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<\/p>\nSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Monsignor Farrell made its intention for uptempo play clear from the opening tip and its well-oiled transition game paved the way to a 64-44 Borough President Vito Fossella SIHSL Tournament quarterfinal triumph over New Dorp Saturday at Petrides HS in Sunnyside.<\/p>\n
The No. 2-seeded Lions (13-8), who received a double-double from junior center Ryan Hanley, rode its signature defense to a quick start. <\/p>\n
Head coach Danny Fisher\u2019s troops, in fact, owned a double-digit lead by the end of the first quarter (senior JJ Yates\u2019 seven points helped give them a 22-12 lead) and were in control from nearly start-to-finish.<\/p>\n
The Centrals cut Farrell\u2019s lead to nine (30-21) midway through the second stanza, but junior guard Jack Gomez nailed back-to-back threes within a 1:16 span and Yates added a pair of late freebies as the Lions took a commanding 38-23 lead into the lockers.<\/p>\n
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1\/40<\/p>\n
Monsignor Farrell rides balanced effort to 64-44 SIHSL victory over New Dorp<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played our tempo and our pace,\u2019’ said Farrell head coach Danny Fisher, who won his first SIHSL tournament game on the varsity level. \u201dEspecially in the first half. <\/p>\n
\u201cAt halftime, we talked about that even though we have a lead, we wanted to continue to play with that tempo and pace. Everybody talks about time and score, but you can still play at that speed as long as you\u2019re smart.\u2019’<\/p>\n
Player of the game<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-6 Hanley was by far the biggest player on the court and he took full advantage of his size to the tune of a 15-point, 14-rebound performance despite experiencing a bit of foul trouble in the second half. In step with the Lions\u2019 game plan to run the ball, the two-year varsity player sometimes grabbed a defensive carom and pushed the ball himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just playing to my pace. No matter who we\u2019re playing, I\u2019m trying to play my game and play with my teammates\u201a\u2019\u2019 said Hanley.<\/p>\n
Highlights<\/p>\n
Hanley\u2019s seven third-quarter points gave the Lions a 49-30 lead with 2:37 left in the third quarter, but the Centrals show signs of life when they staged a 9-0 run that bridged the last two quarters.<\/p>\n
When Josh Carter and Sergio Batista recorded back-to-back buckets to make it 49-39 with 7:00 left in the game, Fisher called for time.<\/p>\n
And the Lions responded. <\/p>\n
JJ Yates (game-high 16 points) drew a foul while attempting a three-point shot on the right wing and the senior calmly drained all three freebies. Junior Mike Abreu (15 points) then scored Farrell\u2019s next eight points, including a pair of treys, to help Farrell take a 60-40 lead with just over 3:00 to play.<\/p>\n
Coach\u2019s take<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew today wasn\u2019t going to be easy. New Dorp is always a tough opponent. Coach (Pat) Hopkins always does a great job and we knew they\u2019d make a run, but we withstood it,\u2019’ said Fisher. \u201dWe\u2019re at our best when we have a bunch of guys scoring eight to 14 points and I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s what we had today. We\u2019re a team that doesn\u2019t necessarily rely on one guy to put the ball in the basket, so when you run the floor, everyone gets their opportunities and that worked well for us today.\u2019’<\/p>\n
Next up<\/p>\n
The Lions will attempt to advance to the tourney title game for the second straight year and to do so, they\u2019ll need to defeat rival and No. 2-seed St. Peter\u2019s. The archrivals will square off in the semifinals on Monday at Petrides beginning at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
The winner of that game advances to Thursday\u2019s championship game against the Susan Wagner-St. Joseph by-the-Sea winner. The title game is also at Petrides.<\/p>\n
Stats corner<\/p>\n
Gomez finished with 10 points, thus putting four Farrell players in double digits on Saturday. Carter and Omari Onwe led the Centrals with 15 and 11 points, respectively … The Lions only took eight free throws, but connected on seven of them (Yates 5 for 5); New Dorp (17-6), meanwhile, was 14 for 19 behind Omari Onwe (5 for 7) … Farrell held ND leading scoring Batista (15.0 ppg. entering Saturday\u2019s game) to five points … Farrell won the battle of the boards, 29-19. In addition to Hanley, Abreu grabbed six boards. Carter paced ND with five … Both teams did a superb job taking care of the ball (six turnovers apiece) … Both Onwe and Farrell senior point guard Matt Scalisi needed to leave the game after sustaining injuries, but both returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Monsignor Farrell made its intention for uptempo play clear from the opening tip and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-126649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}