BOYS' BASKETBALL

Windsor 47, Norwich 45

WINDSOR - Norwich's last-second tying shot attempt was off the mark as Windsor held on for the two-point win over the ninth-seeded Purple Tornado (8-13) on Wednesday night.

Norwich had the ball with under a minute to play with a chance to take the lead, but a steal by Windsor's K.J. Hagley and layup gave Windsor a 46-43 lead.

After a Tornado bucket that closed the margin to one, Andrew Buckler made it 47-45 after converting one of two free throws, which preceded Norwich's final possession.

"It was a great game. Our kids played hard, and Windsor's kids played hard," said Norwich coach Tom Collier. "I said (to the team), the first team to 45 wins this game, and (Windsor) got to 45 first."

The two clubs played even at 28-28 through two quarters, but neither team mustered much offense in the third.

Norwich was scoreless in the third period until the three-minute mark of the third quarter when Steven Dowdall broke the ice. A single free throw from Wyatt Thornton completed Norwich's third-quarter output of three points, but the Tornado only trailed Windsor 34-31 heading to the fourth.

"This was a summation of our season," Collier said. "We didn't shoot it well, and we went into a lull (on offense) in the third quarter."

Torin Lawrence and Logan Ford combined for 11 of Norwich's 13 points in the final quarter. Lawrence finished with 13 to lead the Purple Tornado, Ford had 11, and Keegan Franklin scored 10.

Norwich (8-13):  Torin Lawrence 13, Collin Olds 2, Steven Dowdall 8, Keegan Franklin 10, Wyatt Thornton 1, Logan Ford 11. Totals:  FG-17, FT 8-11-45

Windsor:  K.J. Hagley 16, Jayson Chase 6, Andrew Buckler 5, Zach Hagerman 4, Alex Balachick 5, James Lindsley 11. Totals:  FG-15, FT 14-21-47.

Score by quarters

Norw.  16  12   3  14--45

Wind.   15  13   6  13--47

Three-point goals: Windsor 3 (Lindsley 3). Norwich 3 (Lawrence 3).

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Candor 76, Bainbridge-Guilford 36

CANDOR - Candor bombed away from three-point land, and that decisive edge from beyond the arc lifted the Indians to a Section IV, Class C playoff win over Bainbridge-Guilford on Wednesday.

Jadon Heidl and Will Zimmer scored 18 points apiece to lead seventh-seeded Candor, and Zeb Soper scored 15.

Candor jumped out to an 18-5 lead in the first quarter hitting three of its nine three-pointers. Overall, Candor outscored B-G 27-3 from beyond the arc.

Heidl did all of his offensive damage coming off the bench, and he capped his night making a trio of 3s in the final quarter.

David Emerson scored 10 points for B-G (9-12) in the loss.

Bainbridge-Guilford (9-12):  David Emerson 10, James Hogroian 7, Ilias Wilson 8, Lucas Carlin 4, Michael Lipani 1, Owen Brown 2, Connor Vredenburgh 4. Totals:  FG-10, FT 15-22-36.

Candor (17-5):  Nick Thomas 4, Jadon Heidl 18, Hunter Haynes 6, Luke Heidl 2, Jacek Teribury 6, Zach Watson 2, Hunter Bates 5, Will Zimmer 18, Zeb Soper 15. Totals:  FG-26, FT 15-19- 76

Score by quarters

B-G  5  13  12  6--36

Can.   18  17  20  21--76

Three-point goals: Candor 9 (J. Heidl 4, Soper 2, Bates, Haynes, Thomas). B-G 1 (Hogroian)

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL

 Norwich game moved to Thursday

NORWICH - The Norwich girls' basketball team's Section IV playoff game has been rescheduled to Thursday, February 24 at 6 p.m.

The top-seeded Purple Tornado girls were slated to face Whitney Point in a Class B semifinal on Friday at Jack Jones Gymnasium, but due to impending inclement weather on Friday, the game was moved up one day.