PORT HENRY — Lexi Cheney led a balanced attack with 10 points, and Moriah edged out a 37-36 win over Saranac on Friday night in a low-scoring Champlain Valley Athletic Conference girls’ basketball contest.
Emma Harrington added nine points for the Vikings, and Lexi Mascarenas chipped in with eight.
Maddison Gagnier tallied a game-high 13 points for Saranac, while Elizabeth Recore and Hannah Forgette each added nine. The Spartans finished with 11 field goals in the game and seven of those were 3-pointers.
Moriah, meanwhile, had five 3-pointers among its 13 field goals.
“It was a very competitive game from start to finish,” Moriah coach Gary Olcott said. “I was very happy to see the girls dig in at the end and get the win. Saranac is always a tough team, and they are well coached.”
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Moriah 37, Saranac 36
SCS (36)
Liberty 1-0-2, Recore 3-0-9, Forgette 3-0-9, Gagnier 3-7-13, Brown 1-0-3, Castine 0-0-0. Totals- 11-7-36.
MCS (37)
Mascarenas 2-2-8, Cheney 5-0-10, Nephew 2-0-5, Harrington 2-4-9, Speshock 1-0-2, Gaddor 0-0-0, Courtright 1-0-3. Totals- 13-6-37.
Halftime- MCS, 17-11.
3 point goals- SCS (7) Recore 3, Forgette 3, Brown. MCS (5) Mascarenas 2, Nephew, Harrington, Courtright.
Boys
WELLS 62
SCHROON LAKE/NEWCOMB 58
SCHROON LAKE — Wells placed three players in double figures on the way to a key Mountain & Valley Athletic Conference win over the hosts.
Chase Brooks led the way for Wells with 22 points, including four 3-pointers. Hunter Passmore followed with 19 points, and Kegan Johnson chipped in with 12.
Nate Melville tossed in 19 points to power Schroon Lake/Newcomb, while Camden Lamphear and Daniel Pelkey added 15 each, with all of Pelkey’s points coming on five 3-pointers.
“It was a great, hard-fought battle between the two teams,” SL/N coach David Pelkey said. “Wells was able to pull away in the final minute.”
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Wells 62, SL//N 58
Wells (62)
Brooks 7-4-22, Humphrey 2-0-4, Passmore 7-4-19, Stuart 2-1-5, Johnson 5-2-12. Totals- 23-11-62.
SL/N (58)
Phillips 3-0-7, D. Pelkey 5-0-15, Dick 1-0-2, N. Melville 7-4-19, Lamphear 7-1-15. Totals- 23-5-58.
Halftime- Wells, 32-28.
3 point goals- Wells (5) Brooks 4, Passmore. SL/N (7) D. Pelkey 5, N. Melville, Phillips.
WHITEHALL 58
TICONDEROGA 57, OT
WHITEHALL — What a tough way to lose a basketball game.
“We held a two-point lead in overtime with 2.3 seconds left,” Ticonderoga coach Joe Defayette said.
“A deflected pass ended up in the possession of Avery Sharpe just beyond the three-point line. He took a turnaround shot that banked in for a 3-pointer at the buzzer.”
Enzo Rehm tossed in 20 points, and Brendan Groesbeck connected on five 3-pointers on the way to 19 points for Whitehall in the non-league contest. Mason Cigana also hit double figures with 10.
Brady Mydlarz led the Sentinels with a game-high 21 points, while Jackson Dorsett followed with 17 points, including three 3-pointers, and Ian Lender 12.
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Whitehall 58, Ticonderoga 57, OT
Ticonderoga (57)
Mydlarz 8-3-21, Pinelli 0-0-0, Bechtold 3-1-7, Dorsett 7-0-17, Lender 6-0-12, Cook 0-0-0, Totals- 24-4-57.
Whitehall (58)
Rehm 7-3-20, A, Sharpe 2-0-6, Cigana 2-4-10, Groesbeck 7-0-19, Egan 0-0-0, D, Sharpe 1-1-3. Totals- 19-8-58.
Halftime- Whitehall, 28-26.
3 point goals- TCS (5) Dorsett 3, Mydlarz 2. WHS (12) Groesbeck 5, Rehm 3, A. Sharpe 2, Cigana 2.
