Sparked by a string of three-point buckets in the 2nd quarter, Notre Dame built an insurmountable lead over Fillmore in a first-round Class D Section V playoff game and ran away with the victory, 58-42.
Half of Fillmore's points came in the final quarter while Notre Dame rested some starters. Fillmore scored only eight, six and seven points in each of the respective first three quarters.
Tyler Prospero led the Irish with 19 points and Casey Midwick added 13.
In other local boys basketball playoff games Wednesday night:
- Oakfield-Alabama beat Keshequa 65-51 to advance in Class C2. Ryan Douglas scored 18 points;
- Pembroke, seeded #5, was upset by #12 seed Gananda, 38-37 in Class C. Zach Von Kramer scored 11 and Reid Miano, 10.
In the girls games:
- Alexander beat Red Creek 54-42. Stephany McBride scored 10 points;
- Pembroke fell to Avon 17-26. Olivia Kohorst scored eight for Pembroke;
- Notre Dame beat Addison 39-30. Rebecca Krenzer scored 12;
- Cal-Mum beat Byron-Bergen 46-34. Dana Van Valkenberg scored eight points;
- Oakfield-Alabama beat Cuba-Rushford 60-17. Brianna Smith scored 13.
Schedule:
- Le Roy boys (12-8) vs. Wellsville (16-4), 7 p.m., Friday, at Wellsville;
- Batavia boys (13-7) vs. Monroe (8-13), 4 p.m., Saturday, at Batavia;
- Oakfield-Alabama boys (12-9) vs. Geneseo (16-5), Friday, time and place TBA;
- Notre Dame boys (11-10) vs. York, Friday, time and place TBA;
- Elba boys (18-2) vs. Webster-Christian (7-13), 7 p.m., Saturday, at Elba;
- Batavia girls (17-2) vs. Eastridge (6-15), 7 p.m., Friday, at Batavia;
- Elba girls vs. Belfast, 7 p.m., Friday, at Elba
- Le Roy girls (8-12) vs. Attica (9-11), 2 p.m., Saturday, at Attica;
- Notre Dame girls (14-7) vs. Cal-Mum (18-3), 2 p.m., Saturday, at Cal-Mum;
- Alexander girls (15-6) vs. Letchworth (17-4), 5 p.m., Saturday, at Letchworth;
- Oakfield-Alabama girls (15-6) vs. Lyons (12-8), 2 p.m., Saturday, at O-A;
- Elba girls (12-8) vs. Belfast (13-7), 7 p.m., Friday, at Elba.
