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Baymen Edged By Babylon In Class B Semis

Publication: The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press
By Kerry Monaco   Feb 21, 2012 9:03 AM
In spite of an impressive fourth quarter comeback, the Hampton Bays boys basketball team couldn’t manage to pull out a victory in the semifinals of the Suffolk County Class B playoffs on Monday night in Babylon.

The third seed Baymen suffered a heartbreaking 44-41 loss to the second seed Panthers. Babylon was scheduled to face fourth seed Center Moriches on Wednesday, February 22, for the Suffolk County Championship.

Hampton Bays and Babylon split a pair of games during the regular season and both finished League VII play with 9-5 records.

After finding themselves down by 13 points heading into the final eight minutes of the playoff match-up, the Baymen staged a dramatic comeback and briefly took the lead in the fourth quarter.

The Baymen climbed back into the game, and with... more

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