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SYRACUSE — In a tennis match like game, the Atoms of Syracuse Academy of Science (SAS) took a small 8-0 run late in the fourth. As the Bobcats have done all season long when trailing, Bainbridge-Guilford answered with an 8-0 run of their own.

With under two minutes left, the Atoms’ pulled in an offensive rebound and finished the basket to give SAS the lead for good. Taking a few trips to the free-throw line to seal the deal, the Atoms moved onto the New York state final four with a final score of 62-57 over the Bobcats in the Class C Regional final game.

SAS, with their height advantage over B-G took the opening tip and scored immediately. The basket came from Lyrick Jackson, the Atoms’ leading scorer. Their six-foot forward Erykah Pasha added a 15-footer and SAS held a 4-0 lead.

The Bobcats quickly answered with the one-two punch of Abi and Erica Selfridge. Abi finished at the rim and Erica knocked down her shot from beyond the three-point arc, giving the lead back to Bainbridge-Guilford.

This is how the contest went as each basket was more exciting than the last.

The Atoms used a 10-1 mid way through the first quarter, jumping out a 14-6 score.

Back came the Bobcats. Megan Palmatier and Abi Selfridge both finished inside the paint to cut into the lead and drop it to four.