So much for the injury.
Saniya Chong poured in 36 points in the first game of the BCANY Summer Hoops Festival as Hudson Valley won a laugher, 127-52, over Mid-Hudson (Section 9).
Chong wasn’t even a definite to play in this tournament because of a dislocated shoulder. It was only her second game back. But she said she felt fine. And obviously it showed.
Her shooting and ballhandling was badly needed on a team beset by injuries to point guards Brittni Lai and Toni Pilla and a last-minute defenction by guard Imani Tilford.
Irvington’s Alexis Martins added 19 points, Hamilton’s Maia Hood had 16, and Ursuline’s Jasmine Robinson had 14.
Keep in mind that this was the easy game. Section 1 always beats Section 9. Next up is a Saturday doubleheader vs Long Island at 9 a.m. and Buffalo at noon. Win both and they’ll be in the championship Sunday.
The BCANY tournament, held at Johnson City High School outside Binghamton, is a summer replacement for the cancelled Empire State Games.
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WHAT AN UTTER DISGRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RICCI – you should be ashamed of yourself winning by 75
no wonder everyone hates you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope they run into a similarly obnoxious team who beats them 296 to 12.
75 points. Ridiculous. No Ricci will never learn or show class. That is not his style. Get used to it.
Why did Tilford leave the team?
Time to grow up. Nobody was bragging. These kids are not babies anymore. As a competitor, I find it humiliating when a team lets up on me just because they are playing better than me. Good sportsmanship includes losing with dignity and class.
Problem is nobody playing on these teams. The kids played all spring and almost every day in July. Waste of time. No coaches. Just hope some player doesnt get seriously injured.
Hey Section 1 ( which is one of your 5 names) Breanna
Stewart the top player in the country is
Playing and looking at the rosters several
Top players in NYS are as well.
Ricci tries to make up with POINTS what he lacks in SIZE! No matter how many points you put up you will not grow another inch! Forget basketball and try working for Willy Wonka!! 75 points?? Ooompa Loommpaaaa!
@ Not Mountie Hoops..sorry to burst your bubble bro-not me up above…first post on this thread…if the Jn instituted a policy of posting like they do for their regular articles on the site as well as the blogs this wouldn’t be an issue…..ok so the Hudson Valley team won by 75-get over it-its competition-this isn’t some sugarcoated rec league
Yes it is a competition, but 75? 50 would have been fine or even 40!
@Mountie Hoops Yes it is not a “sugar coated rec league”. When you hit the 35 to 40 mark, turn it into a practice drill. There is no need to blast anyone by 75 points. In other words, coach Ricci’s philosophy on coaching basketball would be to go in and beat the opponent so badly and embarrass (what he already knew was) a weak team. Then use this win to show his players how to be successful in their basketball development. Maybe, who knows? You be the judge of that.
@Hudson-maybe that would have been the more pruden t thing to do -but mybe they were that bad…last year my modified team played a team from westchester(8th grade girls) and in the first quarter was up by 25 pts(27-2) so I played all 2nd string and 3rd string and instituted no shot without 4 pass’s..well at half was up by 40+-what now???I ended up playing my guards at forward and forwards at point..still blew the tea out-they were that bad and I hated winning by that margin-my girls got nothing out of it0the team we beat was embarassed-sometimes teams arent that good..now if youre up by 40+ and you are still pressing and running fast breaks then thats a different issue -but wasn’t at the game so don’t know the answers
That was my point from my first post. The girls get nothing out of this. It really is not a competition when you win by 75.
you guys are unbelievable. yo got nothing better to do than come on here and bellyache? Was it this year you r kid didn’t make the team or last? The kids in the game have a right to play. you never know who’s watching. If they won by 3 some of you aholes would be on here saying they should have blown them out. Give it up up. Find a hobby youre obviously bored.
hsbnfan stop pouring the hatorade!!!
competition is very very weak enough said they should have just let it go when they cancelled the empire games what a waste of time….what are the injuries to brit and pilla?
Mountie says it’s not a “sugar coated rec league” then uses an example from a modified game. You should think before you write.
If you were up by 40 at the half then it must be the coaching
No matter what I say you have a problem. It was the analogy that sometimes no matter what you do to prevent scoring some teams don’t belong on the court.
Central won by 71 in their first game, but they never pressed and never tried to run up the score, there where that much better than the opponent, HV tried to run up the score, pressed almost all game long, really…...
Fye, if competition was so weak, why did you go home with the silver,,, that’s what I thought, speaking out of you a#¥