ORANGE — Tuesday’s Orange Recreation Association 3-on-3 league action featured a full slate of games that consisted of one decided by free throws, one that came down to the final possession to avoid free throws, and several others that finished with the teams separated by 10 points or fewer.
The following are the results of Tuesday’s games:
Amherst received significant contributions from its four players Tuesday, leading them to a 47-26 win over Colby.
Henriette Niyibizi contributed 14 points (the maximum a player can contribute) while Nathan Griffith contributed 13 points, Issa Nahayo had 12 points and Matthew Vitello scored 10.
Hunter Brooks contributed 12 points for Colby, while Lian Lopez Baez contributed nine points.
Amherst moved out from 16-2 to begin the game. A nine-point run allowed Colby to bring the game to within five, at 16-11.
Up 19-13, Amherst went on a 14-point run to go up 33-13.
Princeton took a comfortable eight-point lead to begin the game and never looked back in its 57-53 win over Harvard.
Princeton went on two runs that ultimately decided the game. After its initial 8-0 run, Princeton went on another 8-0 run in the second-half, moving out front 41-26. Harvard’s largest run of the game came at the end when the team turned a 6-0 run into a 10-2 run to finish of the game.
Harvard was able to pull within four at 16-12. Princeton’s Hunter Martin then scored seven straight points to move his team out front by 11 points, 23-12.
Princeton’s Hunter Martin contributed 14 points in the win. David Johnson and Owen Carl each contributed 14 points.
Colin Adams contributed 18 points for Harvard, while Cole Johnson notched 16 points. Derek Collins tallied eight points.
Brown came from behind on Tuesday to defeat Penn, 45-41.
Down by five points at 25-20, Brown strung together 10 straight points to go on top 30-25. Cassidy Boutell contributed six points during that span. She contributed eight points in all.
Brown then stretched its lead to seven thanks to a layup from Kaleb Lemcke, putting his team up 38-31. The two teams traded points until its eventual 45-41 final.
Penn held a 19-10 lead at one point during the game after Page Gadarowski (13 points) connected on back-to-back layups. This came after the team held a 13-8 advantage. Brown began the game with a 4-1 lead.
Lian Lopez Baez lead Brown with 13 points. Lemcke and Milo Troisi each contributed 10 points.
Obi Eaton led Penn with 14 points, while Cam Gadarowski contributed 12 points.
In a game that came down to the final possession, UCLA came out on top, 46-40 over Texas.
According to the league’s rules, when the final score of a game is within five points, each player on the losing team gets one free throw in an attempt to add points to the team’s final score, which could effectively win them the game depending on how many players connect on their free throw.
During Tuesday’s game, UCLA held a four-point lead going into the final possession. As time expired, Cole Johnson connected on a jumper to put his team up by six, 46-40, which also put his team up by enough points to avoid free throws.
This came after Texas created a 10-point run. Down 44-30, Texas strung together six points from Charlie Barnes (18 points), two from Hunter Martin (four points) and two from Abby Henne (14 points) to move within, 44-40.
UCLA also held an 11-point lead Texas was able to turn into a three-point lead thanks to eight-straight points from Barnes. Barnes connected on one jumper and three straight layups to move his team within, 31-28.
UCLA held a 25-18 lead midway through. Texas held the lead only once, going up 6-4 at the start of the game.
Noaha Chabot contributed 14 points for UCLA, while Aiden Lupien contributed 10 points and Delaney Parker eight points.
After Kentucky moved within three points on the final two possessions, the team made only two out of five free throws at the game’s end, losing 52-51.
Kansas held a 52-46 lead in the final minutes, keeping them out of the possibility of going to free throws at the game’s end, holding a lead larger than five points. Kentucky’s Charlie Anderson then connected on one free throw, while Daesean Watson connected on a layup in the final two possessions for Kentucky to move within three, at 52-49. Watson and Anderson then connected on free throws to move the game to within one at 52-51. Kentucky then missed on three straight free throws to end the game.
Kentucky had the game tied at 44 when Kansas went on a six-point run to go on top 5-44. It tied the largest run of the game for either team, as Kansas went on a 6-0 run at the start of the game to move ahead 6-4.
The two teams traded the lead eight times throughout the game. Kansas went up 40-34 in the last half of the Tuesday’s game, only to allow Kentucky to tie the game again at 44.
The two teams traded points for the majority of the game, going back and forth trading two-point lead after Kentucky tied the game at 20.
Jakob Carron scored 16 points for Kansas, the most a player could score in the game. Lucas Isrow and Colin Adams scored 12 points each.
Watson also scored a maximum 16 points for Kentucky. Hailie Meeker scored 10 points for Kentucky, while Anderson scored nine points.
Jack Knetchel scored nine points for Hamilton as his team defeated Trinity, 22-19. Owen Lemcke and Derek Collins each contributed four points, while Trinity Doane and Julia Hatch contributed two points each. Bradley Colemand contributed one point.
Yale received significant contributions from Kyle Notre, Alivia Patch and Will Barnes in its 44-38 win over Dartmouth.
Notre contributed 16 points in the win, while Patch and Barnes each contributed 14 points. Jack Knetchel scored the other two points for Yale.
Lucas Isrow contributed 14 points for Dartmouth. Kendra Doane contributed 12.