Saturday Games

On Saturday, two groups of players had games against area team. A group of Binghamton players went to the Endicott Boys & Girls Club in the morning to face a team from Vestal, while a group of local players, many of whom play together at the AAU level in the springtime, traveled to Cortland to play a doubleheader against a solid club team. Here are the box scores for our teams.

At Endicott Boys & Girls Club
Vestal 72, Binghamton (7) 51

By periods:
B7 -- 12 - 8 - 11 - 10 - 10 -- 51
V -- 16 - 18 - 11 - 10 - 17 -- 72

Stats:
* Garrett Alapeck: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 8 steals, 1 assist, 1 block (one 3-pointer)
* Matt Whiteman: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block (1-2 FT)
* Devin Young: 7 pts, 15 rebs, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block (1-6 FT)
* Kameron Crimmins: 5 points, 3 rebounds (one 3-pointer)
* Andy Garcia: 4 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals (0-2 FT)
* Devin Weldon: 3 points, 7 steals, 3 rebounds, 1 assist (1-2 FT)
* Casey Walsh: 3 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block (1-2 FT)
* Gabriel Whiteman: 3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals (1-6 FT)
* Team free throws: 5-for-20

Game 1 - at Cortland YMCA
Cortland Ballers 38, Binghamton Red 32

By quarters:
BR -- 10 - 6 - 8 - 8 -- 32
CB -- 7 - 12 - 8 - 11 -- 38

Stats:
* Nicky Snyder: 9 points, 13 rebounds, 1 steal (3-6 FT)
* Roberto Jensen: 9 points, 3 assists, 2 steals (one 3-pointer)
* Trevor Borchardt: 8 points, 9 rebounds (0-2 FT)
* Wyatt Whitmore: 4 pts, 8 rebs, 3 steals, 1 assist, 1 block (2-5 FT)
* Brady Harrington: 2 points, 3 steals, 1 assist
* Latrel McFarlane: 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 assist, 1 block (0-2 FT)
* Caleb Link: 2 rebounds, 1 steal
* Devin Young: 1 rebound, 1 assist
* Team free throws: 5-for-15

Game 2 - at Cortland YMCA
Cortland Ballers 54, Binghamton Red 43

By quarters:
BR -- 9 - 10 - 12 - 12 -- 43
CB -- 16 - 6 - 10 - 22 -- 54

Stats:
* Trevor Borchardt: 18 points, 20 rebounds, (2-8 FT)
* Nicky Snyder: 10 points, 10 rebounds (2-6 FT)
* Roberto Jensen: 5 points, 3 steals, 1 rebound (one 3-pointer)
* Devin Young: 4 points, 3 steals, 1 rebound, 1 assist
* Brady Harrington: 2 points, 3 steals, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
* Caleb Link: 2 points, 2 assists, 1 steal (2-4 FT)
* Latrel McFarlane: 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist
* Wyatt Whitmore: 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 1 assist
* Team free throws: 6-for-18

Our Honor Roll Student-Athletes

With the first marking period's grades out, the following student-athletes who play for one of our teams throughout the year has made an honor roll or high honor roll at his/her school.

High Honor Roll (Middle School)
* Ismar Turkovic (East Middle, 6th grade) - 94.75 gpa
* Roberto Jensen (SV Middle, 7th grade) - 96.0 gpa
* Owen Klepfer (CV Middle - AAU, 7th grade) - 98.1 gpa
* Austin Becker-Harris (East Middle, 6th grade) - 94.38 gpa
* Casey Walsh (West Middle, 6th grade) - 94.38 gpa
* Zion Burwell (West Middle, 7th grade) - 92.0 gpa
* Wyatt Whitmore (Candor - AAU, 7th grade) - 97.5 gpa
* Trevor Borchardt (Chenango Forks - AAU, 7th) - 95.0 gpa
* Brady Harrington (Whitney Point - AAU, 7th)
* Emily Keenan (West Middle, 6th) - 95.44 gpa
* Devin Young (West Middle, 6th grade) - 97.0 gpa
* Matt Whiteman (West Middle, 7th grade)
* Garrett Alapeck (West Middle, 7th grade) - 97.0 gpa

Honor Roll (Middle School)
* Andy Garcia (West Middle, 7th grade) - 87.0 gpa
* Alonzo Brunn (East Middle, 7th grade)

Elementary School - Honor Roll (3s and 4s)
* Lucas Davy (Horace Mann, 5th grade)
* Patrick Van Putte (MacArthur, 5th grade)
* Gracie Jensen (Horace Mann, 5th grade)
* Tanner Sinicki (Vestal Hills, 5th grade)
* Gabriel Whiteman (Thomas Jefferson, 4th grade)
* Jordan McGahy (Theodore Roosevelt, 5th grade)

Binghamton-7 Gets Two Saturday Wins

The newly formed Binghamton team, consisting of several 7th-graders and a few 6th-graders, scrimmaged the Binghamton-6 team Friday night at the Johnson City YMCA, then followed that up with a couple Saturday morning games at the downtowm Binghamton YMCA.

