Watch out for the Falcons.

American Overseas School of Rome won its 11^thstraight game Saturday, sweeping a Division I foe for the second straight weekend in the process.

Sophomore point guard Otis Reale, averaging more than 30 points this season, scored 31 Saturday as AOSR topped Naples 65-62. Reale had 36 points Friday night as the Falcons topped the Wildcats 65-62.

Greg China had 27 points and 13 rebounds for AOSR on Saturday following 14 points and 14 rebounds on Friday. TyRick Riggins led Naples with 23 points and Terrel Staten added 19 Saturday. Staten had a team-high 22 Friday.

AOSR was swept by Aviano to open the season in December, but hasn’t lost since. The run has included victories over D-I schools Vicenza and Naples. Phil Davis’ Falcons are now among the favorites in next week’s Division II tournament along with Aviano, Rota and Black Forest Academy.

Patch 63/59, Vilseck 40/34: When it comes to Division I favorites, the Panthers have to top the list. The defending champions swept Vilseck behind a balanced attack that’s kept them from losing all season. Holten Sparling and Robert Braswell scored 12 and Pablo Paradis 11 on Saturday. Braswell led with 19, followed by Colin Whitten with 13 and Alec Basgall 11 on Friday. Jonathan Wade (19) and Gabriel Lewis (18) led Vilseck in the two games.

Ramstein 51/64, SHAPE 26/26: The Royals could be the top contender to upend Patch. They lost 51-50 earlier this month to the Panthers. The games against the Spartans weren’t that close.

The Royals demonstrated balanced scoring as well, with Jesse Gray (10), Trey Bailey (eight) and Zavier Harper (eight) leading the way on Saturday, following T.J. Williams (20), Devin Wilkinson (nine) and Malik Johnson (eight) on Friday. Austin Stevens had 30 points between the two games for SHAPE.

Alconbury 38/53, Menwith Hill 19/26: The final games scheduled to be played at DODDS Europe’s most northernmost school featured a sweep by the Dragons.

Alconbury, a favorite when the D-III tournament gets under way, used strong second and third quarters to pull away from the Mustangs on Saturday. Wes Reddecliff led the way with 17 points, followed by Joey Behr’s 10. Behr had a game-high 20 on Friday Brayden Nungester (10) and Drew Ogea (9) were the top scorers the two days for Menwith Hill, scheduled to close at the end of the school year.

Sigonella 80/70, Florence 6/9: The Jaguars spent all season playing aginst schools with larger enrollments before playing for the first time Saturday against a fellow D-III school.

Chris Moore and Thomas Wray did much of the damage. Moore had 30 points, 11 steals and five rebounds in one game and 20 points, seven rebounds and four steals in another. Wray had 22 points, six rebounds and three steals, followed by 26 points and five rebounds.

Jason Berlin added a combined 23 points and 20 assists for Sigonella.

AFNORTH 56/32, Brussels 48/30: The Division III Brigands made it close, but the Lions doubled their win season win total with the home-and-home sweep.

Eren Yabaci scored 27 and Darle Marshall 15 for the victors on Saturday, offsetting the Brussels’ trio of Callum Proulx (19), Tim Wilkinson (15), Michael DeFazio (10). Marshall had 15 on Friday for AFNORTH. DeFazio led Brussels with 17.

Black Forest Academy 66, Bitburg 43: Saturday at Bitburg, the Greathouse brothers combined for 38 points and Kaden Proctor added 11 as the Falcons cruised. Noah Greathouse scored 27 and grabbed 11 rebounds and Jonah Greathouse added 11. Colton Thomas (16) and Alex Rodriguez (10) led Bitburg.

Ansbach 50/52, Hohenfels 37/60: The two teams split games to end the regular season and will head into next week’s D-II tourney hoping to generate much-longer winning streaks.

Cedric Page’s 19 points paced the Cougars on Saturday. He had 16 in the loss on Friday. David Vidovic (15) led the way for the Tigers on Saturday, following 16 from Tony Saintmelus on Friday.

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