Norwich falls in Class B semifinals to Owego
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OWEGO – Owego’s Kobe Bogart and Christian Sage took over the contest late in the third quarter with a 10-0 run between the two of them, sealing the win for the No. 1 seed of the Section IV Class B bracket over the fourth-seeded Norwich Purple Tornado, 60-41.
Bogart finished with 19 points and Sage scored 11 but it was the marksmanship behind the 3-point arc of the Indians’ Evan Hamed that but the game away in the fourth. Hamed drained four of his seven made 3-pointers in the final eight minutes of play.
Norwich was led by their big man in the middle, Skylar Wenzel, who scored 13 to pace the Tornado in their final game of the season.
The game opened with a wide-open long ball for Hamed, who followed it up with another moments later.
Between Hamed’s two made buckets, Wenzel and teammate Marcus Cashman scored at the rim, giving Norwich their only lead of the contest in the early minutes of the first.
Then the Tornado tumbled downward.
Several offensive possessions for Norwich came up empty due to their turnovers because of bad passes or quick hands by Owego disrupting the dribble.
Hamed’s second 3-pointer of the first quarter started a 9-0 run for the Indians, in which Bogart and Sage once again had a hand in. Sage got an offense rebound and put it right back up and through the net for two points.
Next two trips down the floor ended with Bogart finishes – one contested by Cashman and another a turn -around 15 footer.
Ending the Owego run was Carson Thornton’s step-back 3, shaking off Sage to create space and drain the shot, cutting the lead down to five points.
At the end of the first, Norwich trailed by just six points.
Norwich found their offensive rhythm at the start of the second as Wenzel finished a transition layup on the assist from JT Vinal.
Vinal’s effort had the favor returned when Carson Maynard found his junior teammate open in the middle, cutting the Indians’ lead down to three for the second time in the quarter as the two teams went back-and-forth in the first few minutes.
However, Hamed got things going again for the home team as he started yet another quick spurt for Owego that was slightly interupted by Eli Craddock’s 3-pointer for the Tornado. The Indians went on a 9-3 run before Maynard gathered his own rebound that went long following a 3-point attempt and slashed to the rim for the final points of the first half.
Norwich went into the locker room trailing by seven points but it was when they came out of the locker room that their offense stalled.
Keeping the Tornado in the game to start the second half was their defensive effort.
Both teams failed to put up any points on the scoreboard until Wenzel’s putback with 4:32 left in the third. Moments later is when Owego took over the game with their 15-3 run n the last 4:10 of the third, extending what was once a five point lead to 17.
Norwich’s Thomas Flanagan knocked down the only points during the big Owego spurt, hitting his first of two for the game in the quarter. Flanagan’s second made basket from beyond the arc started the fourth quarter off to put Norwich down by 14.
Later in the quarter, Bogart hit his third 3-pointer of the game for his final points and Sage followed it up with an old-fashioned three-point play to give the Indians a 21 point advantage and putting the game well out of reach for the Tornado to mount any type of comeback.
Seniors Mujuni Mutabiilwa and Thomas Parrella scored the last four points for Norwich – Mutabiilwa score two at the free throw line and Parrella tallied his on a floater.
The two along with Cashman, Wenzel, Jon Clarke and Drew Walsh – who was unavailable to play – played their final game in the Norwich uniform Thursday night.
The Purple Tornado finished the 2018-2019 season with an overall 13-7 record.
Owego 60, Norwich 41
Norwich 7 13 5 16 – 41
Owego 13 14 15 18 – 60
Norwich: Thomas Parrella 1 0-0-2, Mujini Mutabiilwa 0 2-4-2, Carson Maynard 1 0-0-2, Marcus Cashman 2 0-2-4, Eli Craddock 2 0-0-5, Thomas Flanagan 2 0-0-6, JT Vinal 2 0-3-4, Shane Lawrence 0, Jahil Jones 0, Jonathan Clarke 0, Skylar Wenzel 5 3-7-13, Carson Thornton 1 0-0-3, Logan Ford 0. TOTALS: 16 5-16-41.
Owego: Brandon Evans 1 0-0-2, Christian Sage 4 3-5-11, Nate Bennett 0, Joey Higgins 0, Josiah Bishop 0 1-2-1, Evan Hamed 7 0-1-21, Damien Plater 0, Rob Merrill 1 2-4-4, Mason Rieg 0, Cole Taylor 0, Kobe Bogart 7 2-3-19, Jozell Race 0, Cooper Phelps 0, Mike Wasyln 1 0-2-2, Collin VanVorce 0, Nick Wasyln 0. TOTALS: 21 8-17-60.
