Here's a list of what I think are the top games to follow this week:

 

Monday, February 3rd

Niagara Catholic @ Cardinal O'Hara – 6:30 pm

St. Joe's @ Nichols – 6:30 pm

Olean @ Timon – 7 pm

Jamestown @ Lancaster – 7:30 pm

Cheektowaga @ Depew – 7:30 pm

Lake Shore @ East Aurora – 7:30 pm

 

Tuesday, February 4th

Williamsville East @ Iroquois – 6:30 pm

Medina @ Barker – 6:30 pm

Kenmore West @ Niagara Falls – 6:30 pm

St. Mary's @ Cardinal O'Hara – 6:30 pm

Aquinas @ Canisius – 7 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Lackawanna – 7 pm

Randolph @ Allegany-Limestone – 7:30 pm

 

Wednesday, February 5th

Middle College @ McKinley – 6 pm

Amherst @ Cheektowaga – 6:30 pm

Timon @ St. Joe's – 7 pm

 

Thursday, February 6th

Cardinal O'Hara @ Holland – 6:30 pm

Cleveland Hill @ Tonawanda – 6:30 pm

Depew @ Maryvale – 7:30 pm

St. Mary's @ Niagara Catholic – 7:30 pm

Hamburg @ Williamsville South – 7:30 pm

 

Friday, February 7th 

Middle College @ East – 6 pm

Niagara Falls @ Lockport – 6:30 pm

Alden @ Lackawanna – 7 pm

Fredonia @ Silver Creek – 7:30 pm

Portville @ Randolph – 7:30 pm

Allegany-Limestone @ Salamanca – 7:30 pm

Bishop Kearney @ Olean – 7:30 pm

 

Saturday, February 8th

UPrep @ CSAT – 1:30 pm

Iroquois @ Hamburg – 1:30 pm

Depew @ East Aurora – 2:30 pm

Cathedral Prep @ Canisius – 3 pm

Nichols @ St. Mary's – 3:30 pm

Silver Creek @ Randolph – 6:30 pm

Middle College @ McKinley – 6:30 pm

 

 Sunday, February 9th 

Bishop Kearney @ Timon – 3 pm

Williamsville South @ St. Joe's – 4:30 pm

 

Game of the Week – Williamsville East @ Iroquois on Tuesday, February 4th

– One of, if not the most competitive league in all of WNY this season, ECIC II has produced a compelling league race all season.  Not only did no team make it to the half-way point without a loss, but the first place team in ECIC II has two losses.

Iroquois is the team currently sitting atop the ECIC II standings, while Williamsville East is a spot behind in second place, locked in a tie with Sweet Home, Williamsville South, & Hamburg.  All the teams in second place in ECIC II have three league losses.

In the first meeting between the two, the Flames scored a nine-point home win over the Chiefs to account for one of the Iroquois losses.  The Chiefs later dropped a tight one at Williamsville South, but Iroquois has yet to lose on its home court this season.

A win for Williamsville East would force a five-way tie in the race for the ECIC II crown and make it more complicated than a three-legged burlap sack picnic race.  A win for the Chiefs over Williamsville East would all but ensure at least a share of the ECIC II title, while winning out would give Iroquois the title outright.

 

-centercourt

@centercourt42