ANGOLA — Fredonia led 25-13 at halftime and then held on for a 44-41 nonleague boys basketball victory Wednesday evening at Lake Shore.

Ashton Putney hit a free throw in the final seconds before the Hillbillies (3-2) survived a desperation 3-point attempt by the Eagles.

Putney led Fredonia with 12 points, while Davion White added 9 and RJ Koopman had 8.

“I told the guys, it wasn’t pretty, but guys stepped up,” Fredonia head coach Nick Betrando said. “For the second straight game, even though our offense has struggled at times, defensively we’ve only given up 47 to Harbor Creek in regulation and 41 tonight.”

The Hillbillies will honor the 30th anniversary of the 1993-94 boys team that won the Class B Far West Regional and appeared in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association final four Friday between their jayvee and varsity games against Buffalo Arts.

FALCONER PULLS AWAY

FALCONER — Falconer led 23-13 after the first quarter and put the game away with a 20-9 third quarter en route to a 66-46 nonleague victory over Maple Grove.

Nathan Bailey led the Golden Falcons (4-1) with 17 points; Mathis Baehr had 16 points; Roger Markham had 11 points, 10 steals and five assists; and Bradyn Fuller chipped in 9 points, eight rebounds and six steals.

Jack Mansfield led the Red Dragons (5-1) with 16 points.

MAPLE GROVE (46)

Cresanti 3 0 7, Foley 1 2 5, Lombardo 1 2 4, Rodgers 0 1 1, Mansfield 6 1 16, Laney 3 3 9, Bless 1 0 2, Verbosky 0 0 0, Barton 0 0 0, Colburn 1 0 2. Totals 16 9 46.

FALCONER (66)

Fuller 4 0 9, Baehr 5 3 16, Sharpe 0 0 0, Swanson 0 0 0, Brainard 0 0 0, Bailey 6 0 17, RMarkham 4 2 11, Maher 0 1 1, ZMarkham 4 0 8, Binkley 1 2 4. Totals 24 8 66.

3-point goals–Cresanti, Foley, Mansfield 3, Fuller, Baehr 3, Bailey 5, RMarkham.

Maple Grove 13 10 9 14 — 46

Falconer 23 14 20 9 — 66

CORTES FILLS STAT SHEET

CATTARAUGUS — Ray Cortes had 26 points, six rebounds, six steals and three assists as Silver Creek beat nonleague Cattaraugus-Little Valley 70-48.

Brady Eick chipped in 14 points, three steals and three assists, while Simon White had 13 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and three assists for the Black Knights (5-2), who consistently added on to their lead after a 16-12 first quarter.

DJ Szata led the Timberwolves (1-5) with 9 points.

SILVER CREEK (70)

Galfo 2 0 4, League 1 0 2, Steinwachs 1 0 3, White 6 1 13, Eick 5 1 14, Pratts 4 0 8, Cortes 8 6 26. Totals 27 8 70.

CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY (48)

Benzel 2 0 5, CYoung 2 0 5, Howland 2 0 4, MaBrewer 3 2 8, Boswell 1 0 2, Szata 4 0 9, MiBrewer 2 0 4, Merrill 2 0 4, Colvero 2 3 7. Totals 20 5 48.

3-point goals–Steinwachs, Eick 3, Cortes 4, Benzel, CYoung, Szata.

Silver Creek 16 17 18 19 — 70

Cattaraugus-Little Valley 12 14 10 12 — 48

EBERSOLE REACHES 1,000 IN LOSS

NORTH COLLINS — Pine Valley’s Miles Volk poured in 30 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and picked up eight steals to lead the Panthers to a 70-55 Division 2 East victory over North Collins, spoiling a milestone night for the Eagles’ Derek Ebersole.

Ebersole scored just 5 points in the first half, but scored on a layup early in the fourth quarter for his 1,000th career point. He finished with 27 to reach 1,008 in his career.

Pine Valley (1-3, 1-1) led 22-16 after the first quarter before taking the game over with a 27-6 second quarter.

Nick Seabolt had 11 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals, while Jack Sheldon also had 11 points for the Panthers.

Ebersole had six steals and five assists, while Asher Parnitzke had 13 points and four rebounds for North Collins (2-6, 1-1).

PINE VALLEY (70)

Elliott 1 0 2, Slade 2 0 5, JaSheldon 5 0 11, Seabolt 4 2 11, JoSheldon 3 3 9, Volk 10 7 30, Jackson 1 0 2. Totals 26 12 70.

NORTH COLLINS (54)

Armbruster 0 0 0, DEbersole 9 8 27, Quiter 0 1 1, Miller 3 0 6, Downes 1 1 3, Parnitzke 6 1 13, WEbersole 2 0 4. Totals 21 11 54.

3-point goals–Slade, JaSheldon, Seabolt, Volk 3, DEbersole.

Pine Valley 22 27 9 13 — 70

North Collins 16 6 15 17 — 54