Tri-Valley Boys Win Opener
WALTON--The Tri-Valley Bears boys varsity basketball team opened their 2015-16 season Tuesday night with a new coach, a new starting lineup and a 64-56 win that propelled them into last night's Walton Tournament championship game.
The annual tournament trek up the mountains to the Delaware County village of Walton gave the Bears a 64-56 win over Stamford Central, a class D school who plays in the Delaware League.
New Tri-Valley coach Kevin Delaney prior to the start of the game noted that the Bears have had only a one-game scrimmage last week against class B school Rondout Valley noting " we pretty much held our own in that game."
The Bears starting lineup for this game included Robert Worden, Shane Rennison, Thomas Mungeer, Chris Mosher and Thomas Decker.
Tuesday night's win pretty much showed that the Bears this year look to be aggressive both on defense and offense and will steal the ball at any given opportunity which opens up easy break-away layups.
Tri-Valley took a quick 7-1 lead in the first quarter off two pointers by Shane Rennison and Robert Worden with Stamford finally putting up a two-point shot at the 3:43 mark.
Worden went on to pour in another two-pointer and three trays for 13 of his teams 18 first quarter points while Stamford posted 11.
Stamford outscored Tri-Valley 16-15 in the second quarter with the Bears taking a first half 33-27 lead. Geoffrey Mattice led Stamford in that quarter with 7 points.
Rennison led Tri-Valley's second quarter scoring with 7 points off three two-pointers and a foul shot.
Scoring in the second half saw Tri-Valley outscore Stamford 13-12 in the third quarter and 18-17 in the fourth quarter.
The loss for Stamford proved to be their inability to make up the first quarter deficit.
Worden led the Bears offensive attack with 24 points off of three trays, 6 two-pointers and 3 foul shots. Rennison had 17 points off 6 two's and five foul shots.
Mattice scored well for Stamford under the boards with 19 points off 7 two-pointers, one tray and 2 foul shots. Colby Fancher had 15 points for Stamford off four 2's and 7 free throws.
Turnovers played a major role in the game with Stamford committing 23 to Tri-Valley's 8.
Tri-Valley going into last night's Tournament championship game against Walton is 1-0. Stamford takes an 0-1 record into last night's tournament consolation against Sullivan West 0-1.
Coach Delaney in post-game remarks said, "we had a little rough start but we held together at the end and this was our first real test which shows us our weaknesses and what we have to work on."
"Overall I'm very happy with tonight's performance and now we have a day off to prepare us for the championship game," Delaney said.
Stamford coach Greg O'Connell was not available for comment.
Walton raced out to a 10-0 first quarter lead against Sullivan West in the second game Tuesday night before Devin Talmadge scored Sullivan West's first two points with 2:55 left on the clock.
Walton took a 26-14 half time lead, extended the lead to 39-24 at the the end of the third quarter and coasted to a 57-32 win.
Alex Tweedie had 15 points for Walton while Sullivan West was led by Ryszard Mujanovic's 9 points.
Tri-Valley's new varsity boy basketball coach Kevin Delaney, left, has his first pre-game conversation with Stamford coach Greg O'Connell.
Tri-Valley point-guard Robert Worden (10) scores 2 of his game high 24 points against Stamford's Stephen Anderson (30) and Connor Ogborn (10) in the Bears Tuesday night 64-56 win.
Sullivan West's Ryszard Mujanovic (11) scores 2 of his game high 9 points against Walton's Gavin Griffin (33) in Tuesday nights 57-32 loss to Walton.
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