Gowanda Small Town Times

[photo] Screenshot from the December 12 boys Varsity basketball game at North Collins. Gowanda’s Seth Geiger (#3) is shown making a 3-point shot early in the game.

Basketball dominated the Varsity sports action on Tuesday, December 12. Both the Gowanda Varsity boys and girls basketball teams both had non-league road games that evening. The girls were at Jamestown while the boys were at North Collins.

In the boys match-up, Gowanda was dominant from the start scoring the first 8 points of the game. Aided by back-to-back 3-pointers from Seth Geiger and Everett Stevens, Gowanda soon held a 20-5 advantage. By the end of one quarter that lead was up to 32-14. Things evened out in the 2nd quarter with North Collins outscoring Gowanda, but only by a point, 23-22. Gowanda came out strong in the 3rd quarter nearly matching their effort from Quarter 1 adding another 29 to their tally against 14 for North Collins. Sparking that surge was Quentin Centner scoring 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. With Gowanda holding a huge 83-51 lead going into the 4th quarter, the period was mostly a scrimmage for bench players with North Collins closing the gap by 4 points 14-10. That still left Gowanda with a 93-65 win.

Topping the Gowanda stats were Quentin Centner (28 points) and Trelin Warrior (24 points). Centner hit from 3-point range 4 times and Warrior did the same twice. Seth Geiger contributed 8 points, including two 3-pointers. With single 3-point baskets were Blake Herman (8 points) and Everett Stevens (5 points). Also scoring for Gowanda were Logan Ruff (6 points), Dominick Whalen (6 points), Ben VanNote (4 points), Carson Huch (2 points) and Troy Jimerson (2 points).

The Gowanda Varsity girls basketball team had a rare early start at Jamestown playing before the JV game. It was a rough night for Gowanda, especially in the early going. Problems with errant passes and shots that frequently hit the rim and bounced out left Gowanda with only four points after one period. Complicating things was Jamestown’s Alyson Canfield having a particularly hot night. Canfield landed three 1st quarter 3-pointers towards Jamestown’s total of 11 in the period. She finished the game with nine 3’s, a Jamestown single game record, and a career high 39 points in the game.

The Gowanda deficit grew to 35-12 by halftime. Gowanda outpaced Jamestown in a wild 3rd quarter, 15-13. At times in the period one of the officials seemed to be looking to fouls to call on Gowanda. Questioning one of those calls triggered the official into throwing the Gowanda assistant coach out of the game. What followed was a string of 8 consecutive technical fouls shots for Jamestown. Gowanda closed out the last 3:31 of the third period with eleven unanswered points taking the score to 48-27. Jamestown padded their margin by 8 points with an 18-10 effort in the final period. That Jamestown run ended with four straight unanswered 3-pointers for a 66-37 win.

Corrina John led the Panthers with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. Lauren Kelly contributed 7 points. Lily Scanlan scored 4 points, including a 3-pointer. Also scoring for Gowanda were Karice John (2 points), Alhanna Gamble (3 points) and Autumn Pupo (2 points).