Norwich coasted into the finals of the 15th Annual Tom Schwan Memorial Basketball Tournament beating Southern Tier Athletic Conference rival Chenango Valley, 71-40 here Friday night.

The victory sets up a Saturday championship game against Owego, who beat Oxford, 50-44 in the opening game of the tourney.

Junior Dennis Oralls poured in a career-high 29 points for Norwich, and was 12-for-12 from the foul line. Oralls canned 12 points during a 22-12 third quarter as the Tornado stretched a 10-point halftime lead to 20. Over the first 4 1/2 minutes of the fourth, the Tornado outscored CV 17-6 with freshman Kyle Edwards sinking two free throws to make it 66-35. Edwards finished with 10 points and Jon Foulds added nine.

Oxford nearly overcame 30 turnovers and a 14-point first-quarter deficit before faltering in the fourth quarter against the Indians. The Blackhawks made four three-pointers in the third quarterm and briefly led 33-32 after John Wonka’s trifecta with 1:29 left in the quarter.