Monday, January 31, 2011

Binghamton 7/8s Win at Whitney Point

The Binghamton-based 7/8 team traveled to Whitney Point Monday night and came away with a 53-25 win. Binghamton led 25-7 at halftime, and Garrett Alapeck led a balanced scoring attack, with five players scoring 8 or more points.

Binghamton 53, Point 25

BING -- 10 - 15 - 11 - 17 -- 53
POINT -- 2 - 5 - 12 - 6 -- 25

Stats:
* Garrett Alapeck: 11 pts, 7 rebs, 1 steal (2-2 FT) (one 3-pointer)
* Nicky Snyder: 9 pts, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist (1-3 FT)
* Wyatt Whitmore: 8 pts, 8 rebs, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 1 assist (0-1 FT)
* Roberto Jensen: 8 pts, 6 assists, 1 reb (1-2 FT) (one 3-pointer)
* Kyeem Holmes: 8 pts, 4 rebs, 4 steals, 2 assists, 1 block (2-3 FT)
* Caleb Link: 3 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal (1-2 FT)
* Latrel McFarlane: 2 points, 6 assists, 3 rebs, 2 steals, 1 block
* Trevor Borchardt: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 4 blocks, 1 steal
* Matt Whiteman: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 assist (0-2 FT)
* Team free throws: 7-for-15
* Whitney Point free throws: 3-for-10

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Saturday's Red/White Scrimmage

Due to cancellations, members of the Binghamton 7/8 travel squad scrimmaged Saturday. On one side were five members of last year's Rage Red 12U team (Red), while Saturday's White squad countered with three members of Binghamton West's modified team. They were joined by three players affiliated with the Rage travel league.

After four 12-minute stop-time quarters, Red had the upper hand, 81-55. Red led just 27-23 at halftime, but a 31-point third quarter helped them to the win.


Red 81, White 55

Red --- 10 - 17 - 31 - 23 -- 81
White -- 8 - 15 - 15 - 17 -- 55

Stats for Red:
* Roberto Jensen: 26 points (one 3-pointer)
* Trevor Borchardt: 18 points
* Garrett Alapeck: 16 points (three 3-pointers)
* Kyeem Holmes: 14 points
* Wyatt Whitmore: 7 points
* Made free throws: 7 (Jensen 5, Alapeck 1, Holmes 1)

Stats for White:
* Nicky Snyder: 21 points
* Casey Walsh: 15 points (one 3-pointer)
* Jonah Chambers: 7 points
* Nate Oliva: 6 points
* Jordan Bideaux: 4 points
* Connor Borchardt: 2 points
* Made free throws: 4 (Snyder 3, Chambers 1)

Short-handed Binghamton 6 Loses at Home

A short-handed Binghamton-6 team outscored visiting Homer 12-11 in the first quarter and was within 6 points at halftime, but eventually a very short bench and early foul trouble caught up, as Homer ran away with this one, 81-51 on the short Psych Center gym.

Playing with just seven, Binghamton saw its leading scorer, Devin Young, pick up his third foul in the second quarter, and Matt Collins-Pringle, who had 14 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 4 steals in this game, had three fouls earlier in the second and missed a fair amount of playing time.

In the third quarter and into the fourth, Homer's quick passing and fast-break opportunities made the difference against a tired Binghamton squad.

Homer 81, Binghamton 51

Stats:
* Devin Young: 20 points, 16 rebounds 5 steals, 2 blocks, 1 assist (2-6 FT)
* Brandon Sprouse: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block (2-6 FT)
* Casey Walsh: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block (2-3 FT)
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 6 points, 14 rebounds, 5 blocks, 4 steals, 2 assists
* Emily Keenan: 1 point (1-2 FT)
* Eric Foster: 3 rebouhnds, 2 steals
* Gracie Jensen: 1 rebound
* Team free throws: 7-for-17

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Sunday, January 23, 2011

7/8 Team Gets 2 Comeback Wins Saturday

Saturday night at St. Ambrose, our 7/8 squad faced an Endicott squad with great size and quickness. So much size, in fact, that perhaps four of their players were larger than our biggest. Helped by that size advantage and spot-on passing, Endicott ran out to a quick 11-0 first-quarter lead.

Binghamton trailed 15-4 after the first quarter. But they regrouped heading into the second quarter and slowly began to chip away. With Endicott's most athletic player in foul trouble (four by midway through the second), Binghamton's Nicky Snyder soon joined him with four fouls of his own. Endicott converted two free throws to lead 17-4 early in the second. Then Binghamton began its long uphill climb.

Sarbast Doski (who scored a triple-double for Binghamton) hit a field goal (17-6), followed by Roberto Jensen knocking down two free throws (17-8). Endicott scored (19-8) before Isiah Turner hit from inside (19-10).

