Storm’s path to the MAC finals goes through Greene
GREENE – Avenging their only loss in the Midstate Athletic Conference regular season, the Storm of Unadilla Valley came away with the win over Greene, 57-43 in the MAC semifinal contest Wednesday night.
The Storm will now play for the league championship Friday. After missing the title game a year ago by falling to Walton in the semis, UV’s revenge MAC tour will make its final stop at the Binghamton Events Center.
The Trojans took the December 14 matchup in a close 49-42 victory, giving Unadilla Valley their first league loss of the season. The Storm, not willing to let that the same result happen, jumped out to a 15-9 lead after the first quarter behind Andrew Jackson’s eight, Caleb Parker’s five points and Cameron Osborne’s bucket from the inside.
With the scoring in the second quarter by both teams being nearly equal, UV was able to extend their lead to eight at the break.
Wyatt Grey had the hot hand for the Storm in the third, as they came out of the locker room and built their lead by another four points.
In the final eight minutes of play, Greene attempted to put together a late-game rally behind Nate Barry’s nine points in the stanza. However, the Storm spoiled the Trojans fourth quarter run with balanced scoring between five players.
“We really spread the ball around tonight and everyone contributed,” said Unadilla Valley head coach Matt Osborne. “We played excellent team defense the second half and Levi [Rifanburg] was a force on the boards.”
Rifanburg grabbed a team-best 13 rebounds and scored 11 points while Jackson led the Storm in the scoring column with 14 points. Wyatt Grey added 12 points, Parker finished with 11 and Osborne chipped in nine for the Storm.
Distributing the ball, like Osborne said his team did very well, were Jackson and Gray as they combined to have eight assists.
Defensively, Gray added four steals to his statline.
Barry led all scorers with 16 points while Trojan teammate Evan Walters finished with eight.
Unadilla Valley (14-5, 9-1) will now take on the Delhi Bulldogs at the Binghamton University Events Center at 6 p.m. for the MAC Championship.
In their first meeting this season, UV topped Delhi in an exciting game with a final of 40-34. Grey had a strong showing on both sides of the ball, especially with scoring in the second half. Jackson and Rifanburg were limited in play in the second and third quarters, facing foul trouble.
The Storm will be on the lookout for Delhi’s Conor Aikens, who led the team in the first meeting.
Unadilla Valley 57, Greene 43
UV 15 11 14 17 – 57
Greene 9 9 10 15 – 43
Unadilla Valley: Andrew Jackson 5 2-3-14; Caleb Parker 3 5-6-11; Levi Rifanburg 4 3-6-11; Wyatt Grey 3 3-5-12; Cameron Osborne 4 1-1-9; Dylan Nichols 0; Tim Postma 0; Tom Gillette 0. TOTALS: 19 11-16-57.
Greene: Evan Walter 4 0-3-8; Nate Barry 6 2-4-16; Brandon Whitaker 0 3-4-3; Alex Frair 1 0-0-2; Spencer Klumpp 1 1-2-3; Nate Parker 1 0-1-2; Nate Erickson 2 2-5-7; Tristian Austin 1 0-0-2. TOTALS: 16 8-19-43.
Fouled out: (G) Erickson. 3-point goals: (UV) Jackson 2, Grey 3; (G) Barry 2, Erickson 1. JV: Greene won.
The Storm will now play for the league championship Friday. After missing the title game a year ago by falling to Walton in the semis, UV’s revenge MAC tour will make its final stop at the Binghamton Events Center.
The Trojans took the December 14 matchup in a close 49-42 victory, giving Unadilla Valley their first league loss of the season. The Storm, not willing to let that the same result happen, jumped out to a 15-9 lead after the first quarter behind Andrew Jackson’s eight, Caleb Parker’s five points and Cameron Osborne’s bucket from the inside.
With the scoring in the second quarter by both teams being nearly equal, UV was able to extend their lead to eight at the break.
Wyatt Grey had the hot hand for the Storm in the third, as they came out of the locker room and built their lead by another four points.
In the final eight minutes of play, Greene attempted to put together a late-game rally behind Nate Barry’s nine points in the stanza. However, the Storm spoiled the Trojans fourth quarter run with balanced scoring between five players.
“We really spread the ball around tonight and everyone contributed,” said Unadilla Valley head coach Matt Osborne. “We played excellent team defense the second half and Levi [Rifanburg] was a force on the boards.”
Rifanburg grabbed a team-best 13 rebounds and scored 11 points while Jackson led the Storm in the scoring column with 14 points. Wyatt Grey added 12 points, Parker finished with 11 and Osborne chipped in nine for the Storm.
Distributing the ball, like Osborne said his team did very well, were Jackson and Gray as they combined to have eight assists.
Defensively, Gray added four steals to his statline.
Barry led all scorers with 16 points while Trojan teammate Evan Walters finished with eight.
Unadilla Valley (14-5, 9-1) will now take on the Delhi Bulldogs at the Binghamton University Events Center at 6 p.m. for the MAC Championship.
In their first meeting this season, UV topped Delhi in an exciting game with a final of 40-34. Grey had a strong showing on both sides of the ball, especially with scoring in the second half. Jackson and Rifanburg were limited in play in the second and third quarters, facing foul trouble.
The Storm will be on the lookout for Delhi’s Conor Aikens, who led the team in the first meeting.
Unadilla Valley 57, Greene 43
UV 15 11 14 17 – 57
Greene 9 9 10 15 – 43
Unadilla Valley: Andrew Jackson 5 2-3-14; Caleb Parker 3 5-6-11; Levi Rifanburg 4 3-6-11; Wyatt Grey 3 3-5-12; Cameron Osborne 4 1-1-9; Dylan Nichols 0; Tim Postma 0; Tom Gillette 0. TOTALS: 19 11-16-57.
Greene: Evan Walter 4 0-3-8; Nate Barry 6 2-4-16; Brandon Whitaker 0 3-4-3; Alex Frair 1 0-0-2; Spencer Klumpp 1 1-2-3; Nate Parker 1 0-1-2; Nate Erickson 2 2-5-7; Tristian Austin 1 0-0-2. TOTALS: 16 8-19-43.
Fouled out: (G) Erickson. 3-point goals: (UV) Jackson 2, Grey 3; (G) Barry 2, Erickson 1. JV: Greene won.
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