Floyd girls basketball's Milania Farrow scores 30 points as Colonials show out to Class AAA state semifinals

BINGHAMTON — Floyd seniors Jana Aly, Vinte’ya Rountree and Helen Lin walked to midcourt. Aly took the circular NYSPHSAA plaque from coach Rich Sinclair’s hands and lifted it proudly in the air with both hands as a sea of green jerseys cheered in front of her like a crowd at a rock concert.

After all, Floyd’s girls basketball team had put on quite a performance, and no one impacted the game more than sophomore Milania Farrow.

Farrow scored a career-high 30 points, knocking down six three-pointers to lift Floyd past Section IV’s Corning-Painted Post, 61-30, Sunday at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena in the Class AAA subregional and state quarterfinal round after receiving the Class AAA at-large bid.

FINAL: Floyd is heading to the state semifinal after a 61-30 win over Corning-Painted Post here in Binghamton.

Elation on the court, hoisting the plaque in the air. Some sights and scenes here. pic.twitter.com/dVe8hZxyqq

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“It feels really great. My confidence is over the roof right now,” Farrow said. “I played my hardest and did all I could … We did really good as a team, altogether.”

Floyd (19-5) will make the trip to Troy’s Hudson Valley Community College to face Section V’s Aquinas Institute in the state semifinal at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Suffocating defense, led by seventh-grader Gabrielle Bell-Eleazer’s eight steals, limited Corning-Painted Post (8-11) to just nine points in the first half. Farrow scored 14 of her 30 points in the first half to help the Colonials take a 24-point lead into halftime.

HALFTIME: Floyd takes a 33-9 lead at the break against Corning-Painted Post.

A look at a couple key plays to end the half, including Bell-Eleazer’s fourth steal and a Jayla Thomas three-pointer. pic.twitter.com/cTeaKstssH

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“She’s a kid that is always in the gym; you can’t get in there and not see her,” Sinclair said. “She’s one of our hardest working, most emotional players. Kids feed off of her, and they look for her.”

But it’s also the little things Floyd did right that make it so dangerous, like Rountree hustling to grab an offensive rebound before it went out of bounds in the second quarter that led to Farrow’s fourth trey. Junior Chloe Campbell had five points, eight rebounds and two blocks.

Junior Savannah Pantry and freshman Taleah Coppola, both starters, each suffered rolled ankles. Sinclair called them reaggravations of past injuries. Both are uncertain for the state semifinal.

Bell-Eleazer started the second half for Coppola, and freshman JJ Stewart filled in for Pantry, with Sinclair calling the latter a “dynamic scorer.” Stewart flexed her shooting ability with 10 points, including two three-pointers.

Despite Farrow’s shooting and Floyd’s suffocating defense serving as the main acts of this Colonials show, there was an encore to come. The team huddled in celebration as junior Jewels Brown and Bell-Eleazer took turns dancing in the middle.

“We’re a family,” Farrow said. “We stay together, always. We’re always working together. It’s always us against everyone.”