Virginia seventh grade boys turn the table on Florida State

The last time Virginia faced Florida State, the Cavaliers were down 12 after the first period.

This time, the Cavs were up by 12 after one and played solid ball to keep the score 30-16 with eight minutes to go.

The Seminoles fought back with nine unanswered points to cut Virginia's lead to five, but the Cavs buckled down to win 32-25.

Alex DiBernado scored 10 points for Virginia, followed by eight points each from Connor Radel and Brandon Schick, and two points each from Nick Swain, Matt Whiting and Kyle Zurak.

Mitch Wagner led the Seminoles with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Virginia 36, North Carolina 28

The Virginia Cavaliers opened the game against North Carolina with a 10-0 run.

The Tar Heels settled down and chipped away until they were only down, 27-26, with five to play. The Virginia players showed true grit and stemmed the tide of the Tar Heels to win 36-28.

Connor Radel had a game-high 12 points, followed by eight points each for Matt Whiting and Kyle Zurak, and four points for Alex DiBernado.

Nick Swain added four points and was a monster on defense for Virginia.

NC's Damian Powers had 10 points and hit 8 for 8 at the foul line.

Wake Forest 24,

Boston College 15

In the first quarter, Wake Forest's Bradley Gelder led the charge with four points and Michael Schake had two. Mike O'Brien (two) and Mike Calandra (one) scored for BC.

In the second, O'Brien added three more points and Steve Campanelli added two. Wake Forest's Sam Burgett added a point to keep the score close.

In the third, Schake had four while Patrick Stasiak and Burgett each scored two. Calandra kept BC in it with five.

In the fourth, Burgett put up five, Stasiak made two foul shots and Dave Panfil sank two from the wing. BC's Campanelli contributed two more.

Maryland 30, Wake Forest 17

Ben Morina (nine points) and Michael Torrillo (eight points) led Maryland over Wake Forest.

Maryland led, 16-6, at halftime and withstood a late Wake Forest rally led by Sam Burgett (seven points). Michael Steinig (four points), Tom Adolf (four points), CJ Westcott (three points) and Andrew Pierino (two points) contributed in the balanced Maryland attack.

Adolf and Steinig were a force on the boards along with key steals by Pierino. Phil Blatner and Mark Berquist played solid defense.

Michael Schake and Madison Maley turned in nice floor games for Wake Forest.

North Carolina 36,

Clemson 31

The Tar Heels beat Clemson in a game between two evenly matched teams.

North Carolina's attack was led by Damian Powers, who drained a game-high 18 points, including three three-point baskets. Zach Bischel complemented the attack with six points on drives to the hoop. Mike Spina and Sam Scime added four points each while Alex Swierski and Mike Shatkin each had two points.

Andrew Weinberg led Clemson with 10 points, followed by Mike Kiebler with eight and Justin Fillmore with seven. Hank Ransom chipped in four points and Sam Baudanza scored two to round out the scoring.

Third-fourth grade boys

Georgetown 40, Seton Hall 21

Georgetown made it three in a row with a win over Seton Hall.

Hunter Noll poured in 20 points to lead the way. Jeremy Schatz had 16 and Ryan Greene and Max Ifrah each had two. Nicolas Stanford and Nathan Thomeer had many assists and tough defense to contribute to the victory. Seton Hall had balanced scoring from their lineup of Michael Taraboletti, Charlie Douglas, Omkar Pratapwar, Brandon Tuskes, Ryan Holme, Rodrigo Ortiz, Logan Lipowski, and Joe Malinowski.

Georgetown 30,

Connecticut 12

Georgetown won its second game of the year by jumping out to an early lead. Jeremy Schatz led all scorers with 13. Hunter Noll tossed in six, Nicolas Stanford and Jason Librock each had four, and Max Ifrah added three. Nathan Thomeer and Ian Holway played great defense to help in the win.

Connecticut's team of Afolabi Adelakan, Henry Burton, Jeremy Miller, Sean Miller, Jason Krieger, David Moran and Patrick Allen made it close in the second half but Georgetown pulled away at the end.

Fifth grade boys

Penn State 16, Iowa 15

In a game where defense dominated, both teams had trouble finding the basket.

Iowa led, 9-6, at halftime and never trailed until Mike Shanahan hit a five-foot jumper from the baseline with 35 seconds remaining in the game to give Penn State its first lead and victory over Iowa.

Dakota Sanders led Iowa with six points and dominated under the boards at both ends. Charlie Mc- Cormick added three points for the Hawkeyes.

Penn State's David Lyskawa led all scorers with a team-high 10 points.

Purdue 28, Ohio State 17

Purdue's offense used its quickness to counteract Ohio's aggressive double and triple teaming defense to win by 11.

George Attea had the difficult task in defending Ohio State's power forward Trent Mooney and was able to hold him to nine points, which was a key in Purdue's victory.

Zac Kelly's aggressive offense led Purdue with 10 points followed by Ryan Konotopskyj's six. Konotopskyj led the team in assists and ran a controlled Purdue offense. Cort Williams provided excellent defense in controlling the boards while adding four points. Matthew Laughlin, Adam Moyer, Jake August and Attea each added two points.

Sixth grade boys

Oregon 29, UCLA 26

UCLA led 17-9 at halftime and 23-16 advantage after the third quarter.

The Bruins were led by the strong guard play of Ryan Majewski (11 points) and rebounding of Ryan Berkun (two points) and Matt Jaworski (six points).

