WESTFIELD — Led by a solid defensive effort, Oswayo Valley beat Bucktail 41-32 in their season opener at the Jack Bush Tip-Off Tournament at Cowanesque Valley.
Brandon Brabham led the way for the winners with 17 points and 6 rebounds.
OV coach Clark Cummings was very pleased with his club’s defensive effort.
“Any time you start the season off with a win, that’s a good thing,” he said. “We didn’t capitalize on some things offensively and were a little slow out of the gate, but I was very pleased with the defensive effort. To hold an opponent to 32 points on the opening night is hopefully a good sign for the year.”
Leading 22-18 at halftime, the Green Wave outscored Bucktail 17-9 in the third quarter to seize control.
Ricardo Gross contributed 11 rebounds for OV.
BUCKTAIL (32)
Long 2-0-0-6, Intallura 1-0-0-2, Knauff 2-5-8-9, Prebble 3-0-0-6, Fantaskey 1-4-6-6, Shelb 1-0-0-3, Totals 10-9-14-32
OSWAYO VALLEY (41)
Krajewski 2-0-0-4, Gross 1-0-0-2, Buchholz 2-0-1-5, Brandon Brabham 5-2-2-17, Strudevant 1-3-5-5, Rees 2-0-0-4, Buchanan 0-2-2-2, Bernard 0-2-2-2, Totals 13-9-12-41
By Quarters
Bucktail 6 12 9 5—32
Oswayo Valley 12 10 17 2—41
Three-point FGs: OV (6) Brabham 5, Buchholz 1; Bucktail (3) — Long 2, Shelb 0
