UV Storm and Tully Knights to collide at regional finals
NEW BERLIN – Fresh off their Section IV Championship win, the Unadilla Valley Storm now enters the New York State Regional final game against Section III’s Tully Knights on Saturday at SRC Arena on the campus of Onondaga Community College.
Tully topped powerhouse Cooperstown, 49-48 in the Section III championship game on Sunday, March 4, at the Syracuse University Dome. Earlier this season, UV faced Cooperstown, losing 64-52.
The Knights currently carry a record of 20-4 and will be looking to make it 21-4 against the Storm.
Juniors Tyler and Jake Edinger, Tully’s two starting guards, like to shoot the three-pointer often but will get out and run following a defensive rebound. The two have combined to make a total of 51 three-point goals this season (an average of 2.1 made per game), leading the Knights in the column.
Jake Edinger averages 11.9 points per game, the second leading scorer for the team from Section III. Tully’s points usually come from inside the paint and from the hand of their 6-foot-6-inch senior center, Joe Crawford.
Crawford averages 17.9 points per game currently. and a good amount of his points come off the offensive glass. Unadilla Valley will need to keep Crawford off the boards at both ends of the floor as he pulls down 8.8 rebounds per game. The Tully team is a strong team on the boards as they have grabbed nearly 35 rebounds every game this season.
Another player the Storm will have to keep off the glass is Dante Cuttino, a 6-foot-2-inch forward for the Knights. Cuttino crashes the boards hard as he is averaging 7.4 rebounds a game. He can also score from the inside, as he is just shy of 10 points per game.
“We will try to play solid defense and limit them to one shot,” said UV’s head coach Matt Osborne. “Keeping [Tully’s] two big guys off the offensive boards will be huge for us.”
Defensively, The Knights will look to sit in a zone defense. Either a 2-3 or a 1-3-1 have been their defenses of choice this season.
The Storm will need to take care of the ball on the outside, moving it quickly from player to player. Doing this will create a defensive miscue by Tully, which can lead to a UV open look from the outside or lane to the rim.
Unadilla Valley will have to make a smart decision at the rim as Crawford has a total of 82 blocks on the season. If the right move is made, The Storm can hopefully get the Knights’ big man in foul trouble early.
The UV players will have to look to avoid the charges, leading to their own foul trouble. In the semifinals and finals of the Section IV tournament, both Lansing and Tioga had drawn many offensive fouls while Storm players were driving to the basket.
However, look for Unadilla Valley to still be aggressive when driving the open lanes. Andrew Jackson and Dante Dye have been strong all season and will need to continue to do so. With Jackson and Dye dribbling through the paint, the two can draw defenders. This will leave Cameron Osborne and Levi Rifanburg open underneath.
Looking to shoot from the outside for UV will be Wyatt Grey along with Dye and Jackson. Dye and Grey hit some big three-point shots against Tioga in the championship Sunday afternoon. The two will need to the same as guard play will be very important in the game by both teams.
As most scouting reports have read for the Storm’s opposition, Tully will look to shutdown Jackson’s offensive output. Jackson is carrying an average of 25 points per game through the four game sectional tournament, including a 40 point game against Watkins Glen.
The nice part of Jackson’s game is his court vision. Jackson knows when to kick to the open player, which has led him to about six or seven assists a game.
“We need to continue to be aggressive both offensively and defensively and out play [Tully] on the glass,” said Osborne.
Stating after the Section IV title game, Osborne said his teams has been the underdog of the last three. As a seven-seed through the tournament, Unadilla Valley topped the two, six and four seeds in the final three games of the tournament and all were on the road.
As Tully is closer to Syracuse, the Knights fans will again make the Storm feel like the underdog of this one.
If UV can knock down their outside shots and come up bigger in the rebounding column, their chances of winning increase. “We have really come together and grown up a lot,” said Osborne after the championship game. The regional final game will be another chance for the Storm players to grow.
If Unadilla Valley takes down the Tully Knights, the boys will head to the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton as part of the final four teams vying for a state title. The New York Boys Basketball State Tournament will be hosted in the Arena for the second straight year and will take place next weekend, March 17 and 18.
