DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Tied 24-24 at halftime, the Bradford boys basketball team found the edge in the third quarter and held on to defeat the hosts in Otto-Eldred’s Randy Stebbins Memorial Tournament Saturday night.
The Owls (3-1) outscored O-E 9-5 in a low-scoring third, but Bradford really started to pull away with strong free-throw shooting in the fourth.
Bradford went a superb 18-of-22 from the charity stripe in the game, and had eight makes over the final eight minutes.
Tyler Gigliotti led that success at the line, going 9-of-10 and finishing with a game-high 17 points.
“He’s a mentally tough kid, and I’m confident in him and all of our guys at the free-throw line right now,” Bradford coach Brian Hobbs said. “That is one of our strengths to start the season and we are going to play to that a little bit.”
Hobbs also credited some of his depth players for keeping the game close in the first half. Bradford got into foul trouble early, having to sit three of their starters with multiple fouls in the second quarter.
But the Owls found a way to defeat the Terrors and win the tournament.
“Otto is always going to give us their best effort,” Hobbs said. “They play hard and are well-prepared. This game was good for us.”
Bradford won its opening game of the tournament over Portville, 66-33.
“It was a transition from the game against Portville where we controlled it for three quarters to a game we had to kind of grind out. We were on our toes and had to play hard all game.”
Bradford will face two tough tests this week, first with DuBois Central Catholic at home on Tuesday and then on the road against Johnsonburg Friday.
For O-E (1-3), Andrew Sheeler scored 15 points and Cameron Grigsby had 10.
AT DUKE CENTER, Pa.
Bradford (50)
Manion 1 0-0 3, Babcock 3 0-0 7, Pattison 3 3-4 9, Knowlton 2 2-2 6, Gigliotti 4 9-10 17, Nuzzo 0 4-6 4, Bryant 2 0-0 4.Totals: 15 18-22 00.
Otto-Eldred (45)
Sebastian 1 0-0 2, Sheeler 6 2-5 15, Grigsby 3 4-5 10, Jimmerson 2 0-0 5, Co. Sebastian 2 0-0 5, Mahalic 1 0-0 2, Quintero 2 0-0 6.Totals: 17 6-10 45.
Bradford13243350
Otto-Eldred14242945
Three-point goals: Bradford 2 (Manion, Babcock); O-E 5 (Sheeler, Jimmerson, Co. Sebastian, Quintero 2). Total fouls: Bradford 15, O-E 20. Fouled out: VanScoter (O-E).
RANDY STEBBINS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Consolation: Portville 50, Oswayo Valley 28
DUKE CENTER— Dalton Tobola scored 19 points with seven steals and two assists and Noah Pullins marked a double-double on 11 points and 10 boards as Portville (3-2) won the consolation finals.
Oswayo Valley fell to 1-4.
AT DUKE CENTER
Portville (50)
Kalsman 0 0-2 0, Howard 1 0-0 2, Pullins 4 3-4 11, Tobola 7 4-4 19, Mathes 3 0-0 6, Griffin 2 0-0 4, Tarr 4 0-0 8. Totals: 21 7-10 50.
Oswayo Valley (28)
Welch 3 3-7 9, Wichert 2 0-0 4, Bean 1 3-5 5, Graves 2 1-2 6, Gross 1 2-2 4. Totals: 9 9-16 28.
Portville19313950
Oswayo Valley11172328
Three-point goals: Portville 1 (Tobola); OV 1 (Graves). Total fouls: Portville 14, OV 7. Fouled out: None.
NORTH TIER
Coudersport 89, Northern Potter 65
COUDERSPORT — It was three-pointers galore for both teams as Coudersport (2-0) defeated Northern Potter (1-2), led by Owen Chambers’ 33 points on eight threes.
Hayden Keck also delivered with 13 points and two three-pointers and Kolby Vanwhy had twelve points. Travis Gleason had 12 rebounds with his nine points.
