Szafarczyk's career high leads Akron girls to victory

Rachel Szafarczyk poured in a career high 12 points to lead Akron over Toledo, 28-12, on Saturday in an Amherst Youth Basketball third-fourth grade division game .

Szafarczyk's eight first half points, along with baskets by Amanda Greenwald and Abby Ferenczy, powered the Zips to a 12-4 halftime lead. Maura Tomm and Aubrey Rockoff both scored for Toledo in the first half.

Clare Ahern (six points, 12 rebounds) anchored a strong second half for Akron. Kylie Smith had four steals and four points. Julia Gaglio, Kendal Rehak, and Elise Hopkins added contributions offensively and defensively. Caitlyn Dwyer had four second half points for Toledo to go with baskets by Tomm and Rockoff.

UB 17, Ohio 13

UB jumped out to an early 6-0 lead. Noelle Gulick scored a couple of baskets along with Maggie Moran.

In the second quarter, Leah Rogers and Sydney Siembida scored for Ohio to make the score 8-3 at halftime.

In the second half, Ohio got some key baskets from Katherine Simonian and Rogers.

UB was hanging on to a 10-9 lead at the end of the third quarter. Caroline Conway forced two takeaways by tying up the ball. UB's Ellen Divita, Kelsey Stasiak and Emily Trotman played excellent defense.

Margaret Moran exploded for UB in the fourth quarter, scoring seven points.

Auburn 39, Mississippi 22

The first quarter saw Auburn's Chelsea Thomeer and Ole' Miss' Haley Adams Miss each netting an offensive rebound. Auburn's Kristen Kuballa hit a foul shot as did Hannah Gardner for Ole' Miss.

In the second, Katie Shields scored six of her team-high ten.

In the second half, Mississippi had an offensive scoring surge from Stephi Verhage, Alexis Polokoff and Hannah Pilkey. Auburn rallied with a couple of steals by Thomeer and Auburn scoring off the fast break.

Maggie Steele hit for six of her eight in the third and buckets from Megan Barone, Taylor Williams, Chaitya Joshi helped Auburn pull ahead.

Seventh-eighth grade girls

LSU 25, Ole Miss 24

LSU went to 5-1-1 with a one-point victory over Ole Miss last weekend at Clearfield.

LSU held Ole Miss to only one point in the fourth quarter with its pressure defense led by Bridget Tichenor, Erin Lynch and Haley Stogsdill.

LSU's offense exploded in the fourth quarter, overcoming an eight-point deficit.

Shelby Donhauser was LSU's lead scorer with 11 points, followed by Emily Ludwig's six points. Lisa Harb and Sabrina Lipowski rounded out the scoring with four points each.

Ole Miss' Hannah Gardner led all scorers with 12 points.

Third-fourth grade boys

DePaul 27, Connecticut 12

DePaul led this tightly contested game at halftime, 7-0

The Blue Demons exploded for 18 third quarter points to take command of the game. Jordan Nwora provided the third quarter offensive spark, scoring 12 points.

DePaul was led offensively by Nwora with 14 points. Other Blue Demons scoring were Joe Foster (seven points) and Kevin Frank (six points). Elliott Gengo, Jake Maley, and Jordan Clement played well defensively for DePaul.

Connecticut players scoring were Patrick Allen (six points), Henry Burton (four points), and Afolabi Adelakun (two points). David Moran, Jeremy Miller, and Shawn Miller played well defensively for U Conn.

DePaul 36, Marquette 14

DePaul led Marquette, 12-6. Joe Foster sparked DePaul's first half offense with 10 points.

DePaul exploded for 24 second half points, led by Jordan Nwora (14 points) and Foster (six points) to seal the victory.

Scoring for DePaul were Nwora and Foster (16 points each), Jake Maley and Blake Zachau (two points each). Elliott Gengo and Jordan Clement played well defensively.

Peter Battaglia led Marquette offensively with 11 points followed by Andrew Oestreicher (two points), and Matthew Chrzanowski (point).

Justin Begley, Joshua Segal, Michael Woods, Justin Garvelli, and Tristan Henruques played well defensively.

DePaul 32, Rutgers 9

DePaul's smothering defense limited Rutgers to nine points while generating 16 points on turnovers. Leading the defensive charge for the Blue Demons were Jordan Nwora, Joe Foster, Elliott Gengo, and Jordan Clement.

Nwora led DePaul offensively with 14 points followed by Foster (10 points), Kevin Frank and Blake Zachau (four points each).

Tyler Eldridge led Rutgers offense with four points followed by Eric Clarkson (two points), Justin Finberg (two points), and Andrew Looney (one point). Donnie Leitten, Matthew Terrance, Joe Oliver, and Conner Kelly played well defensively for Rutgers.

Fifth grade boys

Indiana 27, Penn State 17

Indiana limited Penn State to two points in the first and fourth quarters to earn the victory. Defensive stalwarts for Indiana were Lucas Perna, Michael Garofalo, Dylan Lambert, Dean Penman and Derek Penman.

Offensively, eight of nine Hoosiers scored. Kevin Zachau led with eight points. Other Hoosiers who scored were Garofalo and George Fallon (four points each), Lambert (three points), Perna, Dean Penman, Pat Wells, and Michael Doucette (two points each)

Scoring for Penn State were David Lyskawa (eight points), Sam Cimato (three points), and Elliott Schukland, Michael Shanahan, and Luke Horigan (two points each).

Ohio State 20, Illinois 17

Ohio State recorded its seventh win of the season by defeating Illinois with strong defense in the final quarter.

