Boys’ Basketball

Sherburne-Earlville 61, Westmoreland 59

WESTMORELAND – Sean Boise scored a career-high 34 points, and S-E (10-8) rallied on the road to hand Westmoreland just its third loss this season.

Down by eight entering the fourth quarter, Boise scored 12 of his team’s last 15 points, and was 7-for-8 from the foul line. Defensively, the Marauders contained Westmoreland’s top two scorers, Jason Colburn and Dan DeCarlo, when it mattered most.

Colburn had 18 points, but was shut out in the last quarter, while DeCarlo scored just two of his 17 in the last period. “Colburn was hurting us on the outside and Colburn was killing us inside,” said S-E coach Kevin Vibbard. “We played a box-and-one on Colburn and doubled down on DeCarlo when he got the ball. It worked effectively, and to hold a team like that to five points in the last quarter, that’s a testament to every kid on the team.”

S-E: Randy Briggs, 2 0-0-5 Cameron Yerton, 3 0-07 ; Andrew Parks, 1 0-0-2; Paul Romanenko, 1 0-0-3; Branden McDaniel, 2 0-0-4; Doug Parks, 1 1-2-3; Sean Boise, 11 11-16-34; Ethan Johnson, 0 1-2-1; Matthew Piazzi, 1 0-0-2. Totals: 22 13-20-61 .

West: Dan Smith, 3 2-4-9; Jake Lyman, 0; Kevin Eisner, 0 1-2-1; Ryan Mathis, 0 2-2-2; Mike Hartwell, 0; Ted Flint, 1 0-2-2; Jason Colburn, 9 0-0-18; Will Cotter, 2 0-0-6; Dan DeCarlo, 7 3-6-17; Travis Rogers, 1 2-2-4. Totals: 23 10-18-59 .