ORANGE — Luan Lopez-Baez scored 12 points to lift Trinity over Amherst during Orange Recreation Association 3-on-3 basketball action Thursday.
Harvard and Dartmouth came down to free throws, while UCLA missed six free throws at the end of regulation, losing 44-43. The following is the results of all the exciting action on Thursday:
Luan Lopez-Baez came to the rescue for Trinity on Thursday, scoring 12 points in his team’s 30-25 win over Amherst. Six of those points came in the final minutes, which included a succession of baskets giving his team the lead for good.
Within the final five minutes of the game, Trinity’s Ella Reeves connected on a layup to tie the game at 22. Lopez-Baez then connected on a layup to put his team up by two and another to put his team up 26-22.
Amherst responded with a three-point play by Matthew Vitello, who connected on a layup and drew a foul. Up by one at 26-25, Lopez-Baez and Lucas Isrow both netted baskets for the 30-25 final.
Amherst took the lead at 22-16 thanks to an 8-0 run. When Trinity took a 16-14 lead thanks to a jumper by Reeves, the basket marked the fourth lead change to that point of the game, as well as five ties.
In addition to Lopez-Baez’s 12 points, Ella Reeves netted eight points, while Whitney Reeves netted four.
Nathan Griffith led Amherst with eight points.
Dartmouth connected on three out of six free throws to tie the game, but all it took was Colin Adams to connect on one free throw to send Harvard home with the 47-46 win over Dartmouth.
Adams connected on a jumper to end regulation with Harvard up 46-43. Because the final score was within four points, the two teams went to free throws to decide the game. Kendrah Doane, Issa Nahayo and Daniel Finch all connected on their attempts to tie the game at 46.
After Cole Johnson and Nathan Griffith missed on their attempts, Adams sunk his free throw attempt to send his team home with the win.
Dartmouth trailed 42-34 with five minutes left in the game. That team ended the game on a 9-2 run. Lucas Isrow started the run with a layup to make it 42-36. Nahayo connected on a jumper to bring the game to within two at 42-40. A jumper from Adams made it 44-40. Isrow then connected on a layup and earned one point on a free throw attempt to make it 44-43.
Dartmouth’s run was preceded by an 18-4 run by Harvard. Derek Collins had four points during the run while Griffith had eight.
Dartmouth led 26-22 midway through the game.
Adam’s scored his team’s first 10 points of the game, putting Harvard up 10-8. He scored 13 points throughout the game.
Johnson led Harvard with 14 points, the highest single-game amount a player is allowed to score in his grade level.
Doane led Dartmouth with 13 points. Isrow netted 12, while Nahayo contributed seven.
Brown couldn’t match the offensive output of Yale’s Will Barnes and Kyle Notre on Thursday, losing 44-34.
Barnes and Notre both scored 14 points. Alivia Patch and Dylan Young followed that up with six points each. Josh Jenks contributed four.
Gavin Sullivan contributed 14 points for Brown, while Milo Troisi scored 10. Luan Lopez-Baez scored six points, while Lian Lopez-Baez scored four.
Up 18-8, Barnes sparked a 14-2 run for Yale, netting eight points during that span.
Notre scored early for Yale, contributing 10 points during the game’s first half.
Down one point heading into free throws, UCLA had the chance to cause real worry in Duke. Instead, they missed all six free-throw attempts, losing 44-43 to Duke.
UCLA had the potential to go up by five points if it connected on all attempts.
The meltdown came after UCLA went on a 9-3 run to end the game to force it into free throws. Down 41-34 within the final minutes, Deven Patc and Delaney Parker each connected on a pair of jumpers while Cole Johnson contributed one point on a free-throw attempt.
Johnson led UCLA with nine points. Patch contributed eight points, while Parker contributed six.
UCLA trailed 35-27 and 37-28 at times during the game. The closest they got to tying the game during the second half was five points at 39-34.
UCLA led 22-20 at one point on Thursday. Duke went on a 7-0 run to take a 27-22 lead.
Duke took a 10-4 lead to start the game. UCLA pulled ahead 12-10 at one point, but the two teams traded baskets until UCLA held its 22-20 lead.
Charlie Barnes led Duke with 16 points, the most one player could score in his grade level. Alivia Patch contributed 12, while Sebastian Shaw had 11.
Kansas’ four-headed attack proved too much for BC on Thursday, as Kansas won 63-55.
Kansas’ attack consisted of Jake Tenney (17 points), Lucas Isrow (16 points), Jakob Carron (14) and Kendrah Doane (16).
Gavin Sullivan and Sebastian Shaw matched Kansas’ foursome, scoring 16 and 14 points, respectively. BC received 23 points from the rest of its team, including 12 by Courtney Paige.
BC trailed by as many as 15 and 17 points during Thursday’s game. Down 49-36, BC chipped away from Kansas’ lead, moving within seven, at 49-42, and then within three, at 51-48. With five minutes left in the game, Kansas went on an 8-0 run to move out front, 59-48. BC couldn’t get any closer than eight points the rest of the way.
An eight-point run put Kansas up 33-16 midway through the game. Kansas also led 23-8 to start the game. They trailed 4-2 to begin the game, but quickly went on an 11-2 run to go up 13-6.
In a tight game that ended in free throws, Texas defeated Wisconsin 58-57 on Thursday.
Charlie Barnes and Abby Henne would scored 16 points each, the maximum a player could score during the game.
Elias Spencer scored 14 points for Texas, while Hunter Martin scored eight points and Will Barnes four.
Aydan Sevigny scored 16 points for Wisconsin. Cecilio Sanchez scored 12 points, while Aden Santana and Antonio Fernandez scored eight each. Micalyn Mailloux scores seven points and Tommy Martin scored six.
Thanks to 16 points from Luke Melanson and 14 from Matt Lyesiuk, Arizona defeated Kentucky, 48-40 on Thursday.
Kyle Notre contributed 10 points for Arizona, while Tony Wozny contributed six and David Johnson two.
Charlie Anderson and Cecilio Sanchez shared a team-high 12 points for Kentucky. Daesean Watson and Hailie Meeker each scored six points, while Cameron Gadarowski scored four.
Trinity Doane and Julia Hatch shared a team-high 10 points for Hamilton in its 28-16 win over Colby.
Derek Collins contributed eight points for Hamilton.
Evan Quigley and Hunter Brooks shared a team-high six points for Colby. Lian Lopez-Baez and Lysander Lopez-Baez contributed two points each.
Obi Eaton contributed a team-high 12 points to lift Penn over Princeton, 27-22.
Cam Gadarowski contributed nine points in Penn’s win, while Paige Gadarowski contributed six.
Owen Carl had a game-high 16 points for Princeton. His teammates combined for six points, four from Hunter Martin and two from David Johnson.