Stan the Man: Stan Buczek (center) tips in one of his 17 points against Merrimack College on Saturday. Le Moyne lost to Merrimack in the Regional Quarterfinals 72-68. Buczek also hit a key three pointer to send the game to overtime. He finished with 12 rebounds as well. Le Moyne’s final record was 22-7.
Coach Erik Saroney
The season is over, but not the accolades. Coach Erik Saroney (above) led SUNY OCC to a 28-5 record and was named NJCAA Region III Coach of the Year.
Tyler Sullivan and his backcourt mate Quantae Elijah (both freshmen) also received post-season awards. Sullivan was injured in Saturday’s victory over Corning Community College, but unable to play in Sunday’s loss to Herkimer Community College.
Bishop Ludden junior Laura Patulski had 12 points and 5 rebounds on Sunday and was named to the Class B All Tournament Team for the Section III finals. Ludden defeated Bishop Grimes 56-26.
Tyler Sullivan
Who knew Henninger and Liverpool could blend so well.
It has been fun to watch the progressive chemistry between the SUNY OCC duo of Quantae Elijah (Henninger) and Tyler Sullivan (Liverpool). These days they go together like beans and cornbread.
The game narrative goes something like this: Sullivan swishes from deep (as well as getting to the line often) while Elijah plays ball hawk on the opposing point guard and keeps pressure on the defense by constantly driving to the bucket.
Last night, the freshman guards combined for 43 points in the teams 97-95 victory over Hudson Valley Community College. Four other players also finished in double figures.
The OCC backcourt logged a lot of minutes for coach Erik Saroney (40 minutes for Sullivan and 34 for Elijah), but the victory and rest will be short-lived; their next game will be a NJCAA regional game on Saturday.
Quantae Elijah
Slavisa Ubiparipovic became the first Silver Knight player to earn MASL player of the week honors. His week 17 consisted of 4 goals and 2 assists.
Bishop Ludden junior Danielle Rauch had a monster stat line of 35 pts, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in a win earlier this week against Notre Dame.. Ludden will take on South Jefferson on Sunday.
Tonight SAS guard Lyric Jackson netted 12 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in the Atoms’ 60-48 win over Waterville. She also had 5 steals.
SAS shooting guard Symir Torrence put Section III on notice as he went for 30 (9 above his season average) in the Atoms first playoff game against Oswego last night.
Torrence is a reason to keep an eye on the Atoms. He nearly amassed a triple-double (he had only 7 assists) during Friday’s 81-66 win. Up next for SAS is Indian River on Tuesday.
Cooper Chafee and Liverpool gear up for another shot at the Class AA title