Freshman guard Luca Fahmer had scored all of one point prior to overtime, but exploded with a pair of three-pointers and a free throw in the extra session as Spencerport outlasted Churchville-Chili 51-49 in girls basketball.
Five times the game was tied and eight times the lead changed hands as the two teams played physically throughout. Neither team led by more than six points, and that came with the first points of the fourth quarter.
Jacquelyn Marasco hit a long-range three pointer at the third quarter buzzer to give Spencerport a 28-24 lead and knocked down a pair of free throws to begin the fourth to put the Rangers up six.
But the Saints scored the next 11 consecutive points by five different players to jump ahead by five with three-plus minutes remaining in regulation.
C-C’s Skylar Burgess hauled down a key rebound and hit a jumper to break a 37-37 tie with 42 seconds left. After the two teams each traded one-for-two trips to the foul line giving the Saints a 40-38 lead, Spencerport’s Caitlin Broderick hit on her drive to the basket with 3.5 seconds left to send the game into overtime.
Marasco opened the extra session hitting on a drive to the basket before the Saints’ Jessica Hyde put her team ahead by one hitting three-of-four from the foul line on consecutive trips.
That’s when Fahmer stepped in with a trey. Add a pair of Broderick free throws and the Rangers held a 47-43 lead.
C-C’s Tiffany Binion hit a pair of field goals sandwiched around another Fahmer trey and the Rangers led 50-47.
Nursing a one-point lead with nine seconds left in OT, Fahmer hit a free throw for the two-point advantage and Michela Contestabile blocked a Saints last second attempt to preserve the Rangers’ fifth victory.
Broderick finished with a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Rangers. Teammates Marasco and Brianna Campbell had 12 and ten points respectively while Fahmer finished with eight. Contestabile added nine rebounds and six blocks.
For the Saints, Burgess had a team-high 14 points with Kristen Gawron adding 12. Binion had eight and Hyde finished with six points.
