(Averill Park, NY)

Averill Park hangs on to beat Colonie.

 -A match-up between 2 of last year's Sectional Champions didn't disappoint as Colonie and Averill Park battled to the final whistle with Averill Park winning 57-53.

-Colonie jumped out to a 10-2 start but Averill Park stormed back with a 17-2 run to take the lead in the 2nd quarter. Anna Jankovic of the Warriors buried a three pointer right at the halftime buzzer to extend the Averill Park lead to 4 at the break, 26-22.

-In the 2nd half, Averill Park built their largest lead of the night 11 points, 48-37, with just under 6 minutes left in the game. It was then Colonie's turn to answer. The Garnet Raiders used a 15-5 run capped off by an Aliyah Wright three pointer with 0:37 seconds left to bring to deficit to 1, 53-52.

-Averill Park was able to seal the victory with 4 free throws in the closing minute, 2 by Amelia Wood and 2 by Kelsey Wood, for a 57-53 win.

-Averill Park took advantage of 48 free throw attempts hitting 31 for 65%. Colonie was 12 of 16 from the line for 75%.

-The Garnet Raiders were led in scoring by Kyara Triblet and Aliyah Wright both with 14 points. Wright also added 6 assists. Alivia Paeglow chipped in with 9 points and Makayla Blake netted 8 points. Aliyah Wright became the Colonie girls basketball all time leading scorer surpassing Kelly Charette’s record of 1282 points.

-Averill Park was led in scoring by Amelia Wood with a game high 21 points and Kelsey Wood added 13 points. Anna Jankovic and Olivia Kelley both had 8 points each.

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By Ed Bemiss

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