By Kieran Coffey

Sun Sports Contributor

UNADILLA – A strong second half comeback wasn’t enough to spare the Unadilla Valley boy’s varsity basketball team on Wednesday night, Feb. 22, as they fell just short against the Walton Warriors on a final score of 69-61.

The Storm were subsequently knocked out of the Section IV, Class C Sectional playoffs as a result of the loss.

After digging themselves in a deep 10-point hole after the opening quarter, the Storm did a better job of limiting the Walton offense in the second quarter, and went in at the halftime break down by 14 at 41-27.

The UV defense stepped up once more in the third quarter, and managed to hold Walton to just 10 points, while scoring 16 on the offensive end to cut the deficit to just eight points going into the eight minutes of play.