basketball

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Eagles have reached the end of the road. In Ellicottville’s Section 6 Class C second round boys basketball playoff game against Ch...

ALLEGANY — Glenn Anderson, admittedly, becomes a bit restless in the hour leading up to gametime. One can imagine how he must have been feeling when t...

PHILADELPHIA — Probably none of them saw this coming. None of them saw St. Bonaventure, having a decent season and fresh off back-to-back wins over Fo...

CUBA — The Cuba-Rushford boys basketball team wasn’t expecting an easy game. This, after all, is the playoffs, and its first-round matchup was against...

PORTVILLE — A year ago, Lilly Bentley started her junior postseason run by reaching the 1,000-point mark for her Portville girls basketball career. Ti...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team could not fend off a fourth-quarter George Mason rally, falling to the Patrio...

An uptick in production from Assa Essamvous could be coming at an ideal time for the St. Bonaventure basketball team. The forward is fresh off his two...

BELFAST — The Genesee Valley/Belfast girls basketball team won its playoff opener Tuesday night, pulling away with a big second half against Harley Al...

WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville boys basketball team rolled to a playoff-opening victory Tuesday night as 10 different players made the scorebook with at ...

SALAMANCA — A wrench may have been thrown into the playoff mix for the Salamanca boys basketball team, but that won’t change the way it prepares. Only...

BOLIVAR — The Bolivar-Richburg girls basketball team’s season came to a close in a first-round playoff exit Saturday afternoon. Visiting Clyde-Savanna...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Mark Schmidt could be heard outside the Reilly Center media room thanking god. Multiple times. It wasn’t hyperbole. Moments later, w...

ST. BONAVENTURE — On Wednesday for Assa Essamvous, everything went right. He’s had an up-and-down sophomore season, with as many or more quiet nights ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Last December, unpredictable as they were, the Buffalo Bills moved past a gutting loss that most fans viewed as season-ending — that...

ALLEGANY — Allegany-Limestone (12-7) rounded out its regular season on a high note with a 52-42 non-league win over Chautauqua Lake. A huge 24-point p...

DUKE CENTER — Playing in the first-ever North Tier League tournament, the Otto-Eldred boys’ basketball team was able to steamroll their way to the fin...

PORTVILLE — The Randolph girls team had to earn its league championship Thursday night. The Cardinals trailed 18-9 after the first quarter to host Por...

His shooting stroke is as pure as perhaps any Bonnie over the last six years. Only, for Assa Essamvous, it hadn’t resulted in a truly big game in his ...