MANLIUS — Bureau Valley may not have been the Perfect Storm Friday night, but they were pretty close to it in the first half.

Morrison scored the first two points of the night, but the Storm boys’ basketball scored the next 18 to set the tone early in Three Rivers Conference play in the 2012-13 home opener at the Storm Cellar. The Storm rode their early momentum to a 26-4 first-quarter lead and rode past the Mustangs for a 62-40 win.

“We had periods and spurts where we didn’t have good execution, but overall I thought the kids played hard,” BV coach Jason Marquis said. “We got off to a good start and continued to execute throughout the game. Had a few plays here and there where we’ve got to tighten things up and not let fatigue get the best of us. But overall, I thought a lot of kids played hard, lot of kids played really well.”