led a balanced Tornado scoring effort with 12 points apiece. Martin also dished out a season-best 10 assists.