The Saugus boys basketball team picked up its first win of the season Monday night with a 66-47 victory over Matignon on the road.
Saugus featured three scorers in double-figures. Christian Correia led all scorers with 26 points. Mason Nickolas scored 12 points, while Michael Bertrand scored 11 points and went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc
“It felt great,” Sachems coach Mark Bertrand said. “I was really happy for the kids. They’ve been working really hard. We’ve had some close games recently with Revere, Peabody and Gloucester. They played 32 minutes and I couldn’t be happier for them. The win felt great.”
The Sachems (1-8) visit Danvers Friday night (7).
“I’m hoping to see the kids build from this,” Bertrand said. “We played excellent defense. We talk about it starting with defense and we did excellent. We know Danvers will be a tough game. Matignon was a tough place to play. It was a good game but it was close. Our game plan is to build off this, that’s what our goal is.”
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Marblehead 41, Hamilton-Wenham 40
At Hamilton-Wenham, the Magicians came away with their third victory of the season to surpass last year’s win total.
“It was a really good, competitive game,” Magicians interim coach Paul Moran said. “It was a great win for our girls. They worked really hard, they deserved it and they got the win. They beat last year’s win total. That was one of our goals coming into the season.”
Leila Walton led the way with a season-high 10 points. Maddy Lowy scored seven points and Darcy O’Sullivan added six.
Madeline Bowden generated the offense with seven assists.
The Magicians (3-7, 3-5 Northeastern Conference) host Dracut Wednesday night (7) in a non-conference game.
Classical 48, Medford 33
Behind a 16-point performance from Jean Gupton-Morrison, the Rams moved back above .500 for the season. Kiara Edmonds and Amber Crayton also added seven points each in the win.
Classical (5-4) plays on the road at crosstown rival English Wednesday night. The Rams defeated English by a point when the two met last month in the Walter J. Boverini Tournament.
