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Albany Academy withstood a late charge from Shaker to grab a 52-46 victory in a non-league tilt. After a slow start in the opening frame, the Cadets used a suffocating defense to gain control of the contest outscoring the Blue Bison 29-11 in the middle two frames.
 
Shaker jumped all over the Cadets at the start racing out to a 9-0 lead after an Andrew Church three pointer. The Blue Bison led after one period 13-8.
 
Defense reigned supreme in the 2nd quarter as the teams scored a scant 14 points. Albany Academy outscored Shaker 12-2 to grab the halftime lead, 20-15 after trailing by nine points early in the game. They didn't allow a Shaker shot attempt until there was 2:50 left in the second quarter. Their pressure defense wouldn't allow the Blue Bison to set up the offense.
 
Albany Academy finally got some offense going in the third quarter, scoring 17 points, and grabbed a 37-24 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Shaker clawed back in the final quarter, as they outscored the Cadets 22-15, but they ran out of time.

Bobby Chandler paced the Cadets with 14 points. Jack Louridas racked up 11 points. Cyrus Matia finished with 9 points. Liam Hayes scored 6 points. Mallachy Ings notched 6 points.
Albany Academy made 4 baskets from behind the three point line.

Zacharie Matulu guided Shaker with 23 points. Drew Ronovech contributed 8 points. Sean Hurley tallied 8 points.
The Blue Bison shot exquisite from the charity line as they attained 86.7%, 13 of 15.
 
 
FULL GAME VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
 
  
  

  By Ed Bemiss

SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL
Albany Academy 8 12 17 15 0 52
Shaker 13 2 9 22 0 46
             
             
      Albany Academy Shaker    
             
    FGM - 20 15    
    FTM - 8 13    
    FTA - 15 15    
    FT% - 53.3% 86.7%    
    3PtM - 4 3    
             
Albany Academy            
             
Name FGM 3PM FTM FTA PTS  
Gerard Conway III 0 0 0 0 0  
Bobby Chandler 5 1 3 3 14  
Xavier Lopez 0 0 1 5 1  
Gianni DiCerbo 1 1 0 0 3  
Mallachy Ings 3 0 0 1 6  
John Mahoney 0 0 0 0 0  
Ras Godbolt 1 0 0 0 2  
Arthur Foster 0 0 0 0 0  
Jacob Camoin 0 0 0 0 0  
Cyrus Matia 4 0 1 2 9  
Jack Louridas 4 2 1 2 11  
Liam Hayes 2 0 2 2 6  
Elijah Taylor 0 0 0 0 0  
Brooks Brennan 0 0 0 0 0  
Payton Dott 0 0 0 0 0  
             
Shaker            
             
Name FGM 3PM FTM FTA PTS  
Thomas Novotny 0 0 0 0 0  
Preston Frazier 0 0 0 0 0  
Brandon Makoyi 0 0 0 0 0  
Tye Mariano 0 0 0 0 0  
Drew Ronovech 3 0 2 2 8  
Sean Hurley 2 2 2 2 8  
Zain Raza 0 0 0 0 0  
Edward David 1 0 0 1 2  
Collin Johnson 0 0 0 0 0  
Andrew Church 1 1 0 0 3  
Colby Haver 1 0 0 0 2  
Zacharie Matulu 7 0 9 10 23  
Jackson Rueckert 0 0 0 0 0  

 

 

 

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