We're back doing our live blogging thing this evening for Middle College's 5 p.m. semifinal.
The afternoon session here at the Glens Falls Civic Center concluded with Maple Hill (24-1) of host Section II (Albany area) beating Glens Falls veteran program and Section I (Westchester County) champion Blind Brook, 50-46.
The Class C state final is Saturday night at 7:15 p.m. and the locally based Wildcats of Rensselaer County will certainly have a ton of fans here.
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Not exactly the overwhelming performances we've seen from Middle College the last two weeks, but a very impressive win nonetheless as they toughed it out. Alexander with a super-gutsy performance.
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Here's the box score and some stats:
Middle College 57, IV-Moravia 40
IV-MORAVIA (20-3): Dillon Langtry 0-2 0-0 0, Greg Pasho 0-6 1-2 1, T.J. Powers 1-3 0-0 2, Dylan Powers 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Dwyer 2-4 1-2 5, Lee Wakefield 1-2 0-0 2, Ryan Nesbitt 0-0 0-0 0, Pat Mott 2-16 1-2 6, Jeremy Stewart 9-17 3-3 24.
MIDDLE COLLEGE (23-1): Justin Stokes 8-13 1-4 17, Davon Alexander 7-11 8-10 22, Darale Young 3-8 3-7 10, Devonte Harper 0-0 0-0 0, Keonte Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Patrick Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Khalid Brown 1-3 0-0 3, Curtis Harper 0-5 0-0 0, Sean Mulhern 2-3 1-2 5, Cordell Torres 0-1 0-0 0.
Three-point goals: Langry 0-1, Pasho 0-2, T.J. Powers 0-1, Mott 1-9, Stewart 3-7; Stokes 0-2, Alexander 0-2 Young 1-5, Jones 0-2, Brown 1-3 C. Harper 0-5, Torres 0-1.
First quarter: Middle College, 10-6; halftime: MC, 28-20; third quarter: MC, 40-27.
Middle was 2 for 20 from three-point range (!) but was 19-26 on their two-pointers.
Alexander 15 rebounds; Stokes five assists, two blocks, two steals; Darale Young nine rebounds, three assists (although coach Randy Rich said on MC's stats he had a triple-double).
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Quick scouting report on Maple Hill from their win earlier today. The Wildcats had a balanced effort with 6-foot senior Jake Jasicwicz (13 points, nine rebounds), 6-5 senior Sean Danaher (11 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks), 5-9 senior Dominic Prinzo (eight points, five assists, three steals) and 6-foot senior Christopher Despart (eight points).
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After the game, feel free to add comments below.
---Keith McShea
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