White Team Shakes Off Slow Start; Black Ties

The Binghamton White travel team shook off a slow start, leading 14-13 at halftime, to eventually pull away from the Vestal-6 squad for a 46-26 win at Roosevelt Wednesday evening. White's top scorers were Gabe Whiteman (13 points), Brandon Sprouse (12) and Tyshawn High (11). Sprouse and High combined for 18 rebounds.

In the second game of a doubleheader, Binghamton Black came from 10 points down at halftime, getting a buzzer-beating rebound and put-back from Wyatt Merta to knot the score at 34-34. After playing two games, Vestal's coaches opted to end the contest in a tie, rather than playing an overtime period.

In that contest, Vito Ferranti led Binghamton with 14 points, while Manny Scott put together a monster of a game, scoring 8 points, pulling down a season-high (for anyone, any team in the Binghamton program) 22 rebounds, blocking 6 shots, making 5 steals and dishing out 3 assists.

Here are the box scores from last night's games:

Binghamton White 46, Vestal 26
Vestal -- 4 - 9 - 2 -- 11 -- 26
White -- 6 - 8 -15 - 17 -- 46

Stats:
* Gabriel Whiteman: 13 points, 2 rebounds (1-2 FT)
* Brandon Sprouse: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks (4-6 FT)
* Tyshawn High: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals (one 3-pointer)
* Jordan McGahy: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks
* Devin Tyler: 2 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block
* Erik Smith: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist, 1 bock
* Jalil Butts: 2 points, 3 steals, 2 assists (0-2 FT)
* Jaylin Ragsdale: 4 steals, 4 blocks, 3 rebounds
* Patrick Van Putte: 3 steals, 1 rebound, 1 assist
* Gracie Jensen: 1 rebound, 1 assist
* Team free throws: 5-for-10
* Vestal free throws: 1-for-4

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Binghamton Black 34, Vestal 34
Vestal -- 10 - 14 - 6 - 4 -- 34
Black --- 10 - 4 - 12 - 8 -- 34

Stats:
* Vito Ferranti: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
* Manny Scott: 8 pts, 22 rebounds, 6 blocks, 5 steals, 3 assists
* Jacob McDonald: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block
* Wyatt Merta: 2 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals (0-2 FT)
* Nick Zikuski: 2 points, 1 rebound
* Danny Zikuski: 2 points
* Tommy Wright: 3 rebounds
* Devon Herman: 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal
* Jason Nieves: 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Niko Murray: 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Jamique Duggins: 1 assist, 1 steal
* Team free throws: 0-for-2
* Vestal free throws: 2-for-9