In those two games, Binghamton came away on top. The stats (thanks to Gary Alapeck) for this morning's two games are below.

Binghamton 41, Johnson City 25
Stats:
* Kyeem Holmes: 17 points, 14 rebounds, 4 blocked shots,
2 steals, 1 assist (3-6 on free throws)
* Roberto Jensen: 10 points, 1 assist
(3-6 on free throws) (one 3-pointer)
* Devin Weldon: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal (2-3 on free throws)
* Andy Garcia: 3 points, 1 rebound (1-2 on free throws)
* Kameron Crimmins: 2 points, 2 steals, 2 assists
* Zion Burwell: 2 points, 1 rebound
* Devin Young: 1 point, 2 rebounds, 1 steal,
1 assist (1-2 on free throws)
* Garrett Alapeck: 3 steals, 2 rebounds, 2 blocked shots
* Casey Walsh: 1 assist, 1 steal
* Team free throws: 10-for-19

Binghamton 99, Norwich 55
Stats:
* Roberto Jensen: 23 points, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 rebound
(3-4 on free throws) (two 3-pointers)
* Devin Young: 22 points, 5 steals, 4 rebounds, 1 assist
(4-6 on free throws)
* Kyeem Holmes: 17 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals,
1 blocked shot (2-4 on free throws) (one 3-pointer)
* Garrett Alapeck: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals,
2 blocked shots, 1 assist (two 3-pointers)
* Casey Walsh: 10 points, 3 assists, 1 rebound
* Devin Weldon: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals
* Kameron Crimmins: 7 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds,
3 steals (one 3-pointer)
* Andy Garcia: 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 blocked shot
* Team free throws: 9-for-14

Next game: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Norwich

Next for Binghamton-6: Awaiting the arrival of the December schedule from the league president. We will schedule something in the coming week, so check your e-mail.

Games This Weekend (and Beyond)

* 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, November 26: Binghamton-6 vs. Binghamton-7, Johnson City YMCA

* 8 to 9:15 a.m. Saturday, November 27: Binghamton-7 vs. Johnson City-6, Binghamton YMCA

* 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 27: Binghamton-7 vs. Norwich-6, Binghamton YMCA

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* 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 1: Binghamton-7 at Norwich-6, Norwich YMCA

* 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 8: Binghamton-7 at Vestal-6 (Moyer), Vestal Central Junior High (the old high school)

Kickoff Tournament Results

The Binghamton Travel Basketball teams played in the Slim Sylvester League Kickoff Tournament Saturday, November 20, and the teams went a combined 5-1 on the day.

Binghamton 4-5
The Binghamton 4-5 team won its three games, scoring 23, 30 and 32 points. In all three of the games, Binghamton won by 20 points or more. Here are the statistics that were recorded from each of the games:

vs. Susquehanna Valley
* Colbie Young: 5 points
* Lucas Davy: 4 points, 3 rebounds
* Jalil Butts: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist
* Peter Hartrick: 4 points
* Tyshawn High: 4 points
* Trey Avery: 2 points
* Sam Zahka-Stern: 2 rebounds
* Noah Ferrelly: 2 rebounds
* Tanner Sinicki: 2 rebounds

vs. Maine-Endwell
* Tyshawn High: 9 points, 1 rebound
* Patrick Van Putte: 6 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists
* Peter Hartrick: 4 points, 2 rebounds
* Jalil Butts: 4 points, 1 assist
* Noah Farrelly: 4 points, 1 rebound
* Colbie Young: 4 points
* Tanner Sinicki: 2 rebounds
* Sam Zahka-Stern: 2 rebounds
* Trey Avery: 2 rebounds
* Lucas Davy: 1 rebound, 1 assist
* Brandon Morris: 1 rebound

vs. Whitney Point
* Tyshawn High: 8 points, 6 rebounds
* Peter Hartrick: 8 points, 5 rebounds
* Jalil Butts: 6 points, 1 assist
* Lucas Davy: 4 points, 3 rebounds
* Colbie Young: 2 points, 4 rebounds
* Tanner Sinicki: 2 points, 1 rebound
* Sam Zahka-Stern: 2 points
* Patrick Van Putte: 4 assists, 1 rebound
* Trey Avery: 3 rebounds

Binghamton 5-6
The Binghamton 5-6 squad won two games by solid margins (23-6 vs. Maine-Endwell Gold-6; 40-11 vs. Chenango Valley Red-5) and lost a close game (17-13) to a tough Homer-6 squad. In that game, Binghamton trailed 8-3 in the early going but tied the game at 10-10 with about 4 minutes remaining. Binghamton missed several breakaway lay-ups in the contest, a very winnable game.