Fouled out: None. 3-point field goals: (N) Thornton 1, Craddock 1, Flanagan 2 ; (O) Hamed 7, Bogart 3.
Bogart finished with 19 points and Sage scored 11 but it was the marksmanship behind the 3-point arc of the Indians’ Evan Hamed that but the game away in the fourth. Hamed drained four of his seven made 3-pointers in the final eight minutes of play.
Norwich was led by their big man in the middle, Skylar Wenzel, who scored 13 to pace the Tornado in their final game of the season.
The game opened with a wide-open long ball for Hamed, who followed it up with another moments later.
Between Hamed’s two made buckets, Wenzel and teammate Marcus Cashman scored at the rim, giving Norwich their only lead of the contest in the early minutes of the first.
Then the Tornado tumbled downward.
Several offensive possessions for Norwich came up empty due to their turnovers because of bad passes or quick hands by Owego disrupting the dribble.
Hamed’s second 3-pointer of the first quarter started a 9-0 run for the Indians, in which Bogart and Sage once again had a hand in. Sage got an offense rebound and put it right back up and through the net for two points.
Next two trips down the floor ended with Bogart finishes – one contested by Cashman and another a turn -around 15 footer.
Ending the Owego run was Carson Thornton’s step-back 3, shaking off Sage to create space and drain the shot, cutting the lead down to five points.
At the end of the first, Norwich trailed by just six points.
Norwich found their offensive rhythm at the start of the second as Wenzel finished a transition layup on the assist from JT Vinal.
Vinal’s effort had the favor returned when Carson Maynard found his junior teammate open in the middle, cutting the Indians’ lead down to three for the second time in the quarter as the two teams went back-and-forth in the first few minutes.
However, Hamed got things going again for the home team as he started yet another quick spurt for Owego that was slightly interupted by Eli Craddock’s 3-pointer for the Tornado. The Indians went on a 9-3 run before Maynard gathered his own rebound that went long following a 3-point attempt and slashed to the rim for the final points of the first half.
Norwich went into the locker room trailing by seven points but it was when they came out of the locker room that their offense stalled.
Keeping the Tornado in the game to start the second half was their defensive effort.
Both teams failed to put up any points on the scoreboard until Wenzel’s putback with 4:32 left in the third. Moments later is when Owego took over the game with their 15-3 run n the last 4:10 of the third, extending what was once a five point lead to 17.
Norwich’s Thomas Flanagan knocked down the only points during the big Owego spurt, hitting his first of two for the game in the quarter. Flanagan’s second made basket from beyond the arc started the fourth quarter off to put Norwich down by 14.
Later in the quarter, Bogart hit his third 3-pointer of the game for his final points and Sage followed it up with an old-fashioned three-point play to give the Indians a 21 point advantage and putting the game well out of reach for the Tornado to mount any type of comeback.
Seniors Mujuni Mutabiilwa and Thomas Parrella scored the last four points for Norwich – Mutabiilwa score two at the free throw line and Parrella tallied his on a floater.
The two along with Cashman, Wenzel, Jon Clarke and Drew Walsh – who was unavailable to play – played their final game in the Norwich uniform Thursday night.
The Purple Tornado finished the 2018-2019 season with an overall 13-7 record.
Owego 60, Norwich 41
Norwich 7 13 5 16 – 41
Owego 13 14 15 18 – 60
Norwich: Thomas Parrella 1 0-0-2, Mujini Mutabiilwa 0 2-4-2, Carson Maynard 1 0-0-2, Marcus Cashman 2 0-2-4, Eli Craddock 2 0-0-5, Thomas Flanagan 2 0-0-6, JT Vinal 2 0-3-4, Shane Lawrence 0, Jahil Jones 0, Jonathan Clarke 0, Skylar Wenzel 5 3-7-13, Carson Thornton 1 0-0-3, Logan Ford 0. TOTALS: 16 5-16-41.
Owego: Brandon Evans 1 0-0-2, Christian Sage 4 3-5-11, Nate Bennett 0, Joey Higgins 0, Josiah Bishop 0 1-2-1, Evan Hamed 7 0-1-21, Damien Plater 0, Rob Merrill 1 2-4-4, Mason Rieg 0, Cole Taylor 0, Kobe Bogart 7 2-3-19, Jozell Race 0, Cooper Phelps 0, Mike Wasyln 1 0-2-2, Collin VanVorce 0, Nick Wasyln 0. TOTALS: 21 8-17-60.
Fouled out: None. 3-point field goals: (N) Thornton 1, Craddock 1, Flanagan 2 ; (O) Hamed 7, Bogart 3.
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