Binghamton denies Norwich
Girls' Basketball
Binghamton 53, Norwich 37
NORWICH – Some early turnover woes combined with Binghamton's streaky outside shooting provided the fodder for the Patriots' STAC semifinal playoff win over the Purple Tornado Wednesday night at Norwich High School.
With 6-foot-3 Jodi-Marie Ramil and sister 6-foot-2 Olivia Ramil, clearing out on the inside, sharpshooter Monica McManus buried four threes against the Tornado finishing with a game-high 16 points.
"They have two or three kids that can knock down threes, and then you have a 6-foot-3 girl that clears the lane," said Norwich coach Josh Bennett of Binghamton. "You have to pick your poison. You can take try to take away the big kids or take away the shooters. We chose the big kids, and their shooters made shots."
While Binghamton's offense was formidable, its defense was equally fortress-like in the first half forcing 15 Norwich turnovers.
After Norwich's Makenzie Maynard made one free throw to give her club a 5-2 lead, the Pats finished the quarter on a 16-4 surge, much of that offense coming on easy buckets off Norwich miscues. To finish off the quarter, McManus nailed a trifecta making it an 18-9 game.
Reserve Adrienne Graves had five points in her club's 7-0 spurt early in the second quarter as the lead grew to 29-16 at halftime.
For the most part, Norwich fixed its turnover issues throughout the second half, but it missed one open shot after another. Shelby Benjamin's putback basket closed the margin to 35-24, but McManus answered with back-to-back threes in the last 30 seconds of the third quarter to raise her club's lead back to 17.
"We are shooting close to 40 percent from behind the three-point line this year," Bennett said. "To shoot 0-for-15 from three, or whatever it was, I wouldn't have expected that."
Benjamin scored 12 points to lead Norwich before fouling out, and Maynard added 11. "I thought we executed what we were trying to do pretty well," Bennett said. "We didn't take care of the ball as well as we needed to, and obviously we didn't plan to shoot the ball poorly."
Bennett said Norwich (14-4) earned the number two seed in the Section IV Class B Tournament, and is expected to host Whitney Point in its first-round game.
Binghamton: Annie Ramil, 0 0-1-0; Adrienne Graves, 3 3-6-9; Lauren McPeek, 1 0-2-2; Monica McManus, 6 0-0-16; Olivia Ramil, 2 1-3-5; Jessica Spencer, 1 2-2-4; Hannah Spencer, 3 1-3-7; Jodi-Marie Ramil, 5 0-0-10. Totals: 21 7-17-53.
Norwich: Caitlyn Brown, 0; Carin Kuhn, 2 0-1-4; Kassidy Seary, 0; Makenzie Maynard, 4 3-4-11; C. Sheldon, 0; Meghan Komendarek, 2 1-2-5; Bridget Murphy, 1 2-2-4; Savannah Williams, 0 1-2-1; Shelby Benjamin, 6 0-0-12; Courtney Scheer, 0; Ashley Murphy, 0. Totals: 15 7-11-37.
Bingh. 18 11 12 12–53
Norwich 9 7 8 13–37
Fouled out: (N) Benjamin. Three-point goals: (B) McManus 4. Officials: Vinsavich, Fletcher.
Binghamton 53, Norwich 37
NORWICH – Some early turnover woes combined with Binghamton's streaky outside shooting provided the fodder for the Patriots' STAC semifinal playoff win over the Purple Tornado Wednesday night at Norwich High School.
With 6-foot-3 Jodi-Marie Ramil and sister 6-foot-2 Olivia Ramil, clearing out on the inside, sharpshooter Monica McManus buried four threes against the Tornado finishing with a game-high 16 points.
"They have two or three kids that can knock down threes, and then you have a 6-foot-3 girl that clears the lane," said Norwich coach Josh Bennett of Binghamton. "You have to pick your poison. You can take try to take away the big kids or take away the shooters. We chose the big kids, and their shooters made shots."
While Binghamton's offense was formidable, its defense was equally fortress-like in the first half forcing 15 Norwich turnovers.
After Norwich's Makenzie Maynard made one free throw to give her club a 5-2 lead, the Pats finished the quarter on a 16-4 surge, much of that offense coming on easy buckets off Norwich miscues. To finish off the quarter, McManus nailed a trifecta making it an 18-9 game.
Reserve Adrienne Graves had five points in her club's 7-0 spurt early in the second quarter as the lead grew to 29-16 at halftime.
For the most part, Norwich fixed its turnover issues throughout the second half, but it missed one open shot after another. Shelby Benjamin's putback basket closed the margin to 35-24, but McManus answered with back-to-back threes in the last 30 seconds of the third quarter to raise her club's lead back to 17.
"We are shooting close to 40 percent from behind the three-point line this year," Bennett said. "To shoot 0-for-15 from three, or whatever it was, I wouldn't have expected that."
Benjamin scored 12 points to lead Norwich before fouling out, and Maynard added 11. "I thought we executed what we were trying to do pretty well," Bennett said. "We didn't take care of the ball as well as we needed to, and obviously we didn't plan to shoot the ball poorly."
Bennett said Norwich (14-4) earned the number two seed in the Section IV Class B Tournament, and is expected to host Whitney Point in its first-round game.
Binghamton: Annie Ramil, 0 0-1-0; Adrienne Graves, 3 3-6-9; Lauren McPeek, 1 0-2-2; Monica McManus, 6 0-0-16; Olivia Ramil, 2 1-3-5; Jessica Spencer, 1 2-2-4; Hannah Spencer, 3 1-3-7; Jodi-Marie Ramil, 5 0-0-10. Totals: 21 7-17-53.
Norwich: Caitlyn Brown, 0; Carin Kuhn, 2 0-1-4; Kassidy Seary, 0; Makenzie Maynard, 4 3-4-11; C. Sheldon, 0; Meghan Komendarek, 2 1-2-5; Bridget Murphy, 1 2-2-4; Savannah Williams, 0 1-2-1; Shelby Benjamin, 6 0-0-12; Courtney Scheer, 0; Ashley Murphy, 0. Totals: 15 7-11-37.
Bingh. 18 11 12 12–53
Norwich 9 7 8 13–37
Fouled out: (N) Benjamin. Three-point goals: (B) McManus 4. Officials: Vinsavich, Fletcher.
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