Purple Eagles top Rams to even N-O record

Albion evened its Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball record at 2-2 by posting a 58-53 home court victory over Roy-Hart this evening.

Elijah Doxey scored 19 and Tyler Cody 11 to lead the way for Albion s Nate Gibson added 8, Wesley Olles 7, Elliot Trapiss 6, Josh Schoeberlein 3 and Adam Burgio and Ezra Bloom 2 each.

Matt Aquilina scored 18 and Jakob West 13 to spark Roy-Hat as Vinny Fazzio added 8, Tysen McCaa and Owen Madel 5 each and Tyler Rothwell and John Brigham 2 each.

Albion grabbed a slender 15-11 lead at the end of the first period as Cody had seven, including a three, and Gibson a three.

The Purple Eagles then put together a 19-9 second period scoring surge to hike the lead to 14, 34-20, at the half. Doxey scored 8 and Trapiss 6 on two threes to lead that uprising.

Albion maintained 13 point, 50-37, advantage at the end of the third period which saw Doxey score 9 and Cody 4.

Roy-Hart answered with a 16-8 scoring edge in the final period but could get no closer than four.

The Rams slip to 0-3 in N-O action.

Akron 91, Barker 53
Akron go back onto the winning track by downing visiting Barker 91-53 to improve to 2-1 in N-O action.

Derren Brooks scored 24, Ben Gerstung 17, Brodie Hill 17 and Blake Gerstung 15 to spearhead the Akron offense.

Carter DerSarkissian scored 20 and Anthony Taliaferro 15 for Barker which slips to 1-3 in league competition.