Doski scored (19-12), and Endicott answered (21-12). Then Wyatt Whitmore converted an offensive rebound into points (21-14). Doski made a free throw, then hit again from the field down the stretch toward halftime (21-17). Jensen scored on a fast-break pass from Doski (21-19) just before halftime, and Binghamton appeared to have momentum.

Binghamton's comeback, to that point, was a testament to the fantastic defensive work by Doski, Turner, Whitmore and Kyeem Holmes, who was scoreless in the first half, but who took the role of stopper against Endicott's quick guards. Holmes blocked three shots in the first half alone.

Endicott regrouped at the break and came out firing, quickly building its lead back to 27-20. But Binghamton settled down. Holmes hit two free throws (27-22), Endicott answered inside (29-22) and then Jensen canned a 3-pointer (29-25). Endicott answered again to make it 31-25.

Toward the end of the third quarter, Doski hit one-of-two free throws (31-26), then Endicott did the same (32-26) before Holmes hit his first field goal of the game - a huge 3-pointer from the top of the arc (32-29). Jensen then hit on a deep 2-pointer from the right side (32-31) to close out the third quarter.

Binghamton finally got the lead for the first time when Doski drilled a 3-pointer from the upper left-hand side of the arc. His fist-pump reaction saw Binghamton with a 34-32 advantage with 6:38 to play.

Then Turner hit a nice hot streak. First, he nailed a 17-foot jumper from the right side (36-32). But Endicott answered twice inside, pounding the ball down low to their NFL right-tackle-sized forward, tying it up at 36-apiece. Turner wouldn't be outdone. He nailed another soft jumper from 15 feet (38-36), giving Binghamton the lead for good, followed by a short jumper from Holmes (40-36). Turner then made one-of-two free throws (41-36).

Endicott scored again (41-38) but Binghamton's outsized inside crew scrapped down the stretch, as Doski, Turner, Whitmore and Holmes were re-joined by a well rested Snyder (five rebounds in the final five minutes). Binghamton did a nice job of limiting Endicott to single shots down the stretch, and Doski took the point to close out the game, draining time off the clock after each Binghamton rebound, walking the ball up court.

Endicott was forced to foul with under 30 seconds remaining, as Binghamton took good care of the basketball. Doski made three-of-four free throws, the final two with 12.7 seconds to go to close out the game, 44-38.

Binghamton 44, Endicott 38

B -- 4 - 15 - 12 - 13 -- 44
E -- 15 - 6 - 11 - 6 -- 38

Stats:
* Sarbast Doski: 17 points, 14 rebounds, 13 steals, 5 assists, 3 blocks (6-for-13 FT) (one 3-pointer)
* Roberto Jensen: 9 points, 1 assist, 1 rebound (2-2 FT) (one 3-pointer)
* Kyeem Holmes: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 5 blocks, 2 steals (2-4 FT) (one 3-pointer)
* Isiah Turner: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block (1-2 FT)
* Wyatt Whitmore: 2 points, 13 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block (0-2 FT)
* Nicky Snyder: 2 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block (0-2 FT)
* Matt Whiteman: 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Nate Oliva: 1 steal
* Team free throws: 11-for-25
* Endicott free throws: 4-for-18

Earlier on Saturday ...

A group of 7/8s traveled north to play the Cortland Basketball Club (not to be confused with The Ballers of Cortland). Binghamton was in an early hole, trailing after one period of play, 15-6, but over the next 16 minutes of play, whittled away until taking a a 34-32 lead on a Trevor Borchardt inside basket. The Binghamton-based group made a few runs, but eventually trailed by 9 points at various stages of the first half (the teams played six periods).

Caleb Link's bucket got Binghamton to within 30-23. Sarbast Doski scored inside (32-25), then stole the inbounds pass, scored again and was fouled. He made the free throw to get Binghamton within 32-28. Roberto Jensen then hit on a nice drive-pullup jumper from the left (30-28), which was followed by two Kyeem Holmes free throws to tie things up at 32-apiece. Borchardt's inside score followed (34-32).

Binghamton threatened to pull away a few times in the second segment of the game, but sharp outside shooting kept Cortland in it. Doski and Jensen combined for four free throws (39-34), but a quick Cortland bucket (39-36), followed by a trey from the top of the arc (39-39) made it interesting. Isiah Turner scored from the right baseline for Binghamton (41-39), then scored again in the paint (43-39) before Brady Harrington popped a nice 3-pointer from the top (46-39) to afford Binghamton some breathing room.

Borchard scored 7 points in the fifth period of play, and a Harrington drive to the basket helped Binghamton to a 63-57 lead with four minutes remaining. In that span, Doski scored with about three minutes to go, and Turner closed it out with an inside basket for the win.

