The Warriors rode the coattails of their tenacious second half play as they led at the end of the third period and at the last whistle.

Averill Park executed fantastic in the second half as they played superb in the win.

The Warriors held a modest 1-point edge at the start of the fourth quarter. This duel entertained the crowd through the third period. Averill Park ended the game in splendid fashion as they got the better of the Garnet Raiders by 8-points in crunch time.

Offensive and defensive adjustments in the second half were a key as the Warriors outscored the Garnet Raiders 37-20 in the final two quarters. That was as they flipped the script of the first half when the Garnet Raiders built a 25-17 lead at the midway point.

Colonie were strong out of the gate and bolted out to a nice first quarter lead 12-6. They put together an imposing defense and seized momentum in the period.

The Warriors exhibited great effort out of the locker room, after they trailed at halftime, and snatched the lead 33-32 moving on to the final quarter.

The offenses caught fire in the fourth quarter as they generated their highest scoring period of 34 points.

The Warriors had a triplet in double figure scoring. Ben Romer led the Warriors with 18 points. Matt Lettko racked up 15 points. Jack Long collected 12 points. Michael Re tallied 6 points.
The Warriors used expert marksmanship to make 9 buckets from beyond the arc.
Jack Long nailed 4 three-pointers. Ben Romer with 3.
Averill Park shot with sterling accuracy from the free throw line as they made 92.9%, 13 of 14.

Brendan Coyle paced the Garnet Raiders with 16 points. Marcus Shelton collected 15 points.
Colonie made 5 trifectas.
Brendan Coyle made 4 three-pointers.