ATHENS FALLS AT MOUNT CARMEL, 61-4
By: Tim Birney / January 11, 2021
MOUNT CARMEL — Mount Carmel limited Athens to just 15 points, and built a
13-point halftime lead en route to a 61-40 win here Monday night in
non-league boys basketball action.
“It’s a simple formula — play
defense, make lay-ups, make foul shots, and win basketball games,” said
Athens coach Jim Lister. “We did none of the above tonight.
“Plus,
we played their game in the first half and scored 15 points,” he added.
“Hopefully, this is a nice wake-up call for us. We learn from it, fix
it and move on.”
Mount Carmel led 10-8 after the first eight
minutes, then took control with an 18-7 run in the second quarter to
take a 28-15 lead at the intermission.
Sophomore Mason Lister
scored nine points in the second quarter as the Wildcats outscored MC,
16-14, but the Red Tornadoes closed out the game with a 19-9 run in the
final eight minutes.
Michael Balichick led Mount Carmel with 18 points.
Athens returns to action Wednesday in a key NTL Large School match-up at Troy.
About the Author
Tim Birney
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
