Binghamton 5/6 Blue scrimmaged with Binghamton Boys & Girls Club Sunday afternoon at the downtown B&G Club gym. The "Blue Runners," as they're called, have players ranging from 5th grade up to the 8th grade. It appears that the majority of their players are in either 7th or 8th grade.
Our 5/6 travel team lost, 77-65, but I'm very proud of the energy with which our team finished the game against mostly 6th and 7th graders, outscoring the Blue Runners 38-8 from mid-third quarter to the finish.
We started well, with Andre Hawkins pushing the ball inside well. Sarbast Doski had 10 of his team-high 24 points in the first quarter. At one point, we led 12-3, and again at 14-7. At that stage, the Boys & Girls Club brought in older, much larger players and they were able to go on a 17-2 run.
In the second quarter, Hawkins converted on two nice drives and was fouled on each, but was not able to convert the traditional 3-point plays. In the third quarter, the B&G Club started with mostly 7th- and 8th-graders and built a 65-29 lead, in part by hitting on four straight 3-pointers. Part of the way through the third quarter and into the fourth, however, when the B&G Club inserted players mostly in 6th and 7th grades (with one 5th-grader), Binghamton 5/6 Blue finished the contest on a 38-8, including the entire fourth quarter, in which Blue outscored the B&G Club squad, 28-4.
Statistics:
* Sarbast Doski: 24 points, 8 rebounds (6-for-7 on free throws)
* Nicky Snyder: 14 points, 12 rebounds
* Andre Hawkins: 13 points, 8 rebounds (1-for-4 on free throws)
* Alex Vega: 8 points, 4 rebounds (5-for-10 on free throws)
* Isiah Turner: 4 points, 3 rebounds
* Roberto Jensen: 2 points, 1 rebound (0-for-2 on free throws)
* Nathan Oliva: 4 rebounds, 1 block
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