GREENE – The two day Greene Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament did not disappoint with the outings either day.

The first day of the tournament was on Dec. 29, and saw Whitney Point beat Oxford and host Greene defeat the Marathon Olympians.

Greene scored 30 points in the fourth quarter of their first game against Marathon. “We did quite well yesterday, we had the fast break going a lot more yesterday,” said Greene’s Head Coach Chris Rice.

This set up the second day as the first game at 5 p.m. which saw Oxford win on a buzzer beater over Marathon to claim third. While the championship game was played at 7 p.m. and saw Whitney point roll over The Trojans to claim first.

In the final game for first place, Whitney point began the game fast with an opening 3 only to see Greene fire back with a two-pointer of their own.

This one-point difference, mere minutes into the game happened to be the closest as Whitney Point would not surrender the lead the rest of the game.

“We played a very good defensive game, to hold Whitney Point to 40 points is a very great job for us though,” said Rice, “But they played a great defensive game on us too, usually we are a fast break team and they shut us right down.”

Whitney Point would win commandingly 40 to 26 over the Trojans.