Section V Class D1 heads to Blue Cross Arena for the Finals. The top two seeds still remain fighting for the championship. Here is the Breakdown:
No. 1 AVOCA (21-1/Steuben County) vs. No. 2 Genesee Valley (18-4/Allegany County Division I) 3:00 PM, Saturday, Blue Cross Arena.
Scoring offense: Avoca (74.2 PPG), Genesee Valley (71.15 PPG)
Scoring defense: Avoca (42.2 PPG), Genesee Valley (58.3 PPG)
Current streak: Avoca has 21 straight, Genesee Valley has won six straight.
How they got here: Avoca opened up beating Mount Morris 103-57. Avoca then beat Honeoye in the semi-finals 73-27.
Genesee Valley opened up beating Eugino Maria 77-68 in the Quarter-Finals, following up that with beating Batavia-Notre Dame 59-54 in the semi-finals.
Last time they met: Top-seeded Avoca beat No. 5 Genesee Valley, 78-76 in the semifinals of the 2019 Class D2 tournament.
Players to Watch for Avoca: Brady Brandow 5-foot-11-inch Sr. G (11.2 PPG, 3.3 APG); Devin Stowe 5-foot-11-inch Sr. G (12.0 PPG, 6.8 RPG); Jonathan Jensen 6-foot-4-inch Jr. F (15.0 PPG, 8.6RPG); Tristian Stark 5-foot-9-inch Sr. F (15.0 PPG, 8.6 RPG)
Players to Watch for Genesee Valley: Trevor Clark 5-foot-8-inch Sr. G (5.8 APG, 2.3 SPG); Cody Schneider 6-foot-3-inch Sr. C (23.5 PPG, 13.9 RPG – 1,635 career points); Evan Windus 6-foot-3-inch Sr. F/C (21.7 PPG, 12.8 RPG — 1,088 career points).
Coaches: Michael Stowe (Avoca) and Lintz Bliven (Genesee Valley).
What’s at stake: A spot in the NYS regional qualifier agains the Elba/Prattsburgh winner.
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