Roundup: St. Mary’s boys hoop ends year on an upswing

The St. Mary’s boys basketball team will head into the new year on a good note and with a sporty 6-2 record after rolling to a 58-39 win at Swampscott on Friday.”Swampscott always seems to play us tough but we defended really well (Friday),” St. Mary’s coach Kevin Moran said.The Spartans led 14-8 after a quarter before exploding to a 32-15 lead at halftime. They pushed the lead to 20 (45-25) before emptying the bench in the fourth quarter.Nick Gagliolo led St. Mary’s with 16 points while Tom Deveau had 11 and Randolf Thurman chipped in 10.”We’ve played a lot of games before the new year so its nice to have a little bit of time off to rest,” Moran said.Boston Latin 56, Beverly 51At Beverly, the Panthers (4-2) gave the Division 1 Wolfpack all they could handle but came up a little short in the championship game of the Beverly Christmas Tournament.Beverly led 27-21 at the half but the Wolfpack went on an 18-9 run in the third quarter to take the lead for good. Zach Ziglebaum had 16 points and eight rebounds with Avon Jones having 12 points and Chris Keaton, 10, for the Panthers.”We lost to a very good team (Friday),” Beverly coach Scott Lewis said. “We struggled a little bit offensively.”Somerville 69, Peabody 46At Peabody, Jason Hiou had 10 points and three assists as the Tanners fell to 3-2.Mike Gould and Steve Girolamo had eight points apiece.GIRLS BASKETBALLWinthrop 57, Wayland 51At Winthrop, the Vikings had to go into three overtimes to pull the game out and move their record to 4-3.Sophomore guard Ashelyne Babb scored five of her 10 points in the extra sessions, and freshman center Kristen Siscamanis had 14 points and 12 rebounds.Junior guard Liana Ferullo chipped in with 11.The Vikings were losing, 25-18, at the half, but held Wayland to four third quarter points to get back into the game.BOYS HOCKEYNewburyport 3, Beverly 3At Talbot Rink in Gloucester, Pat Crowley’s power play goal with just over three minutes left in the third helped the Clippers (1-3-1) earn a point against the Panthers (3-1-1) in an inter-conference tilt between Division 2 North powers.Beverly led 1-0 after one on Kevin Lally’s power play goal and extended the lead to 2-0 in the second on another Lally tally.The Clippers, though, fought back and got goals from Kris Holmes and Cam Roy in the final minutes of the middle period to tie the game.Andrew Irving’s power play goal put the Panthers ahead early in the third before Crowley’s tying goal.Gloucester 4, Triton 3At Talbot Rink in Gloucester, Ben Favazza turned in a hat trick in helping the Fishermen (3-3-1) pull back to the .500 mark with the win.GIRLS HOCKEYMarblehead 11, Auburn 3At Salem State, defensemen Brittany Smith and Eliza Quigley each recorded a hat trick as the Headers (3-2) cruised to an easy win at home.Rachel McKay had a pair of goals with Casey McDonald adding a goal and two assists. Also scoring were Katie Zarinsky and Allie Healy with Keelin Fallon dishing out four assists.