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Section V Semifinal Preview: Boys’ Basketball Class B2

February 25, 2019 by Donovan Moffat Leave a Comment

Top-seeded Wellsville (16-5) has won five straight entering Wednesday’s semifinal matchup with Attica.

Wellsville and Wayland-Cohocton remain as the only two of the top four seeded teams to make it to the Class B2 semifinals. Private-Independent meets Genesee Region and Livingston County takes on Finger Lakes East when the Class B2 semifinals tip off. Here’s the breakdown:

No. 1 WELLSVILLE (16-5/Independent) vs. No. 5 ATTICA (13-8/Genesee Region Division I) on Feb 27 at 7 PM at Dansville High School.

Scoring offense: Wellsville (57.95 PPG), Attica (56.89 PPG)

Scoring defense: Wellsville (51.20 PPG), Attica (53.56 PPG)

Current streak: Wellsville has won five straight; Attica closed the regular season with two losses.

How they got here: Wellsville won 70-62 over World of Inquiry to move on to the semi-finals.

Attica senior Dawson Nelson, posted his 12th double-double (10 points/11 rebounds) of the season to pace four in double figures for Attica. Trevor Goll connected four times from 3-point land including back-to-back triples to give the Blue Devils a lead they did not surrender. Attica finished the game on a 27-11 run in the fourth quarter after being down 11 at the start of the quarter to win.

Last time they met: Wellsville won at Attica, 58-43 when the two teams met on January 16th.

Players to Watch for Wellsville: Alec Acampora Sr. G 12.0 PPG, 5.3 APG; Max Jusianiec Jr. G 18.5 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 6.4 APG; Joe Tronetti Sr. G 18.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 4.2 APG.

Attica: Dawson Nelson Sr. F 13.0 PPG 12.0 RPG, has 12 double-doubles this season; Devon Henderson Sr. F 10.0 PPG, 6.0 RPG; Frankie Bisceglie Jr. G 10.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG; Tyler Meyer Jr. G 7.0 PPG.

Screen grab courtesy of Section V Athletics.

No. 3 WAYLAND-COHOCTON (12-9/Livingston County Division I) vs. No. 7 MYNDERSE ACADEMY (11-11/Finger Lakes East) on Feb 27 at 7 PM at Penn Yan Academy

Scoring offense: Wayland-Cohocton (64.67 PPG), Mynderse Academy (51.50 PPG)

Scoring defense: Wayland-Cohocton (57.72 PPG), Mynderse Academy (52.55 PPG)

Current streak: Wayland-Cohocton has won six of last seven games; Mynderse Academy has won its last two games.

How they got here: Wayland-Cohocton beat Dansville, 74-43 to move on to the semifinals.

Darren Miller led Mynderse with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Jared King collected six points, five rebounds and two assists. Bob Lock had 11 points and six rebounds. Mynderse defeated LeRoy in a low-scoring affair, 38-27.

Last time they met: This is the first meeting between the two teams this season.

Players to Watch for Wayland-Cohocton: DeAndre Green Jr. F, Cameron Huber Jr. F, Jamie Carman Jr. F, Connor Englert Sr. G.

Mynderse Academy: Darren Miller Sr. F/G 19.8 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.1 APG; Jared King So. G 6.7 PPG; Sal Franzone Sr. F 4.6 PPG, 6.2 RPG; Griffin Herron Jr. G 4.5 PPG, 3.0 APG.

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