{"id":130927,"date":"2026-02-12T04:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130927\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:13:08","slug":"gabe-moschella-battles-through-leg-cramp-to-bury-late-go-ahead-shot-as-sia-edges-avenues-in-acis-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130927\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabe Moschella battles through leg cramp to bury late go-ahead shot as SIA edges Avenues in ACIS semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6NMSDF2ASVFODNRONOQKUI4S2M\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Gabe Moschella could have taken the easy way out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2G47LKPNE5BO7F4WZFDH6YT5BU\">The junior forward was in the midst of a nip-and-tuck fourth quarter when he suffered a leg cramp with just under three minutes left in Staten Island Academy\u2019s ACIS semifinal against visiting Avenues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DY4HE2DYDVELBJ6V7FT3XVNVHQ\">He could have received treatment while play continued, but the junior was stretched quickly before returning to the hardwood. Just seconds after the ball was inbounded, Moschella nailed the go-ahead jumper and the host Tigers eventually held on for a 56-53 triumph in Dongan Hills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BKHSSGDWNFAPXC5HHMKUSPV6RQ\">SIA, which received a team-high 18 points from Moschella, advanced to its first league championship game since the 2017-18 season. The No. 2 Tigers will now meet top-seeded Dwight for all the marbles on Friday at Grace Church in Manhattan beginning at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KMM5DGCNP5FHXGILEJEKSSMAHU\">MORE TO COME<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Gabe Moschella could have taken the easy way out. The junior forward was in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-130927","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\/130927","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=130927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}