Savannah Murray scored a game-high 17 points and Amanda Frayer had 16 to lead Harpursville to a 48-27 girls basketball drubbing of Oxford in the Midstate Athletic Conference championship game Saturday at Oneonta State.
The Hornets, who won their fourth straight MAC title, are tied with Section Nine's Kingston Coleman Catholic for the state's No. 1 ranking in Class C. Both teams are 18-0.
Harpursville opened Saturday's final with a 12-0 run en route to a 24-12 lead at halftime. The Hornets followed with a 9-5 third quarter that featured two deep three-pointers by Murray, whose minutes have been limited the past four games because of an injury.
"She gave us a big lift tonight," Harpursville coach Kurt Ehrensbeck said. "Oxford did a very nice job defensively on (Miranda) Drummond, so it very important for us to get big games from the other girls."
Harpursville scoring leader Drummond scored eight points for the Hornets, who went 14-for-19 from the free throw line.
Jackie Heggie's 14 points paced Oxford, which shot 2-for-25 at the foul line.
Harpursville is seeded third for the Section Four Class C Tournament and opens against No. 14 Groton (8-8) at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Oxford (10-7) is the 13th seed and visits No. 4 Marathon (14-3) at the same time.
Harpursville and Oxford are on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they can only meet again this season if they both reach the March 3 championship game at the Broome County Arena.
Lansing (16-2) is the No. 1 seed and Watkins Glen (16-2) is No. 2. Lansing, Watkins Glen, Marathon and Groton all hail from the Interscholastic Athletic Conference.
Harpursville 48, Oxford 27
MAC CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday at Oneonta State
3-OXFORD: Sarah Renoud 1 0-2 2, Megan Golden 0 0-0 0, Bridgett Rice 0 0-1 0, Jackie Heggie 6 1-2 14, Julie Heggie 1 0-5 2, Lacey Barry 2 0-7 4, Brooke Nobel 0 0-5 0, Emily Smith 2 1-2 5. TOTALS: 12 2-24 27.
1-HARPURSVILLE (18-0): Espy Guiterrez 0 0-0 0, Savannah Murray 5 5-6 17, Marci Ritter 0 0-0 0, Amanda Frayer 5 5-6 16, Emily McElwain 1 0-0 2, Shelby Medovich 0 1-2 1, Kayleigh Livermore 1 0-0 3, Tatiana Sosnowsky 0 0-0 0, Miranda Drummond 3 2-3 8, Madison Paugh 0 1-2 1, Lauren Murrer 0 0-0 0, Holly Henry 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15 14-19 48.
Oxford ..... 4 8 5 10 _ 27
Harpursville ..... 13 11 9 15 _ 48
Three-point field goals: O 1 (Jackie Heggie); H 4 (Murray 2, Fryer, Livermore).
Cooperstown to play Thursday
The Cooperstown girls and boys basketball teams will play a Section Three doubleheader Thursday at Rome Free Academy.
Cooperstown's girls (16-3) will open the night with a Class C-2 semifinal against Fabius-Pompey (15-4) at 6 p.m. Thursday. The second-seeded Redskins beat No. 7 Waterville, 54-42, on Friday, when third-seeded F-P routed No. 6 Lafayette, 70-40.
Top-seeded Weedsport (19-0) will play No. 4 West Canada Valley (14-5) in the other C-2 semifinal at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Jamesville-DeWitt.
The Section Three C-2 championship game is set for Feb. 28 at a time and site to be determined. The C-2 winner will play the C-1 champion for the overall Class C crown at 5 p.m. March 2 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.
Cooperstown's boys (18-1), who are seeded first, will face No. 5 Syracuse Academy of Science (16-4) in a Section Three Class C semifinal at 8 p.m. Thursday at RFA.
The other semifinal, which pits No. 3 Beaver River (18-2) against No. 2 Mohawk (19-1), is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday at RFA.
The Carrier Dome will host the Section Three Class C final at 11 a.m. March 4.
Cooperstown reached the semifinals with a 70-39 thumping of No. 9 Sauquoit Valley on Friday, when SAS topped fourth-seeded Syracuse Institute of Technology, 76-64.
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H-T 52, SK 50
DELAWARE LEAGUE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday at SUNY Delhi
SOUTH KORTRIGHT (16-2): Jesse Boest 3 0-0 8, Trevor Holdridge 1 1-2 3, Mike Kaufman 1 0-0 2, Cody Stinson 2 0-0 6, Cody Burns 2 2-2 7, Devin Gardner 0 0-0 0, Sage Beemer 4 1-5 9, Randy Post 0 0-0 0, David Botbyl 0 0-0 0, Dylan Cole 0 0-0 0, Brandon Tuttle 5 5-6 15, Ryan Schmid 0 0-0 0, Anthony Salcido 0 0-0 0, . TOTALS: 18 9-15 50.
HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE (17-1): Reno Romito 2 0-1 6, Laszlo Hajnoczi 12 1-5 26, Zachary Mudge 2 0-0 5, Tyler Kelaher 3 0-0 6, Neal Statts 2 0-1 4, Dylan Legg 1 0-0 2, Nick Spychalsky 1 1-2 3. TOTALS: 23 2-9 52.
South Kortright ..... 11 16 16 7 _ 50
Hunter-Tannersville ..... 9 11 20 12 _ 52
Three-point field goals: S 4 (Boest 2, Stinson 2); H 4 (Romito 2, Mudge, Hajnoczi).
