Junior forward Antonio Alvarez scored 24 of his game-high 27 points in the second half to bring his Blue Devils back from a nine-point halftime deficit for a 66-50 win over Spencerport and an opportunity to defend their title in the 17th annual Doug Westcott boys’ basketball tournament. East defeated Churchville-Chili in the other semi-final 77-55.
Westcott was the Director of Health, Physical Education and Athletics at Brockport for 21 years.
The first quarter of the Brockport-Spencerport game featured six lead changes before the Rangers took control in the second as senior Charlie Huff scored eight points to stake his team to a 29-22 halftime lead.
But the Blue Devils battled back to score 14 of the last 22 points in the third to take the lead on a Cory Gross lay-up.
Spencerport senior David DeBellis hit a three-pointer to open the fourth quarter and put the Rangers back in front, but the lead was short-lived.
Alvarez and Gross combined to score 21 points down the stretch and the Brockport defense held the Rangers to just two more lay-ups to seal the win.
In addition to Alvarez’s 27 points, Jakeb Mitchell, Gross and Raphael Odey each added nine for the Blue Devils, who were 15-21 at the free throw line. Justin Johnson was Spencerport’s top scorer with 14 points with Huff finishing with eight and John Feeney adding seven.
In the Churchville-Chili vs East contest, the Saints had their offense in high-gear during a 26 point second quarter with balanced scoring. Dillon Strine scored five points during the period, Malek Williams hit a pair of three-pointers and Eric Lewis five free throws and pair of field goals to give them a 40-31 halftime lead.
The Saints advanced the lead to 12 points as Williams hit a trey to open the second half, but East High went on a 13-0 run to take a one-point lead. The teams traded one point leads with C-C getting baskets from Lewis and Williams, but it was virtually all East High after that as they outscored the Saints 30-6 the rest of the way.
Williams and Lewis led the Saints with 22 points each with Williams adding six rebounds. DeBellis tied for the team lead with six boards while Strine finished with seven points.
Brockport won the last two Westcott Tourney titles and have five overall. Spencerport has won three times (2007, 2010, 2011) while Churchville-Chili took home the first place trophy four times (2000, 2001, 2006, 2009).
