Tamarac's Emily Erickson scored her 1000th career point as the Bengals defeat Ichabod Crane in tournament action.

-Tamarac closed the first half on a 23-4 run on their way to a 48-28 victory. Emily Erickson scored a game high 16 points and teammate Renna Poulin added 14. Ichabod Crane was led in scoring by Madison Graham with 8 points and Ama Boham with 7 points. Tamarac will face Voorheesville in the tournament championship Friday. Ichabod Crane will face Hudson in the consolation game.

Final scoring stats with full play by play HERE:

Ichabod Crane video highlights

Tamarac video highlights

Game Flow 

 (Photo by Crysta Ryan)

Bethlehem uses balanced attack to beat Troy in Suburban Council action.

-After a slow starting 1^st quarter by both teams, Bethlehem used a 14-2 spurt in the first 5 minutes of the 2^nd quarter to build a double-digit margin. A Will Davis bucket at the halftime buzzer gave the Eagles a 34-20 halftime lead over the Flying Horses.

-Bethlehem maintained a double digit lead the whole third quarter and took a 45-32 lead into the 4Q.

-Troy used an 18-10 run to start the 4Q to cut the lead to 5 (55-50) after a Latyce Faison three pointer with 1:40 left in the game. The Flying Horses cut the lead to 3 points twice in the final minute and then eventually got the deficit down to 1 point with 0:04 left in the game after a Nazaire Merritt three point play.

Bethlehem was then fouled and made 1 of 2 free throws to give them a 2 point lead (59-57). Troy was forced to go the length of the floor after the made free throw and couldn’t get a shot off as time expired, giving Bethlehem the 59-57 win.

 (Photo by Crysta Ryan)

Bethlehem’s leading scorers were Braden Laclair with 12 points, Erik Salo had 11 points and Jakob Laclair had 10.

Troy’s Kevin Ledesma-Mora led the way with 17 points and Nazaire Merritt had 15 points.

Final scoring stats with full play by play HERE:

Troy video highlights

Bethlehem video highlights

Game Flow 

Cadets win close battle over Cannoneers in a match-up of Colonial Council top teams.

(Game notes, play by play, & video highlights)

-La Salle jumped out to an early 7 point lead after a Seth LaForest three-pointer w/5:00 left in 1Q. Watervliet fought back to cut the deficit to 3 points at the end of the quarter (15-12) behind Messiah Mallory's 5 points.

-The Cadets went on 15-2 run in the last 5 minutes of the 2Q to turn a 4 point Watervliet lead into a 9 point halftime margin. Balanced team scoring and defense gave them the lead.

-La Salle’s Ian Duncan hit a three-pointer right out of the break to give the Cadets their largest lead of the game of 12 (35-23). The Cannoneers responded paced by JJ Chestnut who hit back to back baskets and tallied 13 points in the quarter to give Watervliet a 45-44 lead heading into the final period.

-The teams trade leads throughout most of the 4Q (10 total lead changes in the game). With 2:52 remaining in the game a Seth LaForest bucket gave La Salle the lead that they would never relinquish. Clutch free throw shooting by the Cadets extended the final margin to 63-57.

-Ian Duncan of La Salle led all scorers with 17. Joe DeLollo added 13. JJ Chestnut paced Watervliet with 16 and Derrick Beason had 13.

Final scoring stats with full play by play HERE:

Watervliet video highlights

La Salle video highlights

Game Flow 

Shenendehowa wins an instant classic over Averill Park, 57-56, on three-pointer by Catherine Almeida with 0:03 left in the game. 

Game Notes:

-After a bucket by Averill Park’s Kelsey Wood with 3:23 left in the 1Q the Warriors jumped out to their biggest lead of the night of 6 (10-4), forcing a timeout from Shen. The Plainsmen responded with a 10-0 run to close the quarter led by Catherine Almeida’s 7 points.

-A three-pointer by Megan Gillooley gave Shen their largest lead of the night of 7 (20-13) less than 2 minutes into the 2Q. Averill Park charged back with their own 11-3 run and regained the lead with 2:36 left in the half. Shen scored the last 7 points of the half to lead 32-26 at the break.

-Averill Park tied the game at 34 mid-way through the 3Q after 2 free throws from Kelsey Wood. The teams traded scores the rest of the way and a Stephanie Jankovic basket beats the 3Q buzzer to give the Warriors a 42-40 lead heading into the 4Q.

-The Warriors quickly built a 5-point lead early in the 4Q but a three-pointer by Shen’s Cameron Tooley knocked the margin back to 2 with 6:30 left in the game. Averill Park continued to hold a small lead throughout the quarter until Cameron Tooley hit another three-pointer to tie the game at 50 with 1:33 left in the game.

- After the tie at 50 both teams went back and forth (play by play below for last 1:30) until Stephanie Jankovic gave the Warriors a 2 point lead with 14 seconds left. After a timeout Shen’s Catherine Almeida knocked down a clutch three-pointer from the top of the key to give the Plainsmen a 1 point lead 57-56. A last second shot by Averill Park didn't fall and Shen hung on for the win.

Cameron Tooley led Shen with 20 points, Catherine Almeida had 15 points and Alexandra Tudor added 13. Stephanie Jankovic paced Averill Park with 21 points, EmmaLee Morgan had 14 points and Kelsey Wood chipped in with 13

Final scoring stats with full play by play HERE:

Win % probability during the game.

Averill Park video highlights

Shenendehowa video highlights

Game Flow