(Watervliet)
The #4 seed Cannoneers took the loss vs. the #13 seed Golden Knights, 53-48, in a Class B opening round tilt. Esiasyn Starr lit up the scoreboard for the Golden Knights leading the way with 26 points, including clutch play late in the fourth quarter to seal the win. Bishop Gibbons will face #5 seed Fonda in the quarter-final round on 2/24 at HVCC.
Bishop Gibbons extendend their lead to six points, 24-18, at the half. Right after the break Watervliet's Daheem Wilson scored his 1000th career point. However, the Cannoneers still trailed by eight heading into the final quarter, 40-32.
A sluggish start to the fourth quarter for Bishop Gibbons enabled Watervliet to get their deficit down to one point when Daheem Wilson made a bucket with 2:43 left in the game to give the Cannoneers the lead. A three pointer by Matthew Wistuck extended the Watervliet lead to four points, 47-43 with less than two minutes left which capped off an 11-1 run after trailing 42-36.
A Lincoln Baldwin basket tied the game for the Bishop Gibbons at 47 with 1:08 left in the game. Esiasyn Star powered in a bucket with less than a minute left and made clutch free throws propelling the Golden Knights to 10-1 scoring run to close out the game.
Bishop Gibbons were ahead at all quarter stoppage by plus 5, 6, 8, & 5.
Esiasyn Starr put forth a strong offensive game for the Golden Knights with 26 points. Lincoln Baldwin secured 12 points.
Bishop Gibbons shot stellar from the foul line as they produced 76.5%, 13 of 17.
Bishop Gibbons were ahead at all quarter stoppage by plus 5, 6, 8, & 5.
Esiasyn Starr put forth a strong offensive game for the Golden Knights with 26 points. Lincoln Baldwin secured 12 points.
Bishop Gibbons shot stellar from the foul line as they produced 76.5%, 13 of 17.
Daheem Wilson paced the Cannoneers with 27 points. Matthew Wistuk added 12 points. Kasiah Poole totaled 6 points.
The Cannoneers splashed 4 hoops from behind the arc.
The Cannoneers splashed 4 hoops from behind the arc.
Full game VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
Box Score
| SCORE BY QUARTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | FINAL |
| Bishop Gibbons | 14 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 53 |
| Watervliet | 9 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 48 |
| Bishop Gibbons | Watervliet | |||||
| FGM - | 19 | 20 | ||||
| FTM - | 13 | 4 | ||||
| FTA - | 17 | 12 | ||||
| FT% - | 76.5% | 33.3% | ||||
| 3PtM - | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Bishop Gibbons | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Compten Allgood | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Lincoln Baldwin | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |
| Omar Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jasai Browning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dovante Diegel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Esiasyn Starr | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26 | |
| Watervliet | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Aundru Woods | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Daheem Wilson | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 27 | |
| Jayden Robles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kasiah Poole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Matthew Wistuk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Shawn Lockett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