Illinois was leading, 13-8, after three quarters. The Buckeyes finally starting making shots in the final quarter and eventually took the lead for good with about two minutes remaining.

Ohio State was led in scoring by Trenton Mooney (12 points). In addition, Cameron Blair and Tristan Dougherty played strong defense in helping control the good shooters of Illinois.

Illinois center Greg Cook scored 11 points. Conner Cooley chipped in a couple of assists and strong work defensively.

Michigan 36, Wisconsin 28

Michigan built a big lead through three quarters and held off a late Wisconsin rally to win this game.

The win was a total team effort. Eric Duran and Jaelin Marong continue to play great defense. Kevin Abel, Mike Panzarella, Alex Smith, Braeden Gillman and Jeff Calderon also contributed timely rebounds, steals and blocked shots.

Michigan's scoring was shared by Gillman, Calderon, Smith and Marong. The Wisconsin team played hard and was led by the all-around play of Bradley Zaffram.

Purdue 28, Iowa 12

Purdue's quick passing and fast breaks proved to provide an effective offense.

Ryan Konotopskyj ran a controlled Purdue offense, adding 11 points, and a countless number of assists.

Cort Williams and George Attea controlled the boards for Purdue while adding 10 points and two points, respectively. Zac Kelly played his usual aggressive defense, causing a number of turnovers and adding three points. Jake August and Adam Moyer's defense was also responsible for a number of turnovers. August also had two points.

Jake Huber led Iowa's scoring with six points, Charlie McCormick had four and Dakota Sanders added two.

Sixth grade boys

Arizona 37, Oregon State 36

In a Pac-10 battle, the ArizonaWildcats outlasted the Oregon State Beavers, 37-36, in a hard fought battle.

Patrick Hartigan poured in 13, Quinn Keenan tossed in 11, Nick Castalone had four and Matt Rosen and Nick Aja added a bucket each. Colin Greenway dished out 12 assists and five points. Patrick Kelly dominated the defensive boards.

The Beavers were led by the dynamic duo of Joe Brady (18 points) and Matt Macomber (16 points). Ryan Cyzerwinski had a nice cross-over dribble in the paint to score a bucket. Ben Clement and Jonathan Hall turned in outstanding defensive performances.

Seventh grade boys

Virginia 30, Clemson 21

Virginia played an up tempo game against Clemson and led 20-9 at halftime. Clemson stepped up in the third to cut Virginia's lead to five.

The Cavaliers answered back in the fourth with a lock down defense allowing only four points.

Connor Radel had 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Cavaliers, followed by six points and six boards from Matt Whiting and two points each from Alex DiBernado, Josh Jager and Kyle Zurak. Nick Swain played a stout game at defense for the Cavs. William Ransom led Clemson's scoring with nine points.

Boston College 40, Maryland 30

Boston College, with a new-found offense and solid defense, defeated Maryland to gain its first victory of the season.

After trailing 12-4 in the first quarter and 19-15 at halftime, BC outscored Maryland, 25-10, in the second half.

Mike Calandra's dominant inside game produced a season-high 12 points and six rebounds for BC. Nick Reding and Airic Thorton's guard play gained 17 points.

Joe Desotelle (three), Doug Murphy (two), Mike O'Brien (four), Steve Campanelli (two) and Anthony Scamurra and Norman Yu's solid defensive play all contributed to the victory.

North Carolina 39,

Florida State 34

Damian Powers led the way with 18 points, including two three-point baskets.

Mike Shatkin added seven points and Brett Pusateri scored six.

Sam Scime and Alex Swierski chipped in two points each.

Zach Bischel played stellar defense and Steven Taraboletti grabbed several key rebounds.

Mitch Wagner led FSU with 12 points and also grabbed eight boards and swatted away four shots.

Joe Matyjasik and Marc Peterson scored six points each. Matyjasik played solid defense and Peterson drove the lane strong.

Eighth grade boys

Pistons 41, Bulls 37

The Pistons' scoring was evenly distributed as every player made the score sheet. Nick Konotopskyj and Brett Butler led the way with 11 each, followed by Eddie Doherty (seven), Danny Schlein and Nick Sparcino (four each) and Mark Roustum and Kevin Doherty (two each).

The Pistons led, 33-21, going into the fourth but the Bulls scored 16 in the final stanza to make the game a nail-biter right to the final whistle.

Dan Schlein hit both ends of a one-and-one to preserve the Pistons' victory. Tom Mellody (12 points) and Mark Fleming (seven points) led the scoring for the Bulls.

Pistons 48, Nuggets 15

The Pistons jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in defeating the Nuggets. Eddie Doherty led the Pistons with 13 points, followed by Brett Butler and Mike Kyarunts with 11 each and Nick Konotopskyj with seven points.

Dan Schlein chipped in four points and Kevin Doherty added two to round out the Pistons scoring. Nick Sparcino and Mark Roustum led a strong defensive effort with numerous rebounds and tie-ups.

Michael Altman and Sean Duggan led the scoring for the Nuggets with six and five points, respectively.

Raptors 55, Lakers 45

The Raptors beat the Lakers by playing good team basketball and passing to the open man.

The Lakers fought back with a full court press, but in the end the Raptors prevailed.

Nick Plant led the Raptors with 14 points and eight rebounds. Jimmy Caputi quarterbacked the offense with 10 assists and 13 points. Danny Mahr added 12 points.

For the Lakers, Justin Bangert had 10 points while swingman Peter Moran added nine.