Saturday, March 15, 2008

Live from Glens Falls

1:25 pm: At halftime of the first AA semifinal, Niagara Falls is leading Baldwin 33-25. The winner faces the Maginn/Mount Vernon winner tomorrow in the final.
It sounds like the Houston Field House in here - Niagara Falls brought their pep band.

2:08 pm: Niagara Falls knocked off Baldwin 66-49 in the opener. Maginn and Mount Vernon are taking their warmups right now - the game will begin momentarily.
Here are the projected starting lineups:

Bishop Maginn

No. Name Pos Yr. Hgt. Ppg.

2 Taran Buie G So. 6-2 16.2

32 Shimeek Johnson F Sr. 6-7 15.3

31 Terron Victoria G Sr. 5-9 12.4

33 Bunduka Kargbo PG Jr. 6-1 7.1

23 Antonio Davis F Sr. 6-5 3.4

Mount Vernon

No. Name Pos Yr. Hgt. Ppg.

14 Ketema Brooks PG Sr. 5-11 2.2

3 Jordan Lessane G Jr. 5-10 8.0

23 Sherrod Wright F Jr. 6-5 18.8

24 Kadeem Dinham F Jr. 6-4 2.0

44 Kevin Jones F Sr. 6-7 22.6

2:40 pm: After one, Vernon leads 16-11. Raja Johnson and Khaliq Gross have given Maginn a spark off the bench, but it's not been enough so far. Buie has two and Shimeek's been held scoreless so far.
Kevin Jones has seven.

3:19 PM: Midway through the 3rd, it's knotted at 34.

3:41 pm: With 2:41 in the 4th, it's knotted at 48. Maginn came back from as much as a 6-point deficit in the fourth. Talor Battle is here cheering on his little brother Taran Buie.

3:44 pm: 1:59 left, 50-50.

3:46 pm: A Shimeek Johnson putback and a Terron Victoria steal --> Khaliq Gross layin puts Maginn ahead 54-50 with 1:18 left.

3:48 pm: Maginn up 54-52 with 38.5 to go and possession. 20 left on the shot clock.

3:52 pm: Maginn wins! 54-52 final. The Griffs held off a last second shot and grabeed the rebound to secure a spot in the final tomorrow against Niagara Falls.

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