by Warren Kozireski
After leading through most of three quarters, the Churchville-Chili boys basketball team had a fourth quarter rally fall two points short in a 58-56 loss to Pittsford Sutherland.
The Saints went on a 9-0 run late in the first quarter on a pair of putbacks by Rashed Richardson, but watched the lead disappear when the offense managed just a single free throw over the first 6:18 of the second quarter.
Saints point guard Anthony Lewis took over in the third quarter with seven of his game-high 19 points to stake C-C to a one point lead, but that evaporated into a five point deficit with 1:27 remaining.
Austen Correia hit a trey from the left corner off an inbounds play with 35 seconds left and Richardson banked in a putback with 25 seconds left to pull the Saints to within two.
But after a five second violation by the Panthers on the ensuing inbounds, the Saints couldn’t get the equalizer.
Lewis had 19 points with a team high five assists for Churchville-Chili with Richardson recording a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Tyreke Mims added nine points and Cam Shipley added eight rebounds for the 1-6 Saints.
