Rarely, if ever, does a game similar to what took place in boys basketball Tuesday night between Cazenovia and Altmar-Parish-Williamstown at Buckley Gym occur at any level.
From the time it started to the time the final buzzer went off, the Lakers seemed to make every shot it took, and the Rebels could make nothing in response.
About the only thing Cazenovia did not pull off was reach the century mark – missing by a point. Otherwise, everything went right in a 99-17 rout over APW that was the most lopsided victory in the program’s history.
No one saw such a margin coming. True, the Rebels were 0-3, but it had averaged more than 52 points per game, so despite the Lakers’ 4-1 start, it had proper respect for APW’s players.
Then the game tipped off, and shots started falling everywhere for the Lakers. In particular, the 3-pointers quickly swished, over and over, and before the Rebels could realize what had happened, Cazenovia had a 31-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Shocked by this, APW never could adequately respond, and the margin kept growing, to 59-6 by halftime and an astonishing 79-8 at the end of the third quarter.
All told, the Lakers took 62 shots and made 40 of them, for a 64.5 percent clip. That included all kinds of 3-pointers as Ross Gerber set a career mark with 25 points, while Ryman Seeley got 17 points, Keaton Ackermann got 11 points and Andrew Vogl added 10 points.
While all this was going on, Cazenovia’s girls team was at APW. Without a home-court advantage, and not getting close to the production of their male counterparts, the Lakers lost, 39-35, to the Rebels.
Trailing most of the way, Cazenovia saw APW seize a 22-16 halftime advantage and fell further behind when it managed just four points in the third quarter.
Audrey Burbidge (10 points), Danielle Tedesco (eight points), Kelsi Fredericks and Maggie Johnson (six points each) helped the Lakers make a late surge, but it fell just short. Five APW players scored six or more points, though none had more than Kylie Bartlett’s total of 10 points.
