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CBA stole a win versus Shen to advance to the Class AA Final Four. With the game tied at 50 and .08 left in the game, Senior Matt Sgambati flicked the ball away from Shen's Grady Ceccucci and it landed in Amare Coffil's hands who hit a streaking Sgambati for the game winning basket as time expired. That capped a wild fourth quarter where CBA rallied to tie the game at 46, after trailing by nine points in the fourth quarter, then trailed again 50-46, and rallied to tie it at 50.
The Brothers will play Colonie on 2/29 in Glens Falls.
Shen led 11-10 after 1q, 23-22 at the half and 39-37 after three periods.
Matt Sgambati scored 17 for CBA, J.T. Vogel chipped in with 13 points.
Grady Ceccucci led the Plainsmen with 14 points, Ibrahim Begad added 13 points, Miles Peterson 9.
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Green Tech cruised to victory over Saratoga 84-52 to move on to the Class AAA semi-finals. They will take on Shaker on 2/29 at the Cool Insuring Arena.
The Soaring Eagles raced out to a 29-6 first quarter lead and never looked back. They had four players in double figure scoring. Davi Barnes, Ramere Brown, and Ollie Owens had 16 points each. Haisi Mayben netted 12 points.
Saratoga was led in scoring by Ryan Farr with 22 points, Drew Stallmer added 18 points.
First half VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
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Niskayuna used a strong fourth quarter to slip past Columbia 63-59 in Class AA sectional play. Daniel Smalls broke a 57-57 tie with a basket in the lane with less than a minute left in the contest. The Silver Warriors advance to play Bethlehem on 2/28 in Glens Falls for the right to play for the championship vs. the winner of Mekeel Christian/La Salle.
Columbia led 19-14 after the 1q, the game was tied at 30 at the half and Columbia held a 47-46 lead heading into the final quarter.
Gavin Olsen scored 25 points for Niskayuna, Daniel Smalls added 21.
Evan Rainville led Columbia with 16 points, Gavin Bielawa 15, Jabari Holder 12, and Zander Poissant 10.
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Duanesburg didn't waste any time grabbing their place in the Class C title game as they jumped out to a 43-3 lead on their way to a 59-25 win over Berne Knox. The Eagles will play Greenwich in the Class C Championship game on 3/2 at HVCC. This will be the third year in a row that Greenwich and Duanesburg will meet to advance out of the section to regional play. Duanesburg won two years ago and the Witches handled business last year.
Allison O'Hanlon knocked down seven first half three pointers on her way to 34 points. Ella Raymond added nine points and Alex Moses eight points.
Anne Lendrum paced the Bulldogs with 8 points. Molly Shaver and Olivia Kirker chipped in with six points each.
