If you weren't biting your nails at the half on Tuesday night, you're not a Batavia Blue Devils fan.
At the half in Batavia's Section V semi-final playoff game against Hornell, the Blue Devils were in locked horns at 20-20.
Even though Hornell came into the tournament as the #5 seed in the division against Batavia's #1 standing, Hornell wasn't making it easy on Batavia.
Hornell came out of the locker room with an aggressive game plan that had Batavia a little bit flustered in the opening minutes of the match.
“We didn’t play very good at all in the first half – our shots weren’t falling and the presses got to us, particularly me," said Batavia's leading scorer, Andrew Hoy. "I didn’t really know how to break it at the time, but we figured it out at half time. Coach gave us a game plan and we came out in the second half and said we’re going to hold them to 13 points per quarter and we played defense. That’s what Batavia is built on, defense.”
The plan worked. Hornell was able to manage only three baskets in the second half and Batavia went on to win 51-34.
Hoy sank three three pointers and led Batavia (17-3) with 24 points.
Justin Washington and Co Co Irvin each added nine.
The Blue Devils advance to the Section V finals against Livonia on Friday night.
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