Peanut butter and jelly - words you hear together a lot. Add Andrew Hoy and box-and-one to that mix.
Teams are figuring out his ability to score and are trying to take him out of games. Other players stepped up and Batavia beat host Eastridge 55-43 Friday.
"Other guys need to step up," said coach Buddy Brasky. "More teams are going to focus on Andrew. It took some time, but kids stepped up."
Andrew still scored a game-high 15 points, but brother Marcus was the star as he helped the Blue Devils turn a 34-31 halftime lead into a big win.
Marcus scored all 14 of his points in the second half and also had seven assists and five rebounds.
"They were taking away Andrew and Robert (Hoy) so Marcus started going to the basket and scoring. He got some and-1s and some threes. He came up big," Brasky said.
Batavia improves to 8-1.
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Kevin Francis went off for Notre Dame as the Fighting Irish whooped Byron-Bergen 75-46.
The senior had 24 points with 10 dimes and eight steals as ND improves to 7-1.
Greg Barr added 17 points with Vinny Zambito chipping in 10.
Bryan White reached double figures with 12 points for the Bees.
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A tight game turned into a blowout as Andrew Wright scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half to lead Pembroke to a 57-41 victory over Elba.
Ken Babcock had 13 points, Steve Moser had 12 and Kyle Stocking had nine for the Dragons (5-4).
Phil Ostroski and Sonny Giuliano had 10 each for the Lancers.
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Tate Westermeier led the way with 14 points as Attica beat Lyndonville 43-31. Bryan Thompson had 13 and Shawn Dupuis added eight. Matt Sheffield had 11 rebounds.
Nobody reached double figures for the Tigers.
Attica is now 5-3.
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Notre Dame thumped Byron-Bergen 59-39 in girls action as Jill Marshall scored 20 points with 14 rebounds and five dimes. Brittany Morelli added 10 points for the Fighting Irish.
Krista Lougheed had 11 points for the Bees.
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Elba rebounded from a tough loss to Geneseo with a 53-42 win over Pembroke.
Rachael Cook had a double-double with 12 points and 11 boards and Sarah Schwartzmeyer added 11 points. Julie Marshall had eight points for the Lancers (8-2).
Kelsey Lewis had 12 points for the Dragons (5-4).
