By PAUL GOTHAM
BUFFALO, N.Y — DJ Billings scored eight of his team-high 12 in the fourth quarter, but a late rally came up short as the Greece Odyssey Leopards lost to the Health Sciences Falcons 52-46 in the NYS Class B Far West Regional, Saturday afternoon at Buffalo State College.
Trailing by 14 after three quarters, Billings finished in the lane on a second-chance opportunity to spark an 11-3 Leopards run. The senior guard later nailed a step-back baseline jumper with 3:09 remaining to pull Odyssey within six at 42-36.
But that was as close as Odyssey would get.
Kameron Briggs responded on the next possession for Health Sciences with three of his 10 points, and the Falcons advanced to the Class B semi-final where they will meet the Westhill (III) vs. Seton Catholic (IX) winner.
Davonte Gaines paced Health Sciences with 13 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks.
Josiah Haywood added 11 points for the Falcons.
Odyssey (17-8) outscored Health Sciences (21-4) in the paint (28-26), on second-chance points (14-11) and off the bench (12-7).
HEALTH SCIENCES 52, GREECE ODYSSEY 46
GREECE ODYSSEY (17-8)
DJ Billings 6-11 0-2 12; Romell Griffin 4-8 0-0 9; Travon Harper 3-10 3-5 9;
Jaden Hartsfield 2-11 0-0 6; Darren Davidson 2-8 0-0 4; Aric Williams 1-3
1-2 3; Ray Colbert 1-4 0-0 3; Khyree Smith-Roberts 0-0 0-0 0; Josh Haff 0-0
0-0 0; Josiah Bowers 0-0 0-0 0; Korey Canton 0-0 0-0 0; Dylan Burgio 0-0 0-0
0; Ronell Joseph 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 19-58 4-9 46.
HEALTH SCIENCES (21-4)
Davonte Gaines 6-14 1-2 13; Josiah Haygood 4-8 2-4 11; Kameron Briggs 3-14
2-4 10; Tysheen Lott 3-5 1-2 9; Diciare Riley 2-3 1-4 5; Jalil Harvey Rivera
1-2 0-0 2; Tayvion Nelson 1-4 0-0 2; Donovan Miller 0-0 0-0 0; Tyler Smith
0-0 0-0 0; Jabari Spencer 0-0 0-0 0; Ja’Vaughn Jones 0-1 0-0 0; Darius Tatum
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-51 7-16 52.
Greece Odyssey……………. 12 5 8 21 – 46
Health Sciences…………… 13 12 14 13 – 52
3-point goals–Greece Odyssey 4-18 (Jaden Hartsfield 2-5; Romell Griffin
1-4; Ray Colbert 1-2; Aric Williams 0-1; Ronell Joseph 0-1; Darren Davidson
0-2; DJ Billings 0-3), Health Sciences 5-14 (Tysheen Lott 2-3; Kameron
Briggs 2-6; Josiah Haygood 1-5). Fouled out–Greece Odyssey-Aric Williams,
Health Sciences-None. Rebounds–Greece Odyssey 36 (DJ Billings 6; Travon
Harper 6), Health Sciences 45 (Davonte Gaines 14). Assists–Greece Odyssey
11 (Jaden Hartsfield 4), Health Sciences 10 (Tysheen Lott 4). Total
fouls–Greece Odyssey 15, Health Sciences 11. Technical fouls–Greece
Odyssey-None, Health Sciences-None.
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