Iowa hangs on, beats Ohio State in fifth-grade boys action
Amherst Youth Basketball Results

Iowa earned its first Amherst Youth Basketball fifth-grade boys division win on Saturday by hanging on in the last few minutes to beat Ohio State, 22-19.

Joshua Wrest led Iowa with six points. Dakota Sanders and Jake Huber also provided key offensive roles.

Greg Langlois and Charlie Mc- Cormick set up critical offensive plays. Mike Tona, Kenny Sniatecki and J.P. Rehak grabbed key rebounds.

Ohio State (3-1) was led by six points each from Trent Mooney and Andrew White. Tristan Dougherty and Alex Grano provided important offensive scoring and excellent defense to cut Iowa's seven-point lead in the last quarter.

Ohio State 23, Purdue 22

The Ohio State Buckeyes improved their record to 3-0 with a 23-22 victory over Purdue.

Ohio State led Purdue, 19-12, at the end of the third quarter. Purdue stormed back in the fourth with 16 points by Ryan Konotopskyj.

Purdue led by one with two minutes remaining until Ohio State's Andrew White scored a clutch layup and Ohio State took the lead for good. The Buckeyes withstood a full-court press by Purdue and ran out the last 40 seconds on the clock.

The Buckeyes were led by forward Trenton Mooney (eight points, five blocks). Tristan Dougherty played strong defensively.

Penn State 45, Iowa 21

Penn State jumped out to an early 12-4 first-quarter lead against Iowa, which was missing several key players.

Gary Langlois was high scorer for Iowa with 11 points, while Penn State's Taylor O'Brien, Sam Cimato and David Lyskawa each added 10 points for the Lions.

Michigan 25, Illinois 14

Michigan won this game with an outstanding display of rebounding, defense and overall hustle.

Mike Panzarella, Jared Kish and Braeden Gillman grabbed key rebounds throughout the game. A.J. DiChristina, Kevin Abel, Jaelin Marong and Eric Duran played great defense. The scoring effort was shared by Alex Smith, Jeff Calderon, Duran and Marong.

This win was a total team effort.

The Illinois team played hard and was led by the scoring of Greg Cook, Austin Battaglia, Justin Collins, Max Brightenfield and Ben Saathoff.

Purdue 26, Penn State 25

Purdue overcame an early deficit to squeak by Penn State.

Cort Williams and Zac Kelly led Purdue's offense with 10 points each. Williams and George Attea controlled the boards.

Ryan Konotopskyj continued to play his outstanding style of game, setting up Purdue's controlled offensive attack.

Matthew Laughlin and Ryan Konotopskyj had the difficult assignment of defending David Lyskawa, who led Penn State's scoring with 12 points. Sam Cimato came on strong for Penn State in the second half to score all six of his points. Mike Shanahan and Timmy Kreuz completed Penn State's scoring with four and three points respectively.

Sixth-grade boys

Oregon 39, California 24 Leading the Ducks' balanced attack were Casey Davis and Brandon Hill with 10 points each.

Point guard Ben Sharf scored eight points while tallying several assists, and Danny Mayers had a big game with five points.

Strong defense was played by the whole team but especially from Fred Clabo, Mitch Fors, Steve Zaprowski and Ryan Woods.

California never gave up and made a strong run in the fourth. They received terrific all-around play from Michael Keenehan, Chris Kotrides and Ryan Mitchell.

Tyler Mulone, Vik Saini and Matt Soos put forth nice defensive efforts as well.

Oregon State 39,

Washington 28

The OSU Beavers' defense kept the Washington Huskies on a short leash and denied them any opportunity of mushing to victory.

The Beavers got balanced scoring with five players getting multiple scores, many of their baskets set up by assists from Matt Macomber and Jon Hall.

Joe Brady led the Beavers with 13 points, followed by Zach Lee and Ryan Czerwinski (eight points each), Ben Clement (six points) and Eric Benshadle (four points).

The Huskies were led by Sean McLean (game-high 17 points), followed by Mickey Evans (nine points) and Joe Sanford (two points).

