(Latham)
Shaker won a down to wire contest versus Duanesburg 54-52. The Blue Bison rallied late in the fourth quarter and held off three shots on Duanesburg's last possession to hang on for the win.
Duanesburg held a slight 1-point advantage going into the final frame but Shaker came up with a final stanza rally getting the better of the Eagles 16-13 as time wound down.
A winner was still unresolved as the teams went to the first half breather with Shaker out in front.
Duanesburg took the game by storm coming out of the half, in the wake of their first half deficit, and grabbed an advantage of 39-38 moving on to the last quarter.
Sofia Lanni led Shaker with 17 points. Sierra Carter collected 12 points. Lexi Carrington bagged 8 points. Giada Lanni knocked down 7 points.
The Blue Bison connected on 4 hoops from deep.
Shaker played with out standout Peyton Hoblock.
The Eagles had a triplet in double figure scoring. Allison O'Hanlon was an offensive catalyst for the Eagles with 25 points. Hannah Mulhern scored 12 points. Alex Moses knocked down 10 points.
Duanesburg buried 7 baskets from behind the three point line.
Allison O'Hanlon nailed 4 three-pointers. Hannah Mulhern with 3.
The Eagles shot exquisite from the free throw line as they prospered at 69.2%, 9 of 13.
| SCORE BY QUARTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | FINAL |
| Duanesburg | 8 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 52 |
| Shaker | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 54 |
| Duanesburg | Shaker | |||||
| FGM - | 18 | 21 | ||||
| FTM - | 9 | 8 | ||||
| FTA - | 13 | 13 | ||||
| FT% - | 69.2% | 61.5% | ||||
| 3PtM - | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Duanesburg | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Alex Moses | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | |
| Allison O'Hanlon | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25 | |
| Ella Raymond | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hannah Mulhern | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| Kate O'Hanlon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shaker | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Giada Lanni | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jayla Geter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lexi Carrington | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Maeve Tobler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sierra Carter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| Sofia Lanni | 6 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| Tori Russo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
(Albany)
Catholic Central escaped with a victory over Albany Academy 57-49 in a premier match up of top 5 teams in Section 2 basketball. El' Dior Dobere played like a person on a mission for the Crusaders leading the way with 20 points.
Catholic Central bolted from opening whistle and rushed out to a nice first quarter lead 16-9. They extended that lead to 21-9 in the early part of the second quarter but Albany Academy bounced back cutting their deficit to one before being down 25-22 at the break.
The Crusaders used a determined effort in the third quarter and outscored Albany Academy by 5 points.
Catholic Central were in control at each period closing whistle by separations of 7, 3, 8, & 8.
The Crusaders placed four in double figure scoring. El' Dior Dobere was an offensive spark plug for Catholic Central with 20 points. Tanavia Turpin scored 15 points. Kristen Foglia knocked down 10 points. Akarri Gaddy scored 10 points.
The Crusaders buried 4 trifectas.
El' Dior Dobere nailed 3 three-pointers.
Catholic Central shot with sterling accuracy from the charity stripe as they attained 65.5%, 19 of 29.
Albany Academy shot with first-rate accuracy from the free throw line as they produced 70%, 7 of 10.
| SCORE BY QUARTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | FINAL |
| Catholic Central | 16 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 57 |
| Albany Academy | 9 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 49 |
| Catholic Central | Albany Academy | |||||
| FGM - | 17 | 20 | ||||
| FTM - | 19 | 7 | ||||
| FTA - | 29 | 10 | ||||
| FT% - | 65.5% | 70.0% | ||||
| 3PtM - | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Catholic Central | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Gabriella Di Bacco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| El' Dior Dobere | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | |
| Kristen Foglia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Akarri Gaddy | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| Amia Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tanavia Turpin | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 15 | |
| Albany Academy | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Alex Leonard | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| Bella Vincent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Emily Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eva Gitto | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Kira Ostovar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Liana Williams | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Morgan Vien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
(O'Hanlon breaks New York State career three pointers made)
Senior standout Allison O'Hanlon of Duanesburg knocked down five three pointers in a win over Mayfield, the last one making her the all-time leader for girls in New York State. O'Hanlon now with 340 made three pointers in her career as she passes Sara Pheiffer of Olean who graduated in 2019.
Earlier in the season Allison O'Hanlon, the Siena College commit, passed the 2000th career point milestone.
Some video clips of O'Hanlon from our coverage.
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Congratulations to incoming freshman, Allison O’Hanlon on becoming New York State’s All-Time Career Leader in 3PM🤩#MarchOn x #SienaSaints x #Record x 🤟 pic.twitter.com/LTm4Pjbbzm
(Schenectady)
Green Tech got a tough road win over Mekeel Christian 72-61.
(Loudonville)
Siena defeated Manhattan 74-51. Ahniysha Jackson (Section 2 star player from Albany High) and Elisa Mevius both had a game high 15 points each.
