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NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley controlled the tempo against the Greene Trojans in the first half to lead 40-23 at the break before the Storm took a 76-66 conference win at home.

Andrew Jackson’s eight and Wyatt Grey seven in the first eight minutes to pace the Storm to a 21-10 lead. Unadilla Valley pushed the lead to 17 at the break behind Levi Rifanburg’s six and Jackson’s seven.

Rifanburg scored another six in the third, giving him 12 of his 14 points over the two middle quarters. and Dante Dye scored 13 for the Storm.

The fourth quarter was all the Trojans as they put up 26 in their comeback effort. Bob Mills knocked down three from long-distance, scoring 10 in the quarter while Evan Walters added six of his team-high 19 in the quarter.

Unfortunately, their final push at the end was not enough to overcome the big lead from the first three quarters UV.

Jackson finished the night with a game-high 28 points, pulled down eight rebounds and dished out six assists to lead Unadilla Valley while Dante Dye added 13 and Grey scored nine for the night.

Mills tallied 13 on the night while Nate Erickson added 10, eight coming from the free-throw line. Erickson went 8-for-11 at the line for the contest.