(Troy)
Albany Academy cruised past Saranac 62-37 to capture the Class B Regional Championship. The Bears will take on Putnam Valley in the NYSPHSAA final four on Friday 3/17, 11:45 a.m., at HVCC.
The Bears stormed out of the locker room and sprinted out to a nice first quarter lead 18-6. They put together an imposing effort guarding the hoop and seized momentum in the period.
Albany Academy were relentless at the break and led 44-12.
Saranac dug in and fought back in the final quarter but they ran out of time.
The Bears stormed out of the locker room and sprinted out to a nice first quarter lead 18-6. They put together an imposing effort guarding the hoop and seized momentum in the period.
Albany Academy were relentless at the break and led 44-12.
Saranac dug in and fought back in the final quarter but they ran out of time.
The Bears were in command at all quarter stoppages by separations of 12, 32, 36, & 25.
Albany Academy had three shooting stars in double figure scoring. Saige Randolph guided the Bears with 14 points. Eva Gitto poured in 11 points. Stylianna Mantzouris bagged 10 points. Morgan Vien finished with 9 points. Bella Vincent recorded 8 points.
Albany Academy knocked down 6 hoops from behind the arc.
The Bears shot with first-rate accuracy from the charity stripe as they made 72.7%, 8 of 11.
Albany Academy had three shooting stars in double figure scoring. Saige Randolph guided the Bears with 14 points. Eva Gitto poured in 11 points. Stylianna Mantzouris bagged 10 points. Morgan Vien finished with 9 points. Bella Vincent recorded 8 points.
Albany Academy knocked down 6 hoops from behind the arc.
The Bears shot with first-rate accuracy from the charity stripe as they made 72.7%, 8 of 11.
Brenna Ducatte was the straw that stirred the drink for Saranac with 17 points. Sydney Myers scored 6 points.
The Chiefs splashed 6 buckets from beyond the arc.
Brenna Ducatte nailed 3 three-pointers.
The Chiefs splashed 6 buckets from beyond the arc.
Brenna Ducatte nailed 3 three-pointers.
1st Half VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
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Box Score
| SCORE BY QUARTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | FINAL |
| Saranac | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 37 |
| Albany Academy | 18 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 62 |
| Saranac | Albany Academy | |||||
| FGM - | 12 | 24 | ||||
| FTM - | 7 | 8 | ||||
| FTA - | 14 | 11 | ||||
| FT% - | 50.0% | 72.7% | ||||
| 3PtM - | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Saranac | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Brenna Ducatte | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Brielle DeAngelo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Laura Pellerin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lia Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lily Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| McKenna Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Molly Denis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Molly Gagnier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sydney Myers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Albany Academy | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Alex Leonard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bella Vincent | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Erin Huban | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Eva Gitto | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Kira Ostovar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Morgan Vien | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saige Randolph | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Stylianna Mantzouris | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