Northern Potter’s Holden Cowburn had a huge night as he scored 35 points on seven three-pointers, and was a perfect 4-4 from the free-throw line. Carter Anderson added 17 points.
AT COUDERSPORT
Northern Potter (65)
Anderson 4 8-9 17, Brown 1 0-0 2, Slawson 1 0-0 3, Cowburn 12 4-4 35, Byron 1 0-0 2, Sprow 2 2-3 6.Totals: 21 14-16 65.
Coudersport (89)
Daniels 2 1-1 6, Da. Keglovits 1 0-2 3, Chambers 11 3-3 33, Keck 5 1-2 13, Kightlinger 1 0-0 3, Vanwhy 6 0-0 12, Easton 1 0-0 3, Haskins 1 0-0 3, Di. Keglovits 0 4-5 4, Gleason 4 1-2 9.Totals: 32 10-15 89.
Northern Potter16294265
Coudersport26598089
Three-point goals: NoPo 9 (Anderson, Slawson, Cowburn 7); Coudy 15 (Daniels, Da. Keglovits, Chambers 8, Keck 2, Kightlinger, Easton, Haskins). Total fouls: NoPo 13, Coudy 12. Fouled out: None.
Cameron County 66, Punxsutawney 40
EMPORIUM— Cameron County (3-1) took the lead early and never looked back, beating Punxsutawney as Dino Brown as 13 points and Marcus Brown had 10.
Caden Beldin led all scorers with 18 points, including two three-pointers, for Punxsy. Darren Byers had 12
“Dino Brown plays our best defense night in and night out and does what he can to shut the leading scorer down,” coach Mark Guido said. “He did a great job tonight.”
AT EMPORIUM
Punxsutawney (40)
Smith 1 0-0 2, Newcome 4 0-0 8, Byers 5 0-0 12, N. Humble 1 0-0 3, E. Humble 1 0-0 2, Kriebel 1 1-2 3, Hooftallen 2 2-2 6, Blose 1 2-4 4.Totals: 16 5-8 40.
Cameron County (66)
D. Brown 4 3-4 13, M. Brown 4 0-0 10, Swartz 2 0-0 5, Beldin 8 0-2 18, Guisto 0 0-1 0, Harrier 1 0-0 2, Bauer 3 0-1 6, Walters 6 0-2 12.Totals: 28 3-10 66.
Punxsutawney8163010
Cameron County14324866
Three-point goals: Punxsy 3 (Byers 2, N. Humble); Cameron Co. 7 (D. Brown 2, M. Brown 2, Swartz, Beldin 2). Total fouls: Punxsy 16, Cameron Co. 12. Fouled out: None.
Johnsonburg 81, Port Allegany 41
PORT ALLEGANY — Jordan Card had fourteen points as Port Allegany (1-4) fell to Johnsonburg.
Johnsonburg scored 24 points in both the third and fourth quarter as they had 12 players score.
AT PORT ALLEGANY
Johnsonburg (81)
Lomvarana 1 0-0 3, Schloder 1 1-2 4, Ga. Gregori 2 0-0 4, Zilkofski 1 2-2 4, Notorianni 4 0-0 8, Green 7 0-0 15, Wells 0 2-4 2, Watts 7 0-0 16, Christaff 1 0-0 3, Bliss 4 1-2 9, Stelene 3 0-0 6, Ge. Gregori 3 1-4 7.Totals: 34 7-14 81.
Port Allegany (41)
Card 4 2-5 14, Stuckey 5 0-0 13, Smith 0 3-4 3, Guerrero 1 0-0 3, Edgell 4 0-0 8.Totals: 14 5-14 41.
Johnsonburg14192424
Port Allegany981410
Three-point goals: J’burg 6 (Lomvarana, Schloder, Green, Watts 2, Christaff); Port A 8 (Card 4, Stuckey 3, Guerrero). Total fouls: J’burg 15, Port A 15. Fouled out: None.
JV: Johnsonburg, 51-15.