Tickets will be available the door on Saturday, March 10. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Tully topped powerhouse Cooperstown, 49-48 in the Section III championship game on Sunday, March 4, at the Syracuse University Dome. Earlier this season, UV faced Cooperstown, losing 64-52.
The Knights currently carry a record of 20-4 and will be looking to make it 21-4 against the Storm.
Juniors Tyler and Jake Edinger, Tully’s two starting guards, like to shoot the three-pointer often but will get out and run following a defensive rebound. The two have combined to make a total of 51 three-point goals this season (an average of 2.1 made per game), leading the Knights in the column.
Jake Edinger averages 11.9 points per game, the second leading scorer for the team from Section III. Tully’s points usually come from inside the paint and from the hand of their 6-foot-6-inch senior center, Joe Crawford.
Crawford averages 17.9 points per game currently. and a good amount of his points come off the offensive glass. Unadilla Valley will need to keep Crawford off the boards at both ends of the floor as he pulls down 8.8 rebounds per game. The Tully team is a strong team on the boards as they have grabbed nearly 35 rebounds every game this season.
Another player the Storm will have to keep off the glass is Dante Cuttino, a 6-foot-2-inch forward for the Knights. Cuttino crashes the boards hard as he is averaging 7.4 rebounds a game. He can also score from the inside, as he is just shy of 10 points per game.
“We will try to play solid defense and limit them to one shot,” said UV’s head coach Matt Osborne. “Keeping [Tully’s] two big guys off the offensive boards will be huge for us.”
Defensively, The Knights will look to sit in a zone defense. Either a 2-3 or a 1-3-1 have been their defenses of choice this season.
The Storm will need to take care of the ball on the outside, moving it quickly from player to player. Doing this will create a defensive miscue by Tully, which can lead to a UV open look from the outside or lane to the rim.
Unadilla Valley will have to make a smart decision at the rim as Crawford has a total of 82 blocks on the season. If the right move is made, The Storm can hopefully get the Knights’ big man in foul trouble early.
The UV players will have to look to avoid the charges, leading to their own foul trouble. In the semifinals and finals of the Section IV tournament, both Lansing and Tioga had drawn many offensive fouls while Storm players were driving to the basket.
However, look for Unadilla Valley to still be aggressive when driving the open lanes. Andrew Jackson and Dante Dye have been strong all season and will need to continue to do so. With Jackson and Dye dribbling through the paint, the two can draw defenders. This will leave Cameron Osborne and Levi Rifanburg open underneath.
Looking to shoot from the outside for UV will be Wyatt Grey along with Dye and Jackson. Dye and Grey hit some big three-point shots against Tioga in the championship Sunday afternoon. The two will need to the same as guard play will be very important in the game by both teams.
As most scouting reports have read for the Storm’s opposition, Tully will look to shutdown Jackson’s offensive output. Jackson is carrying an average of 25 points per game through the four game sectional tournament, including a 40 point game against Watkins Glen.
The nice part of Jackson’s game is his court vision. Jackson knows when to kick to the open player, which has led him to about six or seven assists a game.
“We need to continue to be aggressive both offensively and defensively and out play [Tully] on the glass,” said Osborne.
Stating after the Section IV title game, Osborne said his teams has been the underdog of the last three. As a seven-seed through the tournament, Unadilla Valley topped the two, six and four seeds in the final three games of the tournament and all were on the road.
As Tully is closer to Syracuse, the Knights fans will again make the Storm feel like the underdog of this one.
If UV can knock down their outside shots and come up bigger in the rebounding column, their chances of winning increase. “We have really come together and grown up a lot,” said Osborne after the championship game. The regional final game will be another chance for the Storm players to grow.
If Unadilla Valley takes down the Tully Knights, the boys will head to the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton as part of the final four teams vying for a state title. The New York Boys Basketball State Tournament will be hosted in the Arena for the second straight year and will take place next weekend, March 17 and 18.
Tickets will be available the door on Saturday, March 10. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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