Binghamton 69, Cortland 58

BING -- 6 - 13 - 16 - 13 - 15 - 6 -- 69
CORT --- 15 - 9 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 1 -- 58

Stats:
* Sarbast Doski: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 9 steals, 2 assists, 1 block (5-9 FT)
* Trevor Borchard: 15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks, 2 assists, 1 steal (3-7 FT)
* Kyeem Holmes: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, 2 blocks (2-4 FT)
* Roberto Jensen: 6 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals (2-2 FT)
* Wyatt Whitmore: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal (2-2 FT)
* Isiah Turner: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist, 1 steal (0-2 FT)
* Brady Harrington: 5 points, 4 steals, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks (one 3-pointer)
* Caleb Link: 4 points
* Nate Oliva: 2 points, 4 rebounds
* Team free throws: 14-for-26
* Cortland free throws: 5-for-13

Monday, January 17, 2011

Binghamton-6 Tops SV-6

In the Holiday Classic Tournament in mid-December, Binghamton-6 struggled to beat SV-6, getting that victory by 2 points. Monday evening, Binghamton got off to a fast start and won by 20.

Led by a strong first half from Devin Young, Binghamton held a 34-16 advantage at halftime, then maintained that lead throughout most of the second half, winning 64-44. The win put Binghamton's record at 10-9.

Binghamton 64, SV 44

Sus Valley ---- 16 - 28 -- 44
Binghamton -- 34 - 30 -- 64

Stats:
* Devin Young: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, 1 block (2-5 FT)
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 assist (0-2 FT)
* Casey Walsh: 9 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block (1-1 FT)
* Alonzo Brunn: 8 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Gabriel Whiteman: 5 points, 3 steals, 2 rebounds (1-2 FT)
* Brandon Sprouse: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists (0-2 FT)
* Ismar Turkovic: 4 points, 3 rebounds
* Jordan McGahy: 5 rebounds
* Eric Foster: 1 rebound
* Team free throws: 4-for-12
* Notable: SV was whistled for 11 fouls. Binghamton was whistled for 17 fouls.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

7/8s Square Off With Whitney Point

On Saturday afternoon at the downtown Binghamton YMCA, a group of 7th- and 8th-graders played against a team of 7/8s from Whitney Point, with the Binghamton-based squad coming out on top.

Saturday, January 15
Binghamton 66, W. Point 27

Stats:
* Sarbast Doski: 16 pts, 7 rebs, 7 steals, 2 assts, 2 blocks (2-4 FT)
* Roberto Jensen: 11 points, 8 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 block (1-2 FT) (two 3-pointers)
* Trevor Borchardt: 10 pts, 9 rebs, 2 blocks, 1 steal (0-1 FT)
* Kyeem Holmes: 10 points, 2 blocks, 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Nate Oliva: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals (1-2 FT)
* Nicky Snyder: 4 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal
* Wyatt Whitmore: 4 points, 6 rebs, 2 assists, 1 block (2-3 FT)
* Zachary Hudson: 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
* Team free throws: 6-for-12

Binghamton-6 Gets Two Weekend Wins

The Binghamton-6 travel basketball team won its two games over the weekend, beating Whitney Point-6 on Friday, then topping Chenango Valley Red-6 on Saturday morning.

In Friday's game, Casey Walsh scored a season-high 18 points and had an exceptional game at point guard. His pin-point passing led to a team-high 7 assists. Four Binghamton players scored in double figures, including Devin Young, whose double-double came on 16 points and 16 rebounds.

In Saturday's contest, Binghamton built an early lead and cruised from there. Led by Devin Young's 24 points, Binghamton played an up-tempo game early on, allowing forward Matt Collins-Pringle to score a season-high 14 points, many of those coming on fast breaks.

Friday, January 14
Binghamton 78, W. Point 41

Whitney Point -- 28 - 13 -- 41
Binghamton-6 -- 34 - 44 -- 78

Stats:
* Casey Walsh: 18 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds 2 steals (0-4 FT)
* Devin Young: 16 pts, 16 rebs, 3 steals, 1 assist, 1 block (2-12 FT)
* Brandon Sprouse: 14 pts, 8 rebs, 2 block, 1 assist, 1 steal (0-2 FT)
* Alonzo Brunn: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block (1-3 FT)
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block
* Emily Keenan: 4 points, 2 rebounds
* Gabriel Whiteman: 3 pts, 2 steals, 1 reb, 1 block (1-2 FT)
* Eric Foster: 2 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block
* Jordan McGahy: 6 rebounds
* Team free throws: 4-for-27


Saturday, January 15
Binghamton 55, CV Red 32

CV Red -- 6 - 8 - 6 - 12 -- 32
Bing -- 14 - 16 - 14 - 11 -- 55

Stats:
* Devin Young: 24 pts, 7 rebs, 6 steals, 4 asst, 1 block (2-3 FT)
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 14 pts, 4 rebs, 4 steals, 1 block (0-1 FT)
* Casey Walsh: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
* Alonzo Brunn: 6 points, 4 rebounds (0-2 FT)
* Brandon Sprouse: 3 pts, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal (1-4 FT)
* Emily Keenan: 2 points
* Jordan McGahy: 4 rebounds, 1 steal
* Gabriel Whiteman: 2 steals, 1 assist
* Eric Foster: 1 rebound
* Team free throws: 3-for-10

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Binghamton 5 and 6 Team Schedules

Listed here are the new games schedules for January and February.

