Brown advances Center Moriches
Akyse Brown scored 24 points, including the winning three-point play with 0.6 seconds left, as No. 4 Center Moriches upset top-seeded Southampton, 69-67, in a Suffolk Class B boys basketball semifinal Monday.
With the Red Devils down a point, Brown drove the baseline, hit a floater and was fouled. Donovan Trent's free throw had given Southampton a 67-66 lead with 6.4 seconds remaining.
Tim Rowland and Maleek Harris each had 15 points for Center Moriches (13-5) which faces No. 2 Babylon in the final at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Farmingdale State.
Babylon 44, Hampton Bays 41: Nahari Jenkins had 20 points, including two free throws with 10 seconds left, to lead No. 2 Babylon (10-5) in a Class B semifinal. Max DeMartino scored 11 points in a 22-7 third quarter. Danny Martel had 13 points for No. 3 Hampton Bays (11-8).GIRLS BASKETBALL
Deer Park 64, North Babylon 34: Andrea Desvignes had 10 of her career-high 30 points in the first quarter and also had four assists and four steals to lead No. 12 Deer Park (12-7) in the first round of the Suffolk Class AA playoffs. Deer Park plays at No. 4 Hauppauge in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Makeda Nicholas had 14 points for No. 5 North Babylon (11-8).Riverhead 67, Patchogue-Medford 46: Melodee Riley scored 16 of her career-high 23 points in the first half and had 10 rebounds to lead No. 3 Riverhead (18-1) in the first round of the Class AA playoffs. Jalyn Brown added 16 points, including the 1,000th of her career on a free throw in the fourth quarter. The Blue Wave hosts No. 6 Ward Melville in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m. Wednesday.Sachem East 63, Half Hollow Hills East 29: Meagan Doherty had 21 points and five rebounds to lead No. 1 Sachem East (18-1) in the first round of the Class AA playoffs. Katie Doherty and Allie Drake each had 11 points for the Flaming Arrows, who host No. 8 Whitman in the quarterfinals at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday.Whitman 52, Longwood 36: Junior Kelly Bilodeau had a career-high 27 points to go with 11 rebounds and Essence Casey had 12 points for No. 8 Whitman (13-6) in the first round of the Class AA playoffs. Kiery West had 11 points for No. 9 Longwood (11-8).
Hauppauge 51, Commack 30: Julie Williams had 22 points, six steals and five assists and Lindsay Alfano 12 points and eight assists to lead No. 4 Hauppauge (19-0) in the first round of the Class AA playoffs.Ward Melville 53, Kings Park 39:Caysea Cohen had 20 points, eight steals and seven assists and Meagan Murtagh 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 6 Ward Melville (12-5) in the first round of the Class AA playoffs.
Lindenhurst 58, Eastport-South Manor 23: Val Oyakhilome had 17 points and six rebounds and Colleen Ames 12 points to lead No. 2 Lindenhurst (18-1) in the Class AA playoffs. Lindenhurst hosts No. 10 Northport in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Wednesday.Southold 46, Pierson-Bridgehampton 19: Melissa Rogers had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 1 Southold (14-5) over No. 2 Pierson-Bridgehampton in the Suffolk Class C final. Southold faces Nassau Class C champion Friends Academy in the Long Island Championship at 5 p.m. March 7 at Farmingdale State.
Sacred Heart 49, Kellenberg 43: Ally Rosenthal had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Becky Conto 10 points and 10 rebounds for Sacred Heart (16-9, 7-7), which won in overtime in the CHSAA.St. Anthony's 51, St. Dominic 26: Shannon White had 12 points and Jennifer Sixsmith 10 rebounds to lead St. Anthony's (13-0) in CHSAA.HOCKEY
St. Anthony's 6, St. Joseph by the Sea 1: Chris Wallace had three goals and an assist and Danny Peterson made 20 saves to lead St. Anthony's (19-0) in Game 1 of the CHSAA hockey championship series at World Ice Arena in Flushing Meadows. Game 2 of the best-of-three series will be at 4:45 p.m. Sunday at Abe Stark Rink in Brooklyn.
