On the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, February 14 and 15, the Binghamton 5/6 Blue team played in the 7th annual 2009 Al Reppert Dedication Tournament for 5th and 6th graders. The Binghamton 5/6 squad went 2-2, falling one game shy of the “A Bracket” championship. Binghamton lost both its games to eventual tournament champion Corning.
GAME 1 – Saturday (8 a.m.) In a contest that featured 56 free throws, Binghamton played in foul trouble throughout, eventually seeing Andre Hawkins foul out with 6 minutes left to play. Later, Nate Gaster fouled out, and Nick Snyder played most of the fourth quarter with 4 fouls.
Corning 50, Binghamton 44
Corning-6……….........12 – 11 – 13 – 14 – 50
Binghamton 5/6….....15 – 5 – 10 – 14 – 44
Stats:
* Sarbast Doski: 20 points, 14 rebounds, 5 steals, 3 blocks (4-for-15 on free throws)
* Nicky Snyder: 12 points, 6 rebounds (2-for-2 on free throws)
* Andre Hawkins: 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 block (1-for-5 on free throws)
* Nate Gaster: 3 points, 4 rebounds (1-for-2 on free throws)
* Kyeem Holmes: 2 points, 3 rebounds
* Nathan Oliva: 1 steal
* Binghamton team free throws: 8-for-24
* Corning team free throws: 16-for-32
GAME 2 – Saturday (10:30 a.m.) Binghamton rebounded well in its second tournament game, but just moments into the second half, lost Sarbast Doski to what appeared to be a severe ankle strain. Doski did not play in the rest of the tournament.
Binghamton 43, Candor 29
Candor 5/6…….......….4 – 8 – 4 – 13 – 29
Binghamton 5/6....…18 – 8 – 11 – 6 – 43
Stats:
* Andre Hawkins: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals
* Sarbast Doski: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block (1-for-2 on free throws)
* Nate Gaster: 5 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks (1-for-2 on free throws)
* Nicky Snyder: 2 points, 15 rebounds, 2 blocks
* Roberto Jensen: 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Nathan Oliva: 1 point, 3 rebounds (1-for-2 on free throws)
* Kyeem Holmes: 3 rebounds
* Anthony Ferranti: 1 rebound
* Zion Burwell: 1 steal
GAME 3 – Saturday (3:30 p.m.) Binghamton 5/6 Blue finished its first day of tourney play with a 48-33 win as Nicky Snyder and Nate Gaster combined underneath for 31 points and 25 rebounds. Playing without Sarbast Doski, Andre Hawkins was asked to find Snyder and Gaster inside, and he did often, using Binghamton’s size advantage throughout.
Binghamton 48, Owego 31
Binghamton 5/6……….14 – 11 – 10 – 13 – 48
Owego 5/6……………..9 – 8 – 5 – 11 – 33
Stats:
* Nicky Snyder: 17 points, 15 rebounds (1-for-2 on free throws)
* Nate Gaster: 14 points, 10 rebounds
* Andre Hawkins: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals (1-for-4 on free throws)
* Kyeem Holmes: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block
* Nathan Oliva: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal
* Anthony Ferranti: 2 points
* Roberto Jensen: 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Zion Burwell: 1 steal
GAME 4 – Sunday (3:45 p.m.) Again playing without injured Sarbast Doski, Binghamton entered this game against an all 6th-grade Corning team, playing with 5 of its 7 available players as 5th-graders.
Binghamton trailed 22-12 at halftime and as the fourth quarter got under way, a Corning basket put the lead back at 10 (34-22) before a furious Binghamton comeback nearly stole this one.
A defensive adjustment midway through the third quarter helped. Roberto Jensen entered the game to cover Corning’s Sunday leading scorer, Foster Clark, who had 14 points to that point. With Jensen on Clark for the third and well into the fourth, then with Zion Burwell taking over on Clark, Corning struggled to score down the stretch. Meanwhile, Corning’s Chris Roe, who scored 22 points in the teams’ first meeting early Saturday, was held to 5 points by Nate Gaster.
In the fourth quarter, Andre Hawkins hit 3 of 4 free throws to cut into the Corning lead (34-27). Kyeem Holmes then scored inside (34-29) followed by a Nicky Snyder insider as well (34-31). With 35 seconds remaining, Binghamton, pressing, forced a Corning turnover and had a chance to tie the game with a 3-pointer, but couldn’t convert.
Corning 36, Binghamton 31
Corning-6…………9 – 13 – 8 – 6 – 36
Binghamton 5/6…..6 – 6 – 12 – 7 – 31
Stats:
* Andre Hawkins: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals (4-for-8 on free throws)
* Nicky Snyder: 8 points, 19 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block (1-for-4 on free throws)
* Nate Gaster: 3 points, 5 rebounds (1-for-3 on free throws)
* Kyeem Holmes: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals
* Nathan Oliva: 2 points, 2 rebounds
* Zion Burwell: 2 rebounds
* Roberto Jensen: 2 steals
* Binghamton team free throws: 6-for-15
* Corning team free throws: 3-for-21
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