(Loudonville)
Lansingburgh prevailed over Hudson Falls 66-49 in a Class A sectional contest. Markus Green and Aayden Green combined to score 49 points for the Knights. Lansingburgh will now face Glens Falls in the semi-final round on 2/28 at the Cool Insuring Arena.
Lansingburgh were out in front at all frame closures by margins of 5, 9, 11, & 17.
Markus Green guided the Knights with 27 points. Aayden Green netted 22 points. Aidan Pickert bagged 9 points.
The Knights splashed 5 hoops from deep.
The Tigers had a trio of players in double figure scoring. Brady Smith helped the cause for Hudson Falls with 18 points. Jayden Hardwick secured 13 points. Drew Seeley finished with 11 points.
Hudson Falls drained 7 hoops from long range.
Jayden Hardwick nailed 3 three-pointers. Drew Seeley with 3.
| SCORE BY QUARTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | FINAL |
| Hudson Falls | 17 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
| Lansingburgh | 22 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 66 |
| Hudson Falls | Lansingburgh | |||||
| FGM - | 18 | 25 | ||||
| FTM - | 6 | 11 | ||||
| FTA - | 13 | 18 | ||||
| FT% - | 46.2% | 61.1% | ||||
| 3PtM - | 7 | 5 | ||||
| Hudson Falls | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Brady Smith | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 18 | |
| Drew Seeley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Jayden Hardwick | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Jaymison Eisenhardt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Peyton Dupuis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lansingburgh | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Aayden Green | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | |
| Aidan Pickert | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Anthony Huff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Damarion Tucker | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Jerome Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Markus Green | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
(Photo of Averill Park's Taylor Holohan from earlier in the season)
(Class AA Quarter Final)
Averill Park beat Mohonasen 74-50 to advance to the Class AA semi-final round vs. Niskayuna on 3/1 at HVCC.
Taylor Holohan led the Warriors with 36 points. Arianna Verardi netted 17 points and Kayleigh Ahern with 11.
Isabella Petrocci scored 12 points and Isabella Clute 11 for the Mighty Warriors.
(Troy)
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
(Troy)
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.
Fourth quarter HIGHLIGHTS
(Loudonville)
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.
