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The Cortland (NY) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home playoff game against Utica Academy of Science (Utica, NY) by a score of 55-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
UAS	-	-	-	-	55
Cortland	-	-	-	-	41

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Game Stats

Utica Academy of Science (24-25)

Cortland (24-25)

Utica Academy of Science

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	157	55	20	44	45	52
0	Damarcus Mason (Sr)	26	7	3	5	60	70
3	Amari Berkley (Jr)	31	15	5	11	45	50
10	Admir Cerimovic (So)	9	2	1	3	33	33
11	Devonte Belton (Jr)	21	6	2	2	100	125
15	Yahzir Grimes (So)	32	9	3	10	30	45
21	Robert Reed (Jr)	6		0	0
23	Akol Machteng (Sr)	32	16	6	13	46	46

Cortland

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	165	41	18	41	44	46
3	Iniko Abani (Jr)	25	9	4	9	44	44
5	Owen Michales (Sr)	4	3	1	3	33	50
10	Damauri Bell (Sr)	16	7	3	4	75	75
11	Tyler Thomas (Sr)	14	5	2	5	40	40
12	Jaxson Gambitta (Sr)	25	6	3	5	60	60
14	Zach Muir (Jr)	28	4	2	4	50	50
15	Cal Albright (So)	7	3	1	1	100	150
21	Caden Albright (Sr)	24	2	1	5	20	20
44	Owen Johnson (Jr)	22	2	1	5	20	20

Utica Academy of Science

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	157	55	6	21	29	9	15	60	14	23	61
0	Damarcus Mason (Sr)	26	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	2	100
3	Amari Berkley (Jr)	31	15	1	4	25	4	6	67	4	7	57
10	Admir Cerimovic (So)	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	Devonte Belton (Jr)	21	6	1	1	100	1	1	100	1	1	100
15	Yahzir Grimes (So)	32	9	3	9	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Robert Reed (Jr)	6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Akol Machteng (Sr)	32	16	0	3	0	4	8	50	6	10	60

Cortland

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	165	41	2	13	15	3	9	33	16	28	57
3	Iniko Abani (Jr)	25	9	0	2	0	1	2	50	4	7	57
5	Owen Michales (Sr)	4	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Damauri Bell (Sr)	16	7	0	0	0	1	3	33	3	4	75
11	Tyler Thomas (Sr)	14	5	0	2	0	1	2	50	2	3	67
12	Jaxson Gambitta (Sr)	25	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
14	Zach Muir (Jr)	28	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	50
15	Cal Albright (So)	7	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Caden Albright (Sr)	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
44	Owen Johnson (Jr)	22	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

Utica Academy of Science

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	157	55	2	21	23	11	5	3	9	8
0	Damarcus Mason (Sr)	26	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Amari Berkley (Jr)	31	15	0	3	3	6	0	0	7	2
10	Admir Cerimovic (So)	9	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Devonte Belton (Jr)	21	6	0	5	5	1	2	1	2	1
15	Yahzir Grimes (So)	32	9	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	3
21	Robert Reed (Jr)	6		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
23	Akol Machteng (Sr)	32	16	1	8	9	3	2	1	0	2

Cortland

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	165	41	3	23	26	17	5	16	12
3	Iniko Abani (Jr)	25	9	1	6	7	1	0	6	0
5	Owen Michales (Sr)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Damauri Bell (Sr)	16	7	1	1	2	2	0	1	0
11	Tyler Thomas (Sr)	14	5	1	2	3	4	0	0	1
12	Jaxson Gambitta (Sr)	25	6	0	7	7	4	0	2	5
14	Zach Muir (Jr)	28	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	3
15	Cal Albright (So)	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
21	Caden Albright (Sr)	24	2	0	3	3	2	4	3	1
44	Owen Johnson (Jr)	22	2	0	4	4	0	0	2	0

Utica Academy of Science

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.22	0.56	0.63	0.38	1	3
0	Damarcus Mason (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		1
3	Amari Berkley (Jr)	0.86	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Devonte Belton (Jr)	0.50	1.00	2.00	1.00	1	1
15	Yahzir Grimes (So)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.33
23	Akol Machteng (Sr)	3.00	2.00	1.00	0.50		1

Cortland

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.06	0.31	0.42	1	7
3	Iniko Abani (Jr)	0.17	0.00	0.00	0	1
10	Damauri Bell (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
11	Tyler Thomas (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	1	1
12	Jaxson Gambitta (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
14	Zach Muir (Jr)	3.00	1.00	0.33	0	1
15	Cal Albright (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
21	Caden Albright (Sr)	0.67	1.33	4.00	0	2
44	Owen Johnson (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

Game Story

New York High School Basketball - Utica Academy of Science defeats Cortland

February 21, 2025: Cortland, NY 13045

The Utica Academy of Science Atoms (Utica, NY) basketball were winner over the host Cortland Purple Tigers (Cortland, NY), 55-41 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Atoms now possess a 13-7 record.

With the loss, Cortland falls to 15-6 on the campaign.

UAS @ Cortland Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 21, 2025 @ 6:30p

NYSPHS Section 3 A Playoffs-@Cortland HS

The Cortland (NY) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home playoff game against Utica Academy of Science (Utica, NY) by a score of 55-41.

Rankings & Records

Utica Academy of Science (24-25)

NY	Section	State Class
345	41	53

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
13-8	10-3	5-2	8-3	0-3	.619	.769	1,334	1,097

Cortland (24-25)

NY	Section	State Class
278	34	44

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-6	4-1	11-3	4-3	.714	.800	1,163	984

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Utica Academy of Science	24.0	13.4	15.3	12.4	12.0	63.5
Cortland	11.9	13.2	14.8	15.3	-	55.4

Team Stat Comparison

Utica Academy of Science		Cortland
62.9	Points Per Game	55.2
27.7	Rebounds Per Game	33.2
8.6	Assists Per Game	13.5
12.1	Steals Per Game	9.4
2.4	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Utica Academy of Science		Cortland	National Avg.
#23 Akol Machteng19.9	Points Per Game	#12 Jaxson Gambitta9.0	4.9
#23 Akol Machteng13.0	Rebounds Per Game	#12 Jaxson Gambitta8.2	2.6
#3 Amari Berkley4.1	Assists Per Game	#12 Jaxson Gambitta2.6	1.0
#23 Akol Machteng3.1	Steals Per Game	#12 Jaxson Gambitta2.0	0.8
#23 Akol Machteng1.9	Blocks Per Game	#12 Jaxson Gambitta0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Utica Academy of Science	0-1		Cortland	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
2/25/25	Utica Academy of Science	Bishop Grimes	(L) 69-54		12/12/24	Bishop Grimes	Cortland	(L) 48-31

Record Breakdown

Utica Academy of Science (24-25)		Cortland (24-25)
13-8	Overall	15-6
10-3	League	4-1
2-3	Non-League	9-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-1	Common Opponent	0-1
5-2	Home	11-3
8-3	Away	4-3
0-3	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
13-8	In-State	15-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0