Binghamton-5

Friday, January 14 – vs. Homer-5 (W 38-20)

Friday, January 21 –
vs. M-E Gold-6 (W 60-20)

Saturday, January 22 –
vs. Homer-5 (L 27-24)

Monday, January 24 – vs. Seton-6 (L)

Friday, January 28 – vs. Whitney Point-6 (W 43-33)

Monday, January 31 -
vs. Chenango Forks Blue-6 (W)

Friday, February 4 – vs. CV Red-6 at Vestal Hills (6 p.m.)

Saturday, February 5 – vs. Seton-5 at Bing. YMCA (8 a.m.)

Monday, February 7 – vs. Owego-5 at Psych Center (6 p.m.)

Friday, February 11 – vs. Athens-5 at Lynch Bustin Elem. (6:15 p.m.)

Saturday, February 19 – vs. C. Forks Blue-6 at CF Middle School (Noon)

Saturday-Sunday, February 12-13 - Owego Tournament

Fri-Sat-Sun, Feb. 18-19-20 - Winter Blast Tournament

Binghamton-6

Friday, January 14 – vs. Whitney Point-6 (W 78-41)

Saturday, January 15 – vs. C. Valley Red-6 (W 55-32)

Monday, January 17 – vs. SV-6 (W 64-44)

Friday, January 28 – vs. Homer-6 (L 81-51)

Friday, February 4 – vs. C. Forks White-6 at Psych Center (6 p.m.)

Sunday, February 6 – vs. Seton-6 at Seton Catholic (1:15 p.m.)

Monday, February 7 – vs. Newark Valley-6 at NV Middle School (6:45 p.m.)


Thursday, February 10 – vs. CV Red-6 at Chenango Bridge Elementary School (6 p.m.)

Friday, February 11 – vs. M-E Blue-6 at Psych Center (6 p.m.)

Saturday-Sunday, February 12-13 - Owego Tournament

Fri-Sat-Sun, Feb. 18-19-20 - Winter Blast Tournament



* For directions to "away" games, contact the team coaches directly.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Binghamton 6s Scrimmage Binghamton 7s

In a Friday night scrimmage, the Binghamton-7 squad built a 20-10 lead in the first quarter, but the Binghamton-6 group worked its way back by halftime, trailing just 36-33. The 7s led 46-44 toward the end of the third before they entended their lead down the strecth for a 68-55 win.

Binghamton-7 -- 20 - 16 - 16 - 16 -- 68
Binghamton-6 -- 12 - 21 - 12 - 10 -- 55

Binghamton-6 stats:
* Devin Young: 27 points, 15 rebounds, 3 steals (1-8 FT)
* Casey Walsh: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals
* Gabriel Whiteman: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal (4-6 FT)
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal (0-2 FT)
* Alonzo Brunn: 3 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals (1-2 FT)
* Ismar Turkovic: 2 points, 2 rebounds
* Brandon Sprouse: 1 point, 8 rebounds, 2 steals (1-6 FT)
* Eric Foster: 5 rebounds (0-2 FT)
* Emily Keenan: 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Gracie Jensen: 1 steal
* Team free throws: 7-for-26

Binghamton-7 stats:
* Matt Whiteman: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals (0-2 FT)
* Andy Garcia: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
* Garrett Alapeck: 13 points, 14 rebs, 3 steals, 2 assts (1-1 FT)
* Roberto Jensen: 8 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 rebound (0-2 FT)
* Kameron Crimmins: 7 points, 6 steals, 5 rebs, 3 assts (1-2 FT)
* Devin Weldon: 4 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds
* Zion Burwell: 2 rebounds, 1 steal
* Team free throws: 3-for-7

Friday, January 7, 2011

Foul-Shooting Contest January 22

The Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Shooting Contest will be held Saturday, January 22, at St. James gym in Johnson City.

Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. at the gym. The competition is slated to start at 11 a.m.

Last year, two players from the Binghamton Travel Basketball program won at the first two levels of competition in their age groups. Milton Jimenez went to the regionals in Syracuse the 12U category, and Roberto Jensen went to the regionals as well, winning two rounds at the 11U level.

There is no fee to enter this competition.