I was off the grid last night, so let’s catch up.
Here’s a recap of yesterday’s events and today’s early results for Mount Vernon and Rye at their holiday tournaments:
• New Rochelle beat Kennedy 56-55 Thursday in the consolation game of the Slam Dunk. Senior Kirkland Ottey (pictured left) rebounded from Wednesday’s costly turnover in the final seconds of a tie game in a heartbreaking loss to Kingston. He drained a 3-pointer with 6.7 remaining to lift the Huguenots to victory.
• Mount Vernon turned up its defense in the fourth quarter, winning the period 25-7 en route to a 64-48 victory over Seton Catholic of Binghamton. Four Mount Vernon players scored eight points or more, led by Randy Stephens’ 17.
• Also in the roundup: Peekskill won in Johnson City; Ramapo beat Suffern to win the Suffern tourney; and Sacred Heart was edged by Murry Bergtraum and will play Francis Lewis today in the final of the Volpe Christmas Tournament.
• Not in the roundup: Saunders beat Johnson City 60-59 at Johnson City to improved to 5-1. Jerrell Benitez had 21 points, six rebounds and five steals. Rahbir Hamman had 12 points and 13 boards.
• Also not in the roundup: Croton-Harmon improved to 6-1 with a 69-61 win over the host in O’Neill’s holiday tournament. Ian Thom led the Tigers with 25 points, shooting 8 for 14 from the floor. He scored 18 of his 25 points in the first half. Thom earned tournament MVP honors.
Wes Turner added 13 points, Tyler Gilman 12 and Aaron Thompson 11 points and 11 assists. Wes Turner was named all-tournament after a 30-point effort on Wednesday.
Croton will meet unbeaten Pleasantville Wednesday.
• Mount Vernon beat St. Rita’s of Chicago 61-55 in the fifth-place game of the STOP-DWI Holiday Classic in Binghamton to finish 2-1 in the tournament. I’ll pass along more details either later today or tomorrow. The Knights led the whole way playing without Jarrel Marshall (concussion) for the third straight game.
• Rye finished its trip to the Beach Ball Classic this morning, losing 67-56 to Gaffney (S.C.). Gaffney’s bench outscored Rye’s 50-10. Here’s the box score.
Max Twyman had a big game for Rye, which led 32-28 at the break but struggled in the second half. He scored 29 points on 10-of-15 shooting, grabbed seven rebounds and had three steals, two blocks and two assists. Kamal Logue added six points and four assists. Michael Garafolo had five assists and Mike D’Antoni scored nine points.
The Garnets finished the tournament 0-3.
29 Comments
how crazy is this “MV wins the 5th place game”..omg,,,
I’m up in Albany at the Times Union Center. Nice place.:) Anyway, PK and Catholic Central tip off at 12:45…
JEFF P.,
FEED US IF YOU CAN ,GOOD LUCK
Thanks Haywood… BTW, Watervliet beat St. Dominic’s 60-51 in the opener…
JEFF P.
WHO ELSE IS PLAYING?
Wood,
Troy vs Henniger 2:30
Maginn vs Albany Academy 4
STATESMAN,
THANKS,I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON A PIONEER,LOL
End of 1st: PK trails Central 16-8. PK needs to start shooting better
Cant let up 16 points out the gate. D needs to tighten up.
HALF: PK trailing Catholic Central 28-23. Momentum swinging PK’s way, but poor foul shooting has hurt the Pioneers throughout…
Possesion arrow favors PK, so getting a basket to start the second half would be huge…
It’s been hurting them all season. A strong 3rd Quarter and Second half is all the Pioneers building positive momemtum for a challenging league schedule. If not, it’ll be a long season. Sounds like CCHS has a few of their early season players back.
End of 3rd: PK 39, Catholic Central 38
Pok 48 CCHS 38 4 mins left. My young boys are finally playing angry.
Pok 51 CCHS 41 2 mins. If the Pioneers h/o it’ll be a nice comeback and morale boost heading into 2012
CONGRATS,TO ALL POK FANS,YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE,GREAT JOB,I HOPE THIS IS THE START OF A NICE RUN.”THE WAND IS OUT”LOL
FINAL: PK 58, Catholic Central 49
Thanks Wood. lol, I hope Belton is a help in the paint when he returns next week.
Thanks, Jeff!
Happy New Year blogging family!
Talking to the Times Union reporter covering the game. As we see from Jeff’s posts. James agreed that Pok started very slow but recovered very nicely. Also lauded the guard play as “very solid”.
Might not mean much to some against another struggling team but confidence and morale helps teams grow. Too much of it hurts though as I’m sure many of you would agree.
Jeff P.,
Thanks for the results. What a relief. Finally, a win!
STATESMAN,
WITH TY BACK IT GIVES POK THE ADVANTAGE,OF OTHER TEAMS NOT EXPECTING POST PLAY,
Good win for Poughkeepsie. Saw Arlington beat Beacon last night in dc finals. Arlington could be tough, but don t see pough. stubbing it s toe anywhere else in league play. Confidence should be high at end of season. We ll see how it plays out.
My jets need lots of help tomorrow happy 2012
Jets,
Couldnt agree more.
Sorry we had to do it to you last week, we’re fighting for our lives as well lol. I cant see Cincy, Den, Tenn and Oak all losing but stranger things have happened.
Happy New Year!
Wood,
You’re right. It gives defenses a new look. Hopefully now Pok can maximize their possesions and not one on one or chuck away if all goes bad.
Trust me POK is not going anywhere!!!!!!!!
Good for you Boogie
Boogie Down Bronx… Just curious. Which HS team do you support?
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