Girls’ Basketball

Sherburne-Earlville 62, Cooperstown 60

SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville’s Courtney Kurtz hit two free throws in the final minute, and the Marauders survived two turnovers and a game-tying shot attempt by Cooperstown center Samantha Fox at the buzzer to beat Cooperstown Friday night.

It was S-E’s eighth straight victory – believed to be a school record – and first-ever Center State Conference division win over Cooperstown, a span covering four seasons.

“Cooperstown is a team you measure yourself by,” said S-E coach Jeff Barry. “They are a state-ranked team who won the division last year, and they’ll probably win the division this year. We’re one game behind, but we’ll need some help.”

The Marauders (12-4) made 12-of-17 free throws in the fourth quarter and Kurtz led four S-E players in double figures scoring 17 points. Karli Harris and Erin Dowdall netted 12 apiece, and Adrienne Cross had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Cooperstown controlled play through most of the first quarter before the Marauders went on a 12-0 run to lead 20-14 early in the second. Harris had 10 points and Kurtz eight in a 24-14 second stanza to put their club up by seven.

S-E hosts Cincinnatus Wednesday.

Cooperstown: Lindsay Valentine, 0; Abigail Hall, 3 5-8-11; Lisa Covert, 0; Samantha Fox, 6 4-6-16; Jenny Potrukis, 1 0-0-2; Kaitlin Cring, 8 1-3-17; Katie Donnelly, 0; Jennifer Wehner, 7 0-2-14; Emily Dauchy, 0. Totals: 25 10-20-60.