by Warren Kozireski
Senior Andrew Zimmer scored 13 of his team-high 18 points in the first half and Brockport never trailed in a 55-49 Section V boys basketball playoff victory over Victor in an eighth seed versus ninth seed first-round contest.
Zimmer hit a pair of treys, two free throws and a field goal in the first quarter to help stake Brockport to a three point lead.
They extended that to as many as 13 points in the second quarter including a 10-0 run with Donald Cook and Cody Gould hitting from the field and Jake Burgio adding six points.
Zimmer hit a lay-up and three-pointer early in the second half and Gould added six more to help the Blue Devils build a fifteen point advantage, but Victor battled back after putting on full-court pressure.
An 8-0 run midway through the fourth quarter cut the Brockport lead to four points, but Cook hit a three-pointer from the top of the key with two minutes remaining and Denzel Knight two consecutive lay-ups after his teammates broke the press to seal the win.
In addition to his 18 points and four treys, Zimmer added three assists. Burgio came off the bench to add 11 points and three steals, Gould and Knight each had eight points with the latter adding a team-high eight rebounds. Cook had six points with three assists.
Brockport advanced to the Class AA2 quarterfinals to play top-seed Irondequoit.
