GREENE – Tuesday evening was a great night all around for Greene, especially the boys, who came away with a hard fought 52-43 win over Harpursville. This win marked their first of the 2024-2025 season, which did not come easy, but came at the right time.
Greene also celebrated senior night for their eight seniors. Congratulations to Kloden Rapp, Tristan Donnelly, Keaton Browning, Parker Flanagan, Lincoln Youngs, Kegan Evans, Nick Holt, and Tucker Phillips.
Greene’s head coach Caleb Link said before he shared the seniors’ favorite memories that this group is the first group he ever coached on JV when they were freshmen, so he was excited for them and grateful to be sharing this moment with them.
Both teams battled in the first quarter with Greene taking the edge 15-14 lead at the end of the first eight minutes. From there, Greene built a steady lead on the Hornets as the Trojans were able to move inside and also find success early on with threes from Parker Flanagan.
Greene also came away with big steals in the second quarter and held Harpursville to two baskets to take a 27-18 lead.
Harpursville cut the lead early on in the third quarter from the free-throw line and showed strength rebounding the ball offensively and defensively, when Greene were not able to finish their shots. Greene held a six-point lead to end the third quarter.
Parker Flanagan hitting more threes was the highlight of the final eight minutes and he even helped force Harpursville out of bounds to turnover the ball. Flanagan also made two free-throws on a technical foul while Keegan Waltz added two points on the team’s possession following the free-throws.
Both teams traded threes, which put Harpursville within six again with 1:10 remaining. However, Greene’s Lincoln Youngs made three of four free-throws to put the team up by nine. Tucker Phillips had a chance to add a score with time winding down before Harpursville added one last basket and fouled Greene with under six seconds to go. Keaton Browning made two free-throws to put the game away.
Harpursville’s Jayden Deleon, who dropped 30 points vs Afton the night before and was heavily guarded throughout the game, had 18 points, but did not pose as a threat at all with good press on him and missed shots.
Parker Flanagan led the Trojans with 16 points with four three-pointers. Keegan Waltz finished with 11 points off the bench with a three in the third quarter. Kloden Rapp was successful inside the paint with seven points in the first half.
Keaton Browning added six points as Nick Holt and Lincoln Youngs had four points and Jacob Eroshevich and John Mulroy both chipped in two points.
Greene (1-13) hosts Chenango Valley on Thursday at 7:15 p.m.
Scores by quarter:
HA 14 4 10 15—43
GR 15 12 7 18–52