Cashman and Wenzel lead Norwich to win over Forks on senior night
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NORWICH – The Purple Tornado scored 37 second-half points, cruising to a 65-41 win over the visiting Chenango Forks Blue Devils Friday night.
Norwich’s Skylar Wenzel scored 16 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in the game to record a double-double and dominate the inside.
“Skylar had his best game of his career against Forks,” said Tom Collier, Norwich’s head coach. “He was aggressive on the boards and finished well.”
He added two blocks to his statline but Collier stated that he altered many other shots as well.
The Tornado’s Marcus Cashman had the hot hand from the outside for the home team in the win,
hitting seven 3-pointers for 21 of his game-high 23 points. He also tallied a double-double, pulling 10 boards off the glass.
Collier commented that Cashman is getting back to the form he was at before his injury suffered in the earlier part of the season.
The Tornado led by eight at the halftime break but came out of the locker room to start the second half of basketball with a big surge of energy. Offensively, Norwich went on a 17-8 run to build a 17 point lead as the two teams entered the final quarter of play.
In the fourth, the Purple Tornado put up 20 points in the stanza to finish out the game strong.
Norwich’s Carson Maynard added eight points to the scoring column and dished out a team-high five assists.
Forks had two reach double-digits as Steven Shephard put up 10 points while Aiden Ackerson led the Blue Devils with 13.
The Tornado are now faced with a tough final week of their regular season schedule. First, Norwich travels to rival Oneonta on Tuesday. They then head to Binghamton to face the Saints of Seton Catholic.
“It’s a big week for us coming up,” said Collier. “Both are tough places to play and they are two of the top teams in our league. If we win out we tie for our division.
“Our own fate is in our hands coming down to the last week of the regular season and after we started at 4-4, to be at 11-4 is quite an accomplishment as we play a very difficult schedule. There are no gimmes in our league, any team can beat anyone at anytime. We will have to be at our very best on Tuesday. It’s what you play for, we will see just how much we have grown in the last few weeks.”
Norwich then hosts Union-Endicott for a non-league game Saturday afternoon.
Tuesday’s contest is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Norwich’s Skylar Wenzel scored 16 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in the game to record a double-double and dominate the inside.
“Skylar had his best game of his career against Forks,” said Tom Collier, Norwich’s head coach. “He was aggressive on the boards and finished well.”
He added two blocks to his statline but Collier stated that he altered many other shots as well.
The Tornado’s Marcus Cashman had the hot hand from the outside for the home team in the win,
hitting seven 3-pointers for 21 of his game-high 23 points. He also tallied a double-double, pulling 10 boards off the glass.
Collier commented that Cashman is getting back to the form he was at before his injury suffered in the earlier part of the season.
The Tornado led by eight at the halftime break but came out of the locker room to start the second half of basketball with a big surge of energy. Offensively, Norwich went on a 17-8 run to build a 17 point lead as the two teams entered the final quarter of play.
In the fourth, the Purple Tornado put up 20 points in the stanza to finish out the game strong.
Norwich’s Carson Maynard added eight points to the scoring column and dished out a team-high five assists.
Forks had two reach double-digits as Steven Shephard put up 10 points while Aiden Ackerson led the Blue Devils with 13.
The Tornado are now faced with a tough final week of their regular season schedule. First, Norwich travels to rival Oneonta on Tuesday. They then head to Binghamton to face the Saints of Seton Catholic.
“It’s a big week for us coming up,” said Collier. “Both are tough places to play and they are two of the top teams in our league. If we win out we tie for our division.
“Our own fate is in our hands coming down to the last week of the regular season and after we started at 4-4, to be at 11-4 is quite an accomplishment as we play a very difficult schedule. There are no gimmes in our league, any team can beat anyone at anytime. We will have to be at our very best on Tuesday. It’s what you play for, we will see just how much we have grown in the last few weeks.”
Norwich then hosts Union-Endicott for a non-league game Saturday afternoon.
Tuesday’s contest is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
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