BINGHAMTON – Bishop Ludden sophomores Daniel Kaigler and Ben Hackett led the Gaelic Knights into the New York State Class B basketball semifinals defeating Norwich High School Saturday afternoon at Binghamton High School, 56-44.

Hackett and Kaigler – just sophomores – finished with 16 and 15 points respectively. Nick Walker came off the bench to score nine points, and point guard Cameron Littlejohn added eight points.

Norwich (16-6) traded leads with the Knights in the first quarter, and Eric Walling’s three-pointer put the Tornado in front 10-8. Littlejohn answered on the next possession with a three for Bishop Ludden, and Walker’s pull-up jumper with 30 seconds left in the stanza made it a three-point game.