DEPOSIT – Deposit/Hancock held a 52-50 lead with six seconds remaining. Greene’s Nate Erickson – The Trojans’ quarterback on the gridiron in the fall – tossed a long pass to teammate Evan Walters, who then finished the layup before the buzzer to tie the game and force overtime.
In the extra minutes of basketball, Greene outscored the Eagles 11-5 to come away with the Midstate Athletic Confernce 63-57 win Friday night.
Trojans’ head coach Chris Rice said that Deposit/Hancock shot the lights out against his team in the early part of the contest, barely missing. “(The Eagles) must have shot somewhere near 80-percent from the floor,” said Rice. “They couldn’t miss.”
Deposit/Hancock opened the game with a 23 point first quarter behind Cole Russell’s 11 points and their four 3-pointers as a team.
As the two teams matched point for point in the second, Greene went into the intermission trailing by five points. Out of the break is where Rice said his team picked up their intensity and played better.
The Eagles once again out scored the Trojans in the third, extending their lead to seven as the two went into the final eight minutes of play. However, that is where the road team responded.
Greene held Deposit/Hancock to just five points in the quarter while they chipped away at the lead and ultimately tied the game at 52, forcing the overtime session.
Having a nice scoring run in the extra four minutes was the Trojans’ Nate Parker, pacing Greene with five of their 11 points. He finished with eight for the game.
Walters ended the night with a team-high 16, which included the game-tying hoop at the end of regulation. Teammate Spencer Klumpp added 13 in the Trojans’ win.
The Eagles were led by Caleb Walker’s game-high 18 points. Russell kicked in another free throw to finished with 12 and Tyler Santamaria chipped in with 14.
Greene’s next scheduled game is on the road against Harpursville at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Greene 63, Deposit/Hancock 57
GRE 19 9 13 12 11– 63
D/H 23 9 15 5 5 – 57
Greene: Evan Walters 7 2-4-16; Nate Barry 2 3-4-7; Brandon Whitaker 2 1-3-6; Alec Frair 3 0-0-7; Spencer Klumpp 6 0-0-13; Nolan Butler 0; Nate Parker 3 2-5-8; Nate Erickson 2 2-6-6; Tristan Austin 0. TOTALS: 25 10-22-63. 
Deposit/Hancock: Roy Rynearson 1 1-4-3; Tyler Santamaria 5 3-4-14; Castin Ostrander 1 0-0-2; Caleb Walker 7 0-1-18; Nick Staton 1 0-0-2; Christian Sokol 3 0-2-6; Cole Russell 4 2-4-12. TOTALS: 22 6-15-57. 
Fouled out: (G) Barry; (D/H) Russell. 3-point goals: (G) Whitaker 1, Frair 1, Klumpp 1; (D/H) Santamaria 1, Walker 4, Russell 2.