Girls Hoop: English outlasts Salem in OT

After fighting its way back from a halftime deficit, English still needed an overtime period to claim a thrilling win over Salem, 70-65, on Tuesday night. Diondra Woumn led all scorers with 32 points, none more important than the four she scored in overtime to help the Bulldogs seal the win.”Salem came out and played well,” said English coach Fred Hogan. “We are allowing an average of 33 points a game and they scored 65 on us.”English faced a 12-point deficit coming out of halftime, but was able to erase the Salem lead, mostly behind Catherine Stinson. Stinson scored 12 of her 22 points in the third to help English gain the lead heading into the fourth quarter.Not to be outdone, Salem’s Brianna Rodriguez hit a three-point shot as time expired to send the game into overtime. Rodriguez finished the night with seven points.Pacing the Salem effort was Arianna Gaffney with 20 points and Jaclyn Panneton with 17.On a night where English (15-2) was playing without its leading scorer, Deidra Newson, the Bulldogs saw multiple players respond to the challenge.”We had to do different things tonight,” said Hogan. “(Woumn) had a monster game for us, we were without (Newson). I am proud of the way we responded in the third quarter; definitely good to respond like that.”Revere 49, Classical 48At Revere, a three-point play by Caitlyn Caramello with precious few seconds remaining proved to be the difference for the Patriots. With 30 seconds remaining in the game, Classical held on to a two-point lead and braced for a Revere possession. On the ensuing possession for the Patriots, Gena Restiano made a brilliant pass to Caramello, who scored but was fouled. Caramello hit her free throw to give Revere the lead. The Rams could not make their last-gasp shot as time expired.Caramello finished the night with 16 points and 10 rebounds as Restiano added 14.For Classical, Monta Connolly led her team in scoring with 15 points, and Kristin Lauria added 10 points and 10 rebounds.”We played a great third quarter,” said Classical coach Tom Sawyer. “We just needed to get one more stop at the end.””We were down five with a minute to go in a back and forth game,” said Revere coach Katelyn Leonard. “I’m proud of our team; we gutted out a win.”St. Mary’s 49, Fenwick 23At Peabody, Brianna Rudolph led all scorers with 16 points as St. Mary’s ran its record on the season to 15-1. Jennie Mucciarone added 11 points for the Spartans on an evening where their offense was not hitting on all cylinders.”Tonight was a classic case where we preach to the team to play good defense because you are not always going to have your offense going,” said St. Mary’s coach Jeff Newhall. “On nights like tonight, you can play defense and still hold your opponent down and come out with a win on the road.”North Shore 48, Tech 38At Middleton, Tori Park’s 14 points and Hattie Watkins’ 12 points were not enough to push the Tigers (5-11) past their hosts on Tuesday night. Watkins also finished with 10 rebounds on the evening.Marblehead 48, Saugus 43 (OT)At Marblehead, an extra frame was required to sort out the winner, with the Magicians earning the win at home. Mia Bongiorno and McKenna Barrett helped to seal the win in overtime for Marblehead, with Barrett hitting the go-ahead shot and Bongiorno nailing two free throws to give her team a two-possession lead.Emily Freedland finished the night with 18 points for Marblehead.For Saugus, Norma Waggett led all scorers with 28 points.Peabody 67, Beverly 50At Beverly, the Tanners got double-doubles out of Olivia Summit and Carolyn Scacchi in a game that started fast but proved difficult for Peabody. Both Summit and Scacchi finished the night with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Peabody (12-2) also saw Courney Bua score 15 points and Danielle Sullivan turn in a good performance, hauling in eight rebounds and adding nine points to the scoreboard.”We got out to a big lead, but Beverly did not quit,” said Peabody coach Jane Heil. “They kept coming at us and we