ORANGE — The Orange Recreation Association’s 3-on-3 basketball league had several intriguing Wednesday. While nearly all went back and forth, Kentucky defeated Wisconsin by one point, while several came down to a couple of possessions. The following are the results from Wednesday’s action:
Hamilton gave Amherst a run for its money in the final portions of Wednesday’s game, outscoring the opponents 16-4, but couldn’t catch them before the game’s end, losing 42-36.
Gavin Young led Amherst with 12 points, while Nathan Griffith scored 10 points and Dylan Young had six. Derick Collins scored eight points for Amherst before being moved to Hamilton midway through the game, where Collins scored another eight.
Bradley Coleman scored 10 points for Hamilton, while Owen Lemcke and Jack Knetchel each scored six points. Trinity Doane scored four points, while Julia Hatch scored four points.
Amherst led by as much as 20 midway through the game, leading 30-10 before Collins switched sides. Hamilton immediately felt his presence, scoring six straight points to pull Hamilton within, 30-16.
Hamilton then started to rally.
In a matter of one minute, Lemcke netted two layups, while Doane contributed one layup and Collins another two points to bring the game to within 10 at 38-28.
Down 42-28. Hamilton strung together four straight baskets to pull within six at 42-36, but time ran out on Hamilton’s comeback.
Harvard made a push at the end of Wednesday’s game, outscoring Yale down the stretch, but Yale never lost control of the game in its 55-44 win.
Harvard ended the game on an 21-6 run, but by the time Harvard was able to do so, Yale had already built a 44-23 lead.
Yale’s Kyle Notre and Will Barnes each hit the 14-point maximum, while Alivia Patch scored 13 points. Dylan Young scored eight points and Josh Knetchel scored two.
Isiah Baker and Nathan Griffith both hit the 14-point maximum for Harvard. Kendra Doane scored eight points while Derek Collins scored seven points.
Yale built a 20-point lead thanks to Notra and Barnes, who combined for 12 points of their team’s 20-4 run mid-way through the game, leading 34-14. Young extended Yale’s lead to 25 at 42-17 with a jumper.
Harvard then began to pull back.
Baker netted a layup to cut his team’s deficit to 44-25. His basket sparked a run of 12 straight points for Harvard, bringing the game to within nine at 44-35. Young notched a pair of jumpers while Patch netted one free throw to move it to 50-35. Harvard finished the game on a nine-point run, but Yale remained in control of the game until its 50-44 final.
A 12-point run in the second half of Wednesday’s game led Dartmouth over Penn, 46-40.
Down 28-24, Dartmouth’s Lucas Isrow netted a layup, which sparked a succession of baskets from Isrow and Kendra Doane to pull their team ahead, 36-28. Dartmouth never trailed the rest of the way.
Isrow and Cathal Davis hit the 14-point maximum for Dartmouth, while Doane contributed 13 points.
Obi Eaton hit the 14-point maximum for Penn, while Cam Gadarowski and Hunter Martin contributed eight points each.
With a two-point lead, Dartmouth netted a succession of jumpers to pull ahead 24-16. Penn then went on a 12-point run to pull ahead 28-24 before Dartmouth went on a 12-point run of its own.
The two teams went back and forth to begin the game with no team pulling ahead more than two points in the first 10 minutes of the game. Eaton contributed the first eight points of the game for Penn, keeping his team in it, down only 10-8.
After seven lead changes and no lead larger than four points, Arizona pulled ahead in the second half of Wednesday’s game to defeat Texas 49-40.
Down 14-12, Arizona pulled ahead by eight thanks to four points from Matt Lyesiuk and six from Kyle Notre, which created a 10-point run.
Arizona would not trail the rest of the way.
Texas pulled within two at 22-20, but Notre stretched his team’s lead back to four on a jumper. After Charlie Barnes brought the game back to within two at 24-22, Arizona pulled ahead by 11 thanks to seven straight points and an 11-2 run.
Arizona eventually pulled ahead by 15 at 45-30 and won by nine points, 49-40.
Due to having only three players, Arizona players could score an unlimited amount of points, which allowed Lyesiuk to score 23 points. Notre added 16 points and Tony Wozny added 10 points.
Barnes hit the 16-point maximum for Texas. Hunter Martin and Elias Spencer scored eight points each.
In an exciting matchup with lead changes and seven coming in the second half, Duke defeated BC, 54-50.
Eli Gonzales hit the 16-point maximum for Duke, as well as Jaden Softic. Owen Carl contributed 12 points, while Morgan Softic contributed 10 points.
Gavin Sullivan led BC with 14 points, while Sebastian Shaw contributed 12 points. Courtney Page added 12 points.
After exchanging leads up until the final three minutes, Duke pulled ahead 50-45 on a jumper by Jaden Softic. Isiah Baker hit a jumper for BC to pull within three, 50-47, but Duke stretched its lead to seven with one minute left. Shaw connected on a three-point play to bring the game to its 54-50 final.
Shaw also connected on a layup to put his team up 45-44. This was after his team was down 44-39.
BC held a 39-36 lead thanks to a layup from Page. It was the largest lead any team had held after BC tied the game at 15.
Duke opened the game up with a 12-4 lead. BC climbed back into the game, tying it up at 15 thanks to a pair of jumpers from Baker, a jumper from Sullivan and a jumper from Page.
Duke held an 8-2 lead as well, thanks to an 8-point run after Shaw opened the game with a layup.
In a back-and-forth matchup, Kentucky ended up taking home the win, 49-48.
Cameron Gadarowski scored 15 points for Kentucky, while Daesean Watson scored 14 points, Charlie Anderson scored nine points and Cathal Davis eight points. Haillie Meeker contributed four points for Kentucky.
Aden Santana contributed 17 points for Wisconsin, while Ayden Sevigny scored 12 points, Cecilio Sanchez eight points, Antonio Fernandez six points, Tommy Martin four points and Micalyn Mailloux two points.
With just three players, Kansas ended up defeating a four-person UCLA team, 52-48.
Due to only three players, Kansas players could score an unlimited amount of points. Jakob Carron took advantage, scoring 24 points. Lucas Isrow and Kendra Doane scored 14 points each.
Noaha Chabot led UCLA with 16 points, the cap for UCLA players. Milo Troisi scored 12 points, while Deven Patch and Aiden Lupien contributed 10 points each.
Morgan Softic and Luan Lopez-Baez dominated for Trinity in its 28-24 win.
Softic contributed 14 points, the maximum a player could score, while Lopez-Baez contributed 10 points. Ella Reeves and Rocco Buccaroni contributed two points each.
Colby was able to spread the floor with its scorers. Lian Lopez-Baez scored eight points for Colby, while Lysander Lopez-Baez scored six points. Hunter Brooks and Freeland Ringer contributed four points each, while Lindsey Leash contributed two points.