SHERMAN — Despite being outscored in the second and third quarters, Sherman used a strong start and a strong finish to defeat Maple Grove 64-52 in a nonleague matchup at home on Tuesday night.

“We got off to a great start,” Wildcats coach Cory Emory said after the victory. “Maple Grove slowly chipped away at the lead all throughout the game, but we finally made a few buckets and made free throws down the stretch.”

The Red Dragons trimmed the once 25-7 deficit to four at the end of the third quarter and came within a bucket of taking the lead in the fourth. But the Wildcats hit big shots in crunch time to extend the lead and seal the victory thanks to 27 points and eight rebounds by Gerald Carris and a double-double by John Swabik, who added 13 and 10. Keith Gormley led the Wildcats on the boards, grabbing 11 rebounds.

Maple Grove was led by Tyler McPherson, who scored 17 points, draining three 3-pointers in the effort, and Peter Auer who scored 15 and drained two from behind the arc. Drew Kelemen recorded five steals for the Red Dragons.

MAPLE GROVE (52)

Jones 4 0 9, Auer 4 5 15, Reagle 1 0 2, Crist 1 0 3, Kelemen 3 0 6, McPherson 5 4 17. 18 9 52.

SHERMAN (64)

Hannold 3 3 10, Swabik 5 3 13, Carris 9 6 27, Juan 2 0 4, Sears 0 1 1, Gormley 2 0 4, Fisher 0 0 0, Majchrzak 1 0 3, Lamoni 1 0 2. 23 13 64.

3-point field goals: Jones, Auer 2, Crist, McPherson 3, Hannold, Carris 3, Majchrzak

Maple Grove 7 12 14 19 — 52

Sherman 25 4 8 27 — 64

SERCU, LIBBY LEAD WAY

SINCLAIRVILLE — Bryce Sercu and Wayne Libby combined for 45 points to lead Pine Valley over Cassadaga Valley in a 62-58 non-league, road victory.

Sercu dropped 24 points, while Wayne Libby added 21, to help the Panthers use a 22-19 fourth quarter to pull away from the Cougars, who narrowed the deficit to 40-39 heading into the fourth quarter.

“It was a really tight game,” Cassadaga Valley coach Cody Jacobson said after the loss. ” It was a good defensive battle back and forth, but we had a hard time containing Sercu and Libby. We rallied in the fourth, but couldn’t close the deal, but we battled well.”

The Cougars were led by Drake Pierce, who scored a team-high 13 points, Braden LeBaron, who added 12 and Connor Austin, who recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Noah Richner also grabbed eight boards for Cassadaga Valley, while Pierce led the team with four steals.

PINE VALLEY (62)

Goodwill 1 0 2, DHarrington 3 5 11, Sercu 10 1 24, Bentham 1 2 4, Butcher 0 0 0, Libby 6 7 21, Hayes 0 0 0. 21 15 62.

CASSADAGA VALLEY (58)

BLeBaron 5 0 12, Pierce 4 3 13, Russo 2 0 4, Austin 3 4 11, Pingitore 2 0 4, Shealy 0 1 1, Richner 3 0 6, WHarrington 2 0 5, Abram 1 0 2, Dorman 0 0 0, Justin Phillips 0 0 0, BHaskins 0 0 0. 22 8 58.

3-point field goals: LeBaron 2, Pierce, Austin, WHarrington, Sercu 3, Libbey 2

Pine Valley 13 14 13 22 — 62

Cassadaga Valley 8 14 17 19 — 58

WASSINK PACES PIRATES

FALCONER — Hunter Wassink led Clymer with a team-high 19 points to lead the Pirates to a 79-44 nonleague victory over Falconer on Tuesday night.

Clymer used a 26-9 second quarter to take control of the game, holding a 42-16 lead at halftime.

Nick Erickson drained four 3-pointers to lead the Golden Falcons with 25 points.

Clymer moves to 5-7 on the season, while Falconer drops to 2-12.

CLYMER (79)

Kopta 3 0 6, Wassink 9 0 19, AWhite 4 0 12, Hepler 1 0 2, MWhite 4 1 9. Dunnewold 3 0 6, McIntyre 1 0 2, Baez 2 0 6, Overton 4 2 11, Beal 2 2 6, Totals 33 5 79.

FALCONER (44)

Erickson 9 3 25, Youngberg 0 0 0, Vera 0 0 0, Thomas 4 5 14, Jacquez, Caldrone 0 0 0, Stewart 0 0 0, Chapman 0 0 0, Smith 2 1 5, Totals 15 9 44.

3-point goals–Wassink, AWhite 4, Baez 2, Overton, Erickson 4, Thomas.

Clymer 16 26 25 12 — 79

Falconer 7 9 8 20 — 44

Jayvees: Clymer won.