Nyack Boys and Girls Basketball Fall to Falcons

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Boys Basketball

Game: Albertus Magnus vs. Nyack

Score: Albertus Magnus Won 55-44

Highlights: Pat McGuinness picked up 20 points to lead the Falcons and Tyler Sayre added 16 in the win. Brendan O’Sullivan led the Indians with 19 on the loss.

Sport: Girls Basketball

Game: Albertus Magnus vs. Nyack

Score: Albertus Magnus Won 57-38

Highlights: Maeve Parahs led the Falcons with 18 points as Albertus Magnus defended their home floor. Tara Blinn picked up 11 points for the Indians.

Sport: Boys Basketball

Game: Suffern vs. Clarkstown North

Score: Clarkstown North Won 61-49

Highlights: Vinny Lleshaj had 21 points and Zach Jarrett had 14 points to lead the Rams. Rich Ibsen had 15 points for Suffern in the loss.

Sport: Girls Basketball

Game: Suffern vs. Clarkstown North

Score: Suffern Won 44-31

Highlights: Samantha Cimillo picked up 17 points for Suffern in the win. Christina Gtaziano led the Rams with 10 points.

Sport: Girls Basketball

Game: North Rockland vs. Clarkstown South

Score: Clarkstown South Won 69-67 (OT)

Highlights: The Vikings squeaked out of North Rockland with a win thanks to Laura Castaldo’s 23 points, Madeline Downes also added 16. Olivia Burden led North Rockland with 15.

Sport: Boys Swimming

Game: Clarkstown vs. Horace Greeley

Score: Clarkstown Won 94-90

Highlights: Eric Farm came away from Tuesday’s meet with wins in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley.

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Today’s Schedule:

In ice hockey, Nyack will host Clarkstown at the Palisades Ice Arena at 5:45 p.m.

In boys swimming, Clarkstown North will head to Suffern at 4:15 p.m.

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Lady Warriors overtaken

The Nyack College women's basketball team, which had built a 14-point lead before falling at home to Georgian Court, 62-56, returns to Bowman Gymnasium tonight to host Bloomfield (NJ) College as part of a CACC doubleheader with the men's teams.

The women's game tips off the action at 6 p.m.

Against Georgian Court, the Lady Warriors had four players score in double figures, led by a 14-point effort from sophomore guard Ashley Tallman of Rotterdam.

Junior guard Brittany Mitchell of Queens Village, junior guard Khamari Tellis of Chicago, and freshman forward Meghan Richards of Nanuet also totaled double digits in scoring, with Richards pulling down a team-high seven rebounds, and Mitchell adding a team-high six assists.

Rockland CC on a roll

Led by Nikki Saponaro of Nanuet, who is averaging a team-high 12 points, the women's basketball team at Rockland Community College has won 16 of 22 games.

The Lady Hawks host Nassau CC on Thursday (Feb. 2), and feature a balanced attack.

Averaging nine points each per game are Christine Brezovsky of Nanuet, Katie Sovak of Tuxedo, and Melissa Loughhane of Pearl River.

Valiants home, hope to rebound

The Manhattanville College women's basketball team, coming off Freedom Conference losses to DeSales University and Eastern University, hope to rebound in Purchase tonight against FDU-Florham. Game time is 6 p.m.

Following tonight's game, the Valiants travel to Wilkes-Barre, PA, on Saturday for a game at 1 p.m. against Wilkes University.

Jen McSharer of Garnerville led the Valiants with 18 points and six rebounds in a 64-60 loss to DeSales, while Taylor Wilson of Pearl River just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds.

In an 81-65 defeat to Eastern University, the Eagles pulled away late as the Valiants were forced to foul in an attempt to get back in the game.

Wilson finished with 16 points, including four 3-pointers, and added four steals while McSharer, a graduate of North Rockland, had six points and six rebounds but her time was limited after falling into early foul trouble.

Wilson is seventh in the conference with 13.6 points per game, leads the conference in 3-point baskets with 40, and is ranked ninth in steals with 39.

McSharar is sixth in the conference in rebounding, pulling down eight caroms per game, and her 43 percent field-goal accuracy ranks 12th.

Bonnies nearly break through

Despite owning the third-most wins in the nation, the St. Bonaventure women's basketball team (20-2) just missed cracking the top-25 in the Associated Press Poll for the first time in program history, checking in as the No. 26 team with 61 points.

The Bonnies – who sit atop the Atlantic 10 standings as the lone unbeaten team at 7-0 – were just nine points shy of No. 25 Texas Tech, which garnered 70.

Only No. 1 Baylor (21-0) and No. 2 Notre Dame (21-1) have more victories than the Bonnies.

The Brown and White, a defensive stalwart led by Alaina Walker of Pomona, have won nine straight games – the second-longest winning streak in program history – and its 9-0 road record is the best in the nation.

St. Bonaventure looks to extend the winning streak tonight (Feb. 1) as it travels to Pittsburgh to face Duquesne University (15-6).

The Bonnies won the first meeting of the year, 61-53, in the conference opener. The Dukes were tabbed to finish third in the A-10 in the preseason poll. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

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