Washington State 19,

Arizona State 16

It was a game of streaks as the Sun Devils defeated the Cougars.

The Cougars scored the game's first six points, but ASU went on a 19-0 run to take a 19-6 lead.

Washington State then finished the scoring with a 10-0 run, leading to the game's final score.

Nicholas Noll led ASU with eight points, Armond June contributed five points, Tyler Trubish added four points and Zack Schneider rounded out the scoring for Arizona State with two points. Blake Rickan was the game's high scorer with 12 points, and Devonte Bailey and Ben Clark each contributed with two points.

Seventh-grade boys

Virginia 35, Clemson 32

Clemson converted points from numerous Virginia turnovers to lead 17-11 at halftime.

The Cavaliers slowly came back and their persistence was rewarded with their first lead in the fourth. With four seconds remaining and Virginia leading 35-32, Cole Florian (5-for-5 on foul shots) bounced a free throw intentionally off the rim for a three-point play but Virginia grabbed the board and the buzzer sounded.

Virginia's Kyle Zurak had 16 points followed by Connor Radel (11 points), and Nick Swain and Matt Whiting (three points each). Yuchen Sun had several key rebounds. Clemson's Florian, Andrew Weinberg and William Ransom played excellently.

Virginia 37, Duke 24

After one half of intense play, Virginia had a slim lead, 15-12.

The third quarter saw both teams keeping pace and Virginia clinging to a 21-18 lead.

The fourth quarter became very physical with 19 fouls committed, but it was Virginia's free-throw shooting (13-for-26) that made the difference. Brandon Schick was a machine, making 80 percent of his free throws.

Connor Radel, Schick, Nick Swain and Kyle Zurak combined for 34 points and 20 rebounds that pushed Virginia over Duke.

Evan Poole and Nick Kierner played big for the Blue Devils with 13 points and 11 boards.

North Carolina 33,

Wake Forest 29

Six North Carolina players paced the Tar Heels over Wake Forest.

Brett Pusateri led North Carolina with nine points. Damian Powers (eight points), Mike Spina (six points), Zach Bischel (four points), Mike Fowler (four points) and Steven Tarabuletie (two points) also scored for North Carolina.

Patrick Stasiak (seven points), Michael Schake (six points), Madison Malley (six points), Matthew Shank (four points), David Paner (two points), Jack Looney (two points) and Brad Gelder (two points) led Wake Forest.

Eighth-grade boys

Pistons 45, Nets 36

The Pistons led, 8-4, after the first quarter and expanded the lead to 21-15 at halftime.

Nick Konotopskyj led the way with a career-high 18 points to lead the Pistons to their fourth consecutive victory.

Brett Butler chipped in 13 points. Eddie Doherty had eight points. Kevin Doherty, Nick Sparcino and Mike Kyrunts chipped in with two points each. Mark Roustrum rebounded and set picks.

The Nets were led by Ted Langlois (14 points) Oden Fors (13 points), Joe Hill (four points), Peter O'Conner (three points) and Jim Davis (two points). Jake Honsberger and Brandon Gaglio played strong games.

13-year-old boys

Nets 43, Heat 28

Joe Hill dominated both sides of the court, scoring 16 points to lead the Nets to victory.

Peter O'Connor chipped in 12 points. Ted Langlois scored six points and Jake Honsberger had four.

Robert Paslaqua led the Heat with 13 points with Sam Dusenberry adding nine.

Nets 35, Nuggets 28

Ted Langlois and Joe Hill both scored 10 and Peter O'Connor added nine for the Nets.

The Nuggets' Michael Altman led all scorers with 14 points. Strong defense from Branden Gaglio and Robert Bojanek made a big difference in the outcome.

Oden Fors not only scored four points but also added several outstanding assists. The quick hands of Jim Davis and Jake Honsberger forced several turnovers. Sean Duggan's hustle in the absence of Luke Service (injury in the first half) netted him four points and multiple rebounds.

Nets 34, Celtics 33

The Celtics established an early lead and protected it up until the half because of the outstanding defense and rebounding of both John Castranova and Nick Perna.

