Man's Colton Miller (11) is fouled on his way to the basket by Van's Gavin Branham (4) during the Hillbillies overtime victory over the Bulldogs on Feb. 27 (Photo by Bill Lusk/WVOW Sports).
Bill Lusk | WVOW Sports
NAUGATUCK Joey Gollihue had 22 points and top-seed and second-ranked Tug Valley knocked off fifth-seeded Man 70-28 on Wednesday night at Tug Valley High School to advance to the finals of the Class A Region 4 Section 1 tournament.
Tug Valley (20-3) held Man to 19.5% shooting and forced 17 turnovers to win its 16th straight game and will face third-seeded Tolsia, which defeated Sherman in double overtime, in the sectional championship.
Trey Ward had 11 points to lead Man (4-20), who advanced to face Tug Valley with a 62-60 overtime victory over Van. Kaleb Mullins had seven points.
Man led 1-0 following a free throw from Devon Sanders with 7:18 remaining in the opening quarter, but Tug Valley answered with 13 straight points before the Hillbillies got a basket from Colton Miller.
Man fell behind 16-4 after one quarter and shot 1 of 8 from the field in the first eight minutes and committed seven turnovers.
The Panthers outscored the Hillbillies 19-6 in the second quarter and led 35-10 at halftime as the Hillbillies made just 3 of 17 shots from the floor and committed 12 turnovers in the first half.
Gollihue was the only Panther to reach double figures, however, 12 players cracked the scoring column for Tug Valley. Ashton Davis finished with nine points, Brayden Ferris had eight and Parker Davis six.
Tug Valley shot 45.2% from the field and was 7 of 17 from 3-point range while the Hillbillies were 0 of 12 from behind the arc.
Tug Valley 70, Man 28
Man (4-20)
Sanders 1-6 1-4 3, Mullins 1-4 5-6 7, Ward 5-11 1-1 11, Isaacs 1-6 1-2 3, Miller 0-7 1-2 1, Gerace 0-2 1-2 1, Vance 0-4 0-0 0, Cantrell 0-1 2-2 2. Totals: 8-41 12-19 28.
Tug Valley (20-3)
Ferris 3-8 2-2 8, Brewer 1-1 0-2 3, Elia 2-4 0-0 4, Gollihue 8-17 2-3 22, Wagner 0-2 1-2 1, Armstrong 1-1 0-0 2, Newsome 2-2 0-0 4, Preece 2-3 0-1 4, Marcum 2-4 0-0 4, Davis, A. 3-9 2-2 9, Davis, P. 3-5 0-0 6, Hale 1-6 0-0 3. Totals: 28-62 7-12 70.
Man 4 6 7 11- 28
Tug Valley 16 19 16 19- 70
3-point field goals_Man 0-12 (Ward 0-3, Miller 0-5, Vance 0-4), Tug Valley 7-17 (Ferris 0-3, Brewer 1-1, Gollihue 4-7, Davis, A. 1-3, Hale 1-2). Fouled out_None. Rebounds_Man 18 (Isaacs 5), Tug Valley 38 (Marcum 6). Assists_Man 0, Tug Valley 16 (Ferris 4). Total fouls_Man 10, Tug Valley 13. Technicals_None.
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