Evening Sun Report

Girls’ Basketball

Norwich 68, Binghamton 58

NORWICH – Norwich did little wrong on the offensive end in the first half, and withstood Binghamton’s rally in the fourth quarter to win for the fourth time in six games.

Norwich (6-7) crept to within one win of evening its mark, and the good times rolled through two quarters with the Tornado staked to a 44-27 lead. “The first half was probably the best we’ve played all season,” said Norwich coach Krista Porter.

Hannah Runyon scored 13 of her 14 points in the opening two quarters, and Sarah Bonnell came off the bench to net nine of her season-high 15 points. Norwich used a 10-0 run midway through the second quarter to widen its lead to 17 points.

“We shot the ball well in the first half and we only turned it over five times,” Porter said.

Binghamton forced six Norwich turnovers in the third quarter alone. Jennifer Morabito netted 13 points in the stanza as the 17-point margin dwindled to as little as seven. Only eight points from NHS junior Elisha Eddy stemmed the tide.

Morabito added eight more in the fourth and finished with 35 on the day, but the Pats never closed the gap to less than five.

Eddy led Norwich with 16 points to go with 20 rebounds. Runyon and Tatyana Ithier led with seven assists apiece.

The Tornado play at Oneonta Saturday at 6 p.m.