Here are the statistics kept for Binghamton 5-6's games:

vs. M-E Gold
* Casey Walsh: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal (1-2 FT)
* Devin Young: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks (2-4 FT)
* Brandon Sprouse: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals
* Gabriel Whiteman: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals
* Jordan McGahy: 2 points, 2 rebounds
* Alonzo Brunn: 3 steals
* Austin Becker-Harris: 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Eric Foster: 1 rebound
* Gracie Jensen: 1 block

vs. Homer
* Devin Young: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal
* Casey Walsh: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal (0-2 FT)
* Jordan McGahy: 2 points, 1 rebound
* Brandon Sprouse: 1 point, 6 rebounds, 1 steal (1-4 FT)
* Austin Becker-Harris: 1 point, 1 rebound (1-2 FT)
* Gabriel Whiteman: 1 point, 1 rebound (1-2 FT)
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 3 rebounds, 1 steal
* Alonzo Brunn: 2 rebounds
* Eric Foster: 1 rebound

vs. Chenango Valley Red
* Matt Collins-Pringle: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals
* Gabriel Whiteman: 6 pts, 5 steals, 3 assists, 1 rebound (0-1 FT)
* Brandon Sprouse: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal
* Gracie Jensen: 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal
* Alonzo Brunn: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
* Casey Walsh: 4 points, 4 assists, 2 steals
* Austin Becker-Harris: 4 points, 3 steals, 2 assists, 1 rebound
* Devin Young: 2 points, 1 steal
* Eric Foster: 7 rebounds
* Jordan McGahy: 2 rebounds

Walsh, Young Named Co-Captains

At the team's Friday night (November 19) practice, sixth-graders Casey Walsh and Devin Young were named co-captains for the 2010-2011 Binghamton-6 Travel Basketball season. Coach Jensen made the announcement at the conclusion of practice.

"Casey and Devin have played for me before and they know what to expect, and how to go about things," said Coach Jensen. "Devin learned a lot last year as the only 5th-grader drafted for our strong 6th-grade team. And Casey's played for a number of basketball teams I've coached over the past 5 or 6 years.

"Each of them, through their play and through their demeanor, have exhibited great leadership abilities. Every coach can use a couple extra coaches on the floor, and Casey and Devin fit that role perfectly."

Is Knicks Rookie Landry Fields the Best Player Since Michael Jordan and Tim Duncan?

If you look at a metric developed by Southern Utah University economics professor Dave Berri that shows how a player's statistics correlate to winning, he certainly is.

Published in today's Wall Street Journal, the article discusses why a player like Fields, the NBA's 39th draft pick for the 2010-2011 season, is so valuable to his team.

Through Wednesday's games, Fields was on pace this season to have 16.6 "Wins Produced," according to the metric.

"That's easily the best rate among any rookie this year and only behind a handful of drafted rookies—such as Michael Jordan and Tim Duncan—dating back to 1977," says the Wall Street Journal article. "All the other first-year players drafted 39th overall combined to produce about four wins in their first season. Mr. Fields has already produced half that in his first 12 games."

It isn't just the glossy statistics that make a player valuable to his or her team, but instead, some less glamorous facts about a player's game, such as field-goal percentage, offensive-rebound rate and number of turnovers, all of which Fields excels at.

"He's averaging a middle-of-the-road 10.8 points per game, for instance," says the article, "but he's made 58.4 percent of his shots, 10th in the league among starters."

The article isn't long, but it makes great points to which young players should pay close attention.

CLICK HERE to read the full November 19, 2010, Wall Street Journal article.

And CLICK HERE to take a look at some Landry Fields video highlights from Standford.

Landry Field stats:
6-foot-7
216 pounds
22 years old

Binghamton Travel Basketball - History

2009-2010 Season
Binghamton White (5-6): 31 wins, 6 losses (two post-season tournament champiosnhips: Tioga County Boys & Girls Club A Division; YMCA Winter Blast)

Binghamton Blue (5-6): 16 wins, 9 losses (one post-season tournament championship: Tioga County Boys & Girls Club B Division)

Binghamton Red (3-4): 15 wins, 2 losses (one post-season tournament championship: Tioga County Boys & Girls Club 3-4)

2008-2009 Season
Binghamton Blue (5-6): 13 wins, 13 losses (2nd place, Tioga County Boys & Girls Club A Division)

Binghamton Red (4-5): 15 wins, 14 losses

Binghamton 3-4: 4-2 in one tournament (2nd place, Tioga County Boys & Girls Club 3-4)

2007-2008 Season
Binghamton Blue (4-5): 24 wins, 8 losses (one post-season championship: undefeated in JCC post-season 4th-grade tournament)

Note: In three seasons, Binghamton Travel basketball teams have a cumulative record of 118-54 (.686 winning percentage)

League Kickoff Tournament This Weekend

Here are the schedules for both of our teams for this weekend's Slim Sylvester Travel League Kickoff Tournament, to be held at the Johnson City K-8 schools.

