Leading off today: Niagara Falls point guard Wayne Ollison will not return to the team this season,
The Niagara Gazette reported.
Boys basketball coach Giulio Colangelo told the paper Ollison had been suspended indefinitely for his role in an altercation with backup point guard C.J. Cox last week. Cox suffered a broken jaw as a result of the incident in practice and is also out for the year.
Colangelo said he expects shooting guard Davon Marshall to take over point responsibilities, with a hand from Kelvin Agee, Kenny Stokes and Mike Carson contributing at times.
Colangelo also said senior center Mike Crumpton will return tomorrow against No. 5 Frontier in the Section 6 Class AA semifinals. Crumpton was suspended for the quarterfinal win over Niagara-Wheatfield due to a violation of school policy.
Albany Academy advances: Senior Jimmer Bennett scored a layup with 6.1 seconds left in overtime to lift Albany Academy, ranked No. 2 by the New York State Sportswriters Association, to a 60-59 victory over No. 15 Bishop Maginn, the defending NYSPHSAA champion, in the Section 2 Class AA semifinals at Times Union Center.
Bennett picked up a deflected length-of-the-court pass and slipped past two defenders for the bucket.
"I'm watching it happen and I'm saying, 'That just didn't happen' and he laid it in," Bishop Maginn coach Rich Hurley said.
Jamel Fields scored 17 of his team-high 22 points in the first half for the winners.
MSIT prevails in two OTs: Lowell Ulmer scored 29 points, including a three-point play in the second OT that put the Gulls up for good, as McKee/Staten Island Tech upended Benjamin Cardozo, 76-73, in the PSAL Class AA round of 16.
MSIT, the first Staten Island team to reach the quarterfinals since 1995, will play Bronx JFK on Saturday at St. John's University.
The Gulls rallied from deficits of 26-14 in the first half and 52-42 in the first minute of the fourth quarter.
Freddie Thomas romps: Regrouping after its 16-point lead had been cut in half midway through the third quarter, Dr. Freddie Thomas went on a 16-0 run and routed Class A No. 25 Aquinas, 78-50, in the Section 5 Class A2 semifinals at Blue Cross Arena.
Senior guard Nate Dukes (21 points, five assists) led the pivotal third-quarter outburst by scoring 11 points in the closing three minutes as the Titans pushed their lead to 57-33. Dukes is fifth on the all-time Section 5 scoring list with 2,103 points.
Pelham into state tourney: Adrian Rivera's second goal in a six-minute span, an empty-netrer with 39 seconds to go, capped Pelham's 3-1 win over Rye for the Section 1 Division II hockey championship.
The senior forward had entered the playoffs with just four varsity goals before his game-winner against Ossining in the semifinals.