Girls Hoop: Swampscott rolls over Gloucester

The Swampscott girls basketball team is on a bit of a roll. The Big Blue made it back-to-back wins with a 62-45 win over Gloucester Tuesday at Gloucester.?We came out strong right from the tipoff,” Swampscott coach Abrom Roberts said, adding that this was the team?s first home win.Jackie Walsh and Olivia Cook each had 13 points and Emily Bray and Hannah Leahy were both good for nine. Sam Rizzo, Jamie Caponigro and Anya Peterson rounded out a balanced attack with six points apiece. The Big Blue are 5-9.Revere 53, Classical 50At Revere, the Patriots (6-9) outscored the Rams 22-13 in the third quarter and held on down the stretch. Tiphani Harris had 14 points to go with 18 rebounds. Jen Fajardo was good for 11 points, six assists and six steals.The Rams (10-7) were led by guard Chenysse Hill, who had a season-high and team-high 22 points.?She had a great game. She was very aggressive, especially in the second half both on offense and defense,” Classical coach Tom Sawyer said.Jaida Santos (8 points) had a nice game coming off the bench.Lynnfield 53, G?town 38At Georgetown, Emma Mancini had a game-and-a-half for the Pioneers (13-3). The junior forward had a career-high 32 points and 10 rebounds.Lynnfield coach Bob Melillo said Mancini was effective all over the court.?She did a little bit of everything. She can play center. She can play point guard,” Melillo said. “We were pressing, creating turnovers, hitting her in the paint.”Melillo said Samantha Filipe (7 points) was a force on defense. Katherine Lawless also had seven points. Saugus 54, Triton 43At Saugus, after trailing by three at the half, the Sachems put this one away with a 25-point (9-for 14 from the line) fourth quarter. Norma Waggett had 30 points, including two big threes in the final quarter, and Mikayla Niles had 12 points. Jillian Lyons was a force on defense for Saugus (3-16).Marblehead 51, Everett 34At Everett, Emily Freedland had 14 points and Mia Bongiorno 13 as the Magicians raised their record to 9-5.McKenna Barrett and Jennie Norcross had eight points apiece. Freshman Lindsay Walker had eight rebounds and six steals.Winthrop 47, Danvers 37At Danvers, the Falcons (8-8) had a strong first half against a very strong (13-2) Viking team, but the offense struggled in the second half. Kara Connors had 10 points for Danvers and Delaney Zecha, eight. Winthrop had big games from Ashelyne Babb (15 points), Kristen Siscamanis (10 points) and Nina Bartlette (11 points).