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January 12, 2012

Free throw caps 46-45 victory over Hamilton

STAFF REPORT

Nicole Cring had a double-double and Holli Erkson hit a walkoff foul shot as host Cooperstown edged Hamilton, 46-45, in a Center State Conference Division III girls basketball game last Thursday. Alexis Bloomfield went 1-for-2 from the foul line with 30.2 seconds left to tie the score at 45 for the Redskins (8-1, 4-0), who stole Hamilton’s last possession with 7.5 seconds to go.

Cooperstown called a timeout with 3.5 seconds left and set up a play for Erkson, who was fouled at the buzzer on a shot from just inside the foul line. Erkson then ended the game by hitting the first free throw of a twoshot foul with no time left, capping a performance highlighted by 13 points and eight assists.

Cring contributed 10 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks.

“She’s having a great season,” Cooperstown coach Mike Niles said of Cring, a 5-foot-11 junior center who played point guard as a freshman. “She’s a game-changer. Other centers won’t shoot against her and she can rebound and lead the break.”

Sumer Murdock and Meghan Vann each had eight points, four steals and two three-pointers for the Redskins, who took a 15-12 lead into the second quarter. Hamilton (5-3, 3-1) pulled to 22-18 by halftime and entered the final quarter with a 36-33 lead.

“We got a big jump, but they put a little, easy press on us that messed up our rhythm,” Niles said of a Hamilton program that fell, 32-27, to South Kortright in a Class D state quarterfinal last season. Katie Weeks scored a game-high 15 points for the Emerald Knights, who were outscored, 13-9, in the fourth quarter.

COOPERSTOWN 46, HAMILTON 45

HAMILTON (5-3, 3-1): Jess Welch 3 3-6 9, Lauren Weeks 3 1-2 8, Katie

Weeks 6 0-0 15, Katherine Keever 2 1-1 5, Hayleigh Hanson 0 0-0 0, Kendall

Rusch 2 0-2 4, Sarah Foster 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 18 5-11 45.

COOPERSTOWN (8-1, 4-0): Alexis Bloomfield 1 1-5 3, Sumer Murdock 3

0-0 8, Holli Erkson 5 2-5 13, Nicole Cring 5 0-2 10, Meghan Vann 3 0-0 8,

Ellen Vibbard 0 0-0 0, Micayla Foster 0 0-0 0, Lucy Ford 2 0-0 4. TOTALS:

19 3-12 46.

Hamilton 2 16 18 9 _ 45

Cooperstown 15 7 11 13 _ 46

Three-point field goals: H 4 (K. Weeks 3, L. Weeks); C 5 (Murdock 2, Vann

2, Erkson). JV score: Cooperstown won.

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