Eric Simms, David Berkun and Eric Lyons led all scorers with six points apiece through the half. Ryan Winkler led all Celtics with 10 points for the game.

The Nets had a 12-point outburst early in the third period led by Ted Langlois (12 total points) and Joe Hill (10 total points).

The Nets' defensive hustle from Peter O'Connor, Oden Fors, Jake Honsberger and Jim Davis caused various turnovers at key moments.

Third- to fourth-grade boys

St. John's 40, West Virginia 26

St. John's held off a late-game rally to defeat West Virginia, 40-26.

Greg Dolan led St. John's with 21 points and Eric Surgue scored eight points. Mike Poturalski and Sahil Chaudhuri each chipped in with four points; Andrew Vincent added a basket to round out St. John's scoring. Frank DiNoto's rebounding and Charlie Middione's defense clinched the win.

West Virginia rallied, scoring 14 points in the final period, led by Connor Thomas, Owen Witt, Max Hall, Ben Trotman and Trevor Wakefield. Thomas and Witt led West Virginia with eight points apiece. Nate Trotman and Hal Barnes played strong defense.

Third- to fourth-grade girls

UB 23, Bowling Green 21

Both teams exchanged baskets in the first quarter with Margaret Moran and Emily Trotman scoring for UB.

Bowling Green led 7-4 at end of the first quarter. The Bulls countered with two baskets from Noelle Gulick.

Bowling Green led, 12-8, at halftime. In the second half, UB applied its pressure defense. Kelsey Stasiak, Ellen Divita, Caroline Conway and Katelyn Kardaman all helped in stopping Bowling Green.

UB's Margaret Moran (10 points) stole the ball with 20 seconds left and passed to Emily Trotman, who made the basket with two seconds remaining.

Fifth- to sixth-grade girls

Iowa State 20, Texas State 18

In a game in which both teams managed to stay within four points of each other, Iowa State won.

Liz Viola led Iowa State with 10 points and had numerous rebounds and steals. Grace Licata scored four and Aimee LaVere, Nicole Rice and Alyssa Calandra each had two.

Texas State was led by Grace Kinerk's five points, and Katie Wolfe and Kianna Early each had four. Jackie Adolf contributed three; Emily Collins had two.

Iowa State was down by four with 50 seconds and put on a full-court press, which led to a tie-breaking basket with only seconds remaining.

Kansas 18, Texas State 16

The first quarter was a defensive struggle with each team only scoring two (Kansas' Jenna Stogsdill and Texas State's Jackie Adolf).

Kansas' Alexa Slisz started the second with a steal and bucket, but it was then all Texas with six points by Katie Rupp, Kianna Early and Katie Wolfe.

In the second half, points were scored by Texas State's Adolf, Early and Gabrielle Lavere, and Kansas' Slisz (10 game points) and an outside shot by Samantha Stanford.

Adolf tied it with two minutes left, but defense by Jenna Stogsdill and a basket by Jennifer Schwab helped Kansas win.

It was Kansas' fourth straight win.

Kansas 20, Baylor 19

Kansas led the entire game in its second consecutive win of the season over Baylor.

Offensively, Kansas spread it around with scoring by Alexa Slisz (eight points), Morgan Kennedy (four points), Jennifer Schwab (four points) and a basket each for Jules Castronova and Tori Sims.

Baylor kept it close with buckets by Colleen Doyle, Elizabeth Kline and a foul shot by Erica Gentile, but strong defense by Samantha Stanford, Jordan Weinstein and Arianna Scamurra held Kansas' lead.

Baylor's Caroline Ranallo (six game points) made it a one-point game, but Jenna Stogsdill's steals and rebounding helped Kansas hold on.

Seventh-to eighth-grade girls

Florida 32, Georgia 20

Florida defeated Georgia on Saturday behind Colleen Logan's 21 points. Also chipping in for Florida was Nicole Favre (six points), Jessie Burkard (three points) and Stephanie Marzoola (two points).

Georgia was led in scoring by Inbal Fischer. Florida applied stiff defensive pressure in the second half, led by Ali Gilbert.