Medina surges to N-O win over Roy-Hart

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jayzon Wills drives to the basket against Roy-Hart defender Vinny Fazzio during the host Mustangs win over the Rams this evening.

Bouncing back strongly from an 8 point first quarter deficit, Medina surged to a 71-49 victory over visiting Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League basketball game this evening.

Jerrel Nealy scored 14, Preston Woodworth 12, Christian Moss 11 and Kolton Fletcher 10 to lead Medina’s balanced attack. Hadrian Batista added 8, Jayzon Wills 6, Briley Allen 4, Avion Johnson and Vinny Gray 3 each.

Matt Aquilina took game high scoring honors with 20 for Roy-Hart as Vinny Fazzio tallied 7, Jakob West 5, Isaac Smith and Nick Harding 4 each, Tysen McCaa and Owen Maedel 3 each, Josh Bronschild 2 and Tyler Rothwell 1.

Aquilina scored 7 and West 5 to spark Roy-Hart out to a 19-11 first quarter lead.

However, Medina answered back with a 16-7 second period scoring spurt to rally into a slender 27-26 half-time lead.

Woodworth and Batista both hit threes and Wills made a pair of baskets, including the late go-ahead tally, to key the Mustangs surge.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then broke the game wide open by outscoring the Rams 25-8 in the third period to extend the advantage to 18, 52-34, heading into the final quarter.

Fletcher and Woodworth both hit a pair of threes, Nealy had a three and a two and Moss a three-point play and a basket to lead that decisive uprising.

Medina is now 2-0 in N-O action (6-0 overall) and Roy-Hart 0-1.

Roy-Hart’s Matt Aquilina goes in for a layup as Preston Woodworth defends for Medina.

Medina’s Kolton Fletcher tries to get the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Vinny Fazzio.