Frewsburg's Jadyn Trocki drives past a Greenwich defender. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

TROY — The Frewsburg Bears looked like they were in trouble Saturday evening.

Nearly everyone inside the McDonough Sports Complex at Hudson Valley Community College thought Greenwich was on its way to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C championship.

The Witches led 18-5 after the first quarter and 23-9 midway through the second.

The Section II champions had a roaring crowd backing them in a glorified home game.

And Greenwich had both Abery Harvey and Elysse Gruber in foul trouble for the Bears.

But the Witches didn’t have Jadyn Trocki.

Frewsburg’s junior guard nearly single-handedly got her team back in the game as she scored 12 points over the final 4:40 of the second quarter, including a 3-pointer with 4 seconds remaining in the first half that made it 27-24 at the break.

“This girl stepped up and helped us come back before halftime,” Harvey said during a postgame interview alongside Trocki. “We just worked together the rest of the game.”

Trocki found Jaden Jimerson for the opening basket of the third quarter to make it a one-point game, and a couple of minutes later, the junior point guard scored 2 more of her game-high 26 points to give the Bears their first lead, 30-29.

“Jadyn is just an athlete. She’s not just an offensive threat,” Frewsburg head coach Sierra Beaver said postgame. “She’s a scorer for us, but when she plays at the next level, she’s going to be a top-level point guard finding other people.”

As part of a 19-2 run spanning the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters, Trocki scored from Gruber to make it 41-36 and followed with another basket to make it a seven-point game with 4:26 remaining.

With Frewsburg nursing a lead late, Trocki went 5 for 6 at the foul line as the Bears closed out their second straight state title.

“I was a little nervous, but I know my teammates have my back and my coaches have my back,” Trocki said about the Bears falling behind early. “I know that even when we’re down, we’re still going to find a way to get back in it.”

Last year, Frewsburg graduated four seniors after winning the program’s first state title.

This year, the Bears will graduate Harvey — their second-leading scorer and rebounder.

“Next year is going to look very different. A lot of our sets are inside-outside, high-low stuff,” Beaver said. “We’ve got to figure out exactly what our team looks like next year … the good thing is we have a whole year to figure it out.”

Trocki will be back and as long as that’s the case, Frewsburg will have an opportunity for a third straight title next year.

She’ll likely be named the state’s Class C Player of the Year for the second straight season in the coming weeks and will be playing high-level collegiate ball when her high school career comes to an end.

All of the reasons were on display Saturday as Trocki guided the Bears through first-half foul trouble and poor shooting with a performance for the ages as Frewsburg reached New York’s basketball pinnacle once again.

Perhaps Beaver summed it up perfectly.

“She’s just willing to do what we need her to do.”