Oregon took advantage of its speed in the fourth. Fred Clabo ignited the rally with a two-pointer followed by aggressive drives to the basket by Ben Scharf (12 points).

With 40 seconds left in the game, Casey Davis (11 points) made a basket while being fouled. His basket tied the game at 26. He made the free throw to move Oregon ahead.

Oregon State 36,

California 18

Oregon State's passing game trumped Cal's pressure defense, as OSU continued to find the open man against Cal's occasional double the-ball defense.

The Beavers (6-4) balanced scoring was led by Matt Macomber (11), Eric Bendshadle (eight), Zachary Lee

seven), Ben Clement (four), Joe Brady (four), and Ryan Czerwinski

two). Lee and Clement each pulled down seven rebounds and Brady dished out nine assists. The Beavers also played great team defense.

The Bears were led by Michael Keenahan (eight), followed by Ryan Mitchell (four), Vikram Saini (three), Mike Salmon (two), and Matt Soos

one). Tyler Mulone played tenacious defense.

Washington State 38,

Oregon State 32

Another great performance by Jake Sieracki. His 13 points led Washington State to its third victory in a row.

Pedro Pereira (12 points) and Davontae Bailey (eight points) had strong performances.

Nick Flaherty, Blake Rickan and Ben Clark turned in great defensive performances which helped to slow down an excellent Oregon State team led by Joey Brady (15 points).

Eighth grade boys

Raptors 32, Rockets 24

Coach Fitzpatrick directed his team to an early lead by calling a number of his special offensive plays.

The Raptors clawed back with the playmaking of Jimmy Caputi and the hustle of Dan Mahr and John Terrignoli.

The Raptors had a well balanced attack. Jimmy Caputi had 10 points, John Terrignoli had six points and seven rebounds and Danny Mahr had five points and five assists.

The Rockets' Jack Fitzpatrick had eight points while Adam Panfil had six points and 10 rebounds.

Nets 50, Lakers 41

Both sides went five on five the entire game with no subs.

The Nets took an early lead and never looked back, however the Lakers' third quarter put them in a position to threaten, led by Justin Bangert, who led all scorers with 20 points.

Peter Moran netted 16 for the Lakers. Ted Langlois scored 20 for the Nets, but also pulled down numerous rebounds.

Peter O'Connor (14 points) and Jake Honsberger (eight points) created several turnovers. The injured Joe Hill chipped in four but capitalized on assists all game. Jim Davis added four points and a huge defensive game.

Third-fourth grade girls

Akron 19, Miami (OH) 15

Akron's Abby Ferenczy scored the first four points of the game but Lexi Mulone scored for Miami to draw within two at the end of the first quarter.

Elise Hopkins scored Akron's only basket of the second. Miami led by two at halftime thanks to a six-point quarter by Kayla Boron.

Great defense by Clare Ahern, Rachel Szafarczyk, and Kylie Smith helped the Zips tie it in the third, with Ahern and Ferenczy scoring for Akron and Zaria McCullough scoring for Miami.

Szafarczyk (four) and Smith (two) provided the difference as Akron held Miami to one fourth quarter basket by Mulone.

UB 28, Bowling Green 19 In the first quarter, UB's Caroline Conway and Ellen Divita played good defense. UB led, 3-1, at the end of the quarter.

In the second, Kelsey Stasiak hit two big baskets for UB, giving them a 10-6 halftime lead.

Both teams traded baskets in the third with UB's Emily Trotman (two points) pushing the ball up. UB led, 18-12, at the end of the third.

In the fourth, Noel Gulick took over with end-to-end rushes down the court and scored eight. She also had a game-high nine rebounds.

Katelyn Kardaman played great defense, holding Bowling Green's top scorer to five.

Toledo 13, Ohio University 10

Aubrey Rockoff gave Toledo an early lead in the first quarter after going the distance for a breakaway layup.

Toledo took a 4-2 lead into the half after Abby Nerogic scored on a swish from the right side.

As good as Ohio seemed to play, they could not overcome Toledo's running game. Skye Glover scored on two fast breaks. Maura Tomm's tenacious defense created numerous turnovers. Cheryl Moehrle set a crucial pick to free up Caitlin Dwyer, who scored Toledo's final four points to seal the victory. Cosette Nerogic played well.

Fifth-sixth grade

Iowa State 20, Kansas 17

In what was arguably their best game of the year, a swarming defensive effort paid off for Iowa State to upset Kansas, 20-17.

Liz Viola led Iowa State with eight points. Alexis Mammoliti contributed six points, Grace Licata had four points and Erin Egan tossed in two points. The enthusiastic play of Maria Roberts and Caitlyn DiVita spurred their teammates on.

Jennifer Schwab had a big game for Kansas with nine points. Rounding out their scoring was Alexa Slisz with six points and Jordan Weinstein with two.

Iowa 20, Oklahoma 12

A tenacious defense was played by both teams.

The final score of 20-12 did not reflect how close the game really was. Alexis Mammoliti and Liz Viola put in three shots apiece for Iowa. Erin Egan had a pair of baskets. Grace Licata and Nicole Rice each put in one.

The heads-up play of Aimee LaVere unsettled their opponent's defense. Madison Kather had a strong game for Oklahoma with seven points. Sarah Garcia had three points of her own and Laura Matthews had two.