by Warren Kozireski
The Cadets twice closed double-digit deficits to within a few field goals, but ultimately dropped a 68-54 decision to Greece Arcadia in the first round of the Hilton Holiday Hall of Fame boy’s basketball tournament.
Trailing by 14 points early in the second quarter, the Cadets rallied with an 8-0 run led by senior Alex Grossman and three points from D.J. Logory. Back-to-back lay-ups by Nick Prince closed the gap to four, but the Titans pushed the lead back to eight at halftime.
In the third, Prince hit a trey and a pair of free throws on back-to-back trips to get the Cadets to within five, but Arcadia again weathered the storm with a late spurt to lead by nine after three quarters.
Andy Miller shot-clock-beating three pointer from the left corner to open the fourth again got Holton to within six points of the lead, but the Titans went on a 7-0 run and expanded their hold on the game late with the Cadets in catch-up mode.
Logory led Hilton with ten points and one of six players with seven or more points as they spread the offense around. Miller and Prince each scored nine points; Sean Conte had eight while Nick Ross and Grossmann each added seven for the 3-2 Cadets.
