Keith Robinson delivers triple-double, Hudson basketball to play for state championship
Hudson will play Friday for a state title. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union) BINGHAMTON - The fans behind the bench for the Hudson boys' basketball team could only stop cheering long enough to snap photos as the Bluehawks proudly stood on the floor at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena. Out there, Keith Robinson, the team's senior star point guard, lifted a yellow sign that simply said: "State Final Bound.
" For the first time in school history, the Bluehawks will indeed play in a state championship game. Hudson took down a defensive dynamo Thursday in Tappan Zee, the Section 1 champion that entered the game allowing an average of just 37. 3 points per game.
Junior guard Ryan Conte scored a career-high 20 points and Robinson finished with a triple-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as the fourth-ranked Bluehawks stunned Tappan Zee 57-45 in the Class A semifinals. "This is absolutely crazy," said Conte, who drained 9 of 10 shots from the field. Hudson (23-2), which never trailed Thursday, will take on No.
1 ranked Westhill (26-0) Friday night for the championship. Game time is slated for 7:45 p. m.
at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena. The Bluehawks scored the first 10 points of the game and went 7-for-11 from the floor in the opening quarter to build a 16-6 lead. "That was very big for us.