Norwich enters the Section IV Class A basketball championship game as the lower seed, but likely the favorite when it squares off with top-seeded Elmira Southside tonight at 7:45 p.m. at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.

Norwich (19-3), playing in its seventh Section IV championship game under head coach Mark Abbott, vies for its fourth overall sectional title and first – and likely last – as a Class A school. Norwich drops back to Class B next year.

“The guys are excited and pumped, and we know we’ll have tremendous fan support,” Abbott said.