All spectators attending will be asked to pay a $1 entry charge.

Binghamton Blue (5 - Van Putte)
11:30 a.m. on Court 3 vs. Susquehanna Valley
12:30 p.m. on Court 2 vs. Maine-Endwell
1 p.m. on Court 3 vs. Whitney Point

Binghamton White (6 - Jensen)
1:30 p.m. on Court 3 vs. Maine-Endwell Gold
2:30 p.m. on Court 3 vs. Homer
3 p.m. on Court 4 vs. Chenango Valley Red

Binghamton Results: Charles Turner Classic

Binghamton (4/5)

SV Girls Travel (5-6-7) 32
Binghamton (4/5) 20
Stats:
Tyshawn High: 7 pts, 8 rebs, 2 assts, 4 steals, 6 blocks (0-1 FT)
Colbie Young: 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal (1-1 FT)
Peter Hartrick: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks
Patrick Van Putte: 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal
John Henry Hacker: 2 points, 1 rebound
Trey Avery: 2 points
Tanner Sinicki: 1 point, 3 rebounds (0-1 FT)
Sam Zahka-Stern: 1 point, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block (0-1 FT)
Jalil Butts: 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block
Lucas Davy: 1 rebound
Brandon Morris: 1 rebound

Binghamton (4/5) 28
Whitney Point (5) 13
Stats:
Tyshawn High: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block
Peter Hartrick: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block
Jalil Butts: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal (1-1 FT)
Colbie Young: 3 points, 2 rebounds (0-1 FT)
Tanner Sinicki: 2 points, 1 rebound
Trey Avery: 1 point, 1 rebound, 1 steal (0-1 FT)
Patrick Van Putte: 3 assists, 4 steals
John Henry Hacker: 2 rebounds
Sam Zahka-Stern: 1 rebound
Brandon Morris: 1 rebound
Lucas Davy: 1 steal

Binghamton (4/5) 45
Whitney Point (6) 29
Stats:
Tyshawn High: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
Jalil Butts: 11 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists, 2 steals (1-1 FT)
Patrick Van Putte: 8 points, 3 steals
Peter Hartrick: 6 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks
Trey Avery: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 steals
Colbie Young: 2 points, 3 rebounds (0-2 FT)
John Henry Hacker: 2 points, 1 block
Tanner Sinicki: 2 rebounds
Sam Zahka-Stern: 1 rebound

Binghamton (5/6)

Maine-Endwell (6) 23
Binghamton (5/6) 20
Stats:
Devin Young: 10 pts, 5 rebs, 1 asst, 1 st, 1 blk (0-1 FT) (3-pter)
Brandon Sprouse: 6 points, 5 rebounds (0-1 FT)
Matt Collins-Pringle: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block
Gabe Whiteman: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals (0-2 FT)
Alonzo Brunn: 6 rebounds, 2 assists
Ismar Turkovic: 3 rebounds, 1 steal
Eric Foster: 3 rebounds
Jordan McGahy: 2 rebounds
Casey Walsh: 1 rebound, 1 assist
Austin Becker-Harris: 1 rebound, 1 assist
Emily Keenan: 1 assist, 1 block

Binghamton (5/6) 33
Whitney Point (6) 15
Stats:
Casey Walsh: 9 pts, 5 rebs, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blocks (0-1 FT)
Devin Young: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal (0-2 FT)
Brandon Sprouse: 7 points, 9 rebounds (0-1 FT)
Eric Foster: 2 points, 4 rebounds
Jordan McGahy: 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal
Gabe Whiteman: 2 points, 1 steal
Emily Keenan: 2 points
Ismar Turkovic: 1 point, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block (0-1 FT)
Matt Collins-Pringle: 3 rebounds, 2 steals
Alonzo Brunn: 3 rebounds, 1 steal

Vestal (6, Moyer) 33
Binghamton (5/6) 22
Stats:
Casey Walsh: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals (3-4 FT)
Austin Becker-Harris: 4 points, 3 rebounds
Brandon Sprouse: 3 pts, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals (0-1 FT)
Jordan McGahy: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal
Ismar Turkovic: 2 points, 1 steal
Devin Young: 1 point, 6 rebounds, 2 steals (0-1 FT)
Matt Collins-Pringle: 2 rebounds
Eric Foster: 1 rebound, 1 assist
Alonzo Brunn: 1 rebound, 1 block
Gracie Jensen: 1 assist
Emily Keenan: 1 rebound
Gabe Whiteman: 1 rebound