By Jim McGrath
The York boys basketball team took advantage of numerous turnovers from a visiting Warhill team to race past the Lions 85-54 in a Bay Rivers matchup on Wednesday night.
Warhill’s Sam Buscher scored the opening points of the game on a three point shot, but then watched with his teammates as the Falcons rattled off 21 unanswered points. In one sequence, sophomore guard Brandon Harvell stole the ball on three straight possessions, each resulting with him scoring at the other end. The Lions suffered from poor passing and sloppy dribbling, committing at least a dozen turnovers in the first half alone.
Down 25-7 entering the second quarter, the visitors showed some signs of life. An Andrew Berkley three point shot cut the gap to 29-15 midway through the second quarter. Joseph Moreno scored on a lay-in and jumper from the left corner on successive possessions to narrow the lead to 31-21 with 2:20 left in the half. But a pair of buckets from York’s Tre’ Thomas, the second coming off yet another steal, opened the lead to 14 and helped the hosts carry a 37-22 advantage into the halftime break.
York (1-3, 1-3 in BRD) got the jump in the second half, with Taylor Kinney burying a three-pointer followed by another steal ending with a Harvell lay-up to open the lead to 20 at 42-22. Another mini-burst occurred in the middle of the third quarter with a Branson Tow three-point shot and Harvell steal and lay-up putting the score at 51-30. On the next Lion possession, Sean Southard recorded a blocked shot setting off the Falcon transition game which ended in a Quintin Martinez lay-in and foul. Martinez missed the free throw, but earned another opportunity as the ball was stolen on the next possession and Martinez scored off the break. This time, he connected on the foul shot. On the next trip, it was Martinez who stole the ball, passing to Trey Wintz for the layup and a 58-30 lead with 3:24 remaining in the third quarter. After a Warhill timeout, the game started to resemble a playground contest, but both teams seized the opportunity to get a look at all of their players over the final 11 minutes.
Harvell, who led the team with 17 points, feels that his team “got off to a rough start this season, but is now starting to play together.” Tow and Martinez chipped in 14 and 12 respectively for the Falcons.
Jermaine Poindexter-Johnson led the scoring for Warhill (0-5, 0-5 BRD) with nine points, all in the final quarter.
YORK (1-3) 25 12 27 21 - 85
WARHILL (0-5) 7 15 19 13 - 54
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