News & notes

Troy High's winter sports season is officially over.

The women's basketball team fell yet again to Averill Park Wednesday night at Hudson Valley Community College, 54-32. The Warriors' defense made things tough for Troy this time. Nadia Brown & Jenalyse Alarcon led Troy with 14 points each, but only two other players cracked the scoring column with 2 points each. Troy finishes 12-11 overall.

Up next for Sean Organ's Warriors will be Queensbury, as the Lady Spartans took down Academy of Holy Names, 51-42, in the nightcap. Averill Park will be looking for its 7th straight sectional title on Saturday.

In men's action at Cool Insuring Arena, the Class D finals are now set.

Argyle will meet North Warren for the championship, after the Scots downed Northville, 71-59, while North Warren defeated Germantown, 64-61.
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Alumni watch: Virginia Commonwealth dropped an 8-3 decision to North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon at Chapel Hill. Brett Young (Albany Academy) went 0-1 as a pinch hitter.

Closer to home, Elijah Burns (LaSalle) led Siena with 24 points, as the Saints closed a perfect home schedule at Times-Union Center with a 77-55 win over Niagara. Jordan King (CBA) contributed 5 points to the cause. Siena will be in New Jersey starting with Friday's game vs. Monmouth, leading to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament next week in Atlantic City.
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Speaking of Siena, talk of the NCAA barring fans from attending tournament games later this month will remind folks around here of a measles outbreak in 1989 that forced Siena to play some games in empty arenas and the Alumni Recreation Center. Remember, this was before the current T-U Center was built. Siena won its first ever NCAA tournament game that year, upsetting Stanford of the then-Pac 10 (now Pac 12). It's funny how no one has thought to bring that up in the local press to accompany the wire service reports of the NCAA rumors.