St. Mary’s boys basketball coach David Brown wants to make sure there’s no dropoff now that the league portion of the Spartans’ season is over.
Tuesday night, the Spartans rolled past Bishop Feehan, 73-65, in the semifinals of the Catholic Central League Classic. The 20-1 Spartans will play in the final Thursday night against Williams at the Tony Conigliaro Gym.
“I think we played pretty well,” Brown said. “Last time we played them, they battled us the whole game. I was pleased with how we played tonight.”
The Spartans got 22 points and nine rebounds from Ali Berry, 19 points from David Brown Jr. and 13 points and six rebounds from Omri Merryman. After Thursday’s game, St. Mary’s hosts the Spartan Classic Thursday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Swampscott 81, Georgetown 77 (OT)
At Swampscott, Mick Ross scored 17 points, including the game-tying, three-pointer at the buzzer at the end of regulation, as the Big Blue raised its record to 13-4.
Also contributing for Swampscott were Max Brodsky and Ryan Ward (17 points each), Cam O’Brien (19 points) and Evan Roth (16 points).
Swampscott plays next against East Boston.
East Boston 65, Revere 58
At Revere, the Patriots fell to 9-7 with the loss. Senior tri-captain Jack D’Ambrosio had 14 points and nine rebounds while center Hamsa Ghoul had nine points and nine rebounds.
Revere is home Thursday against Classical.
Peabody 49, Ipswich 34
At Ipswich, Anthony Forte had 21 points, six rebounds and seven steals as the Tanners raised its record to 12-6. Shea Lynch had 13 points, 12 rebounds and six steals while Luke Roan had six points, six rebounds and three assists.
St. John’s (D) 60, St. John’s (S) 53
At Shrewsbury, the Eagles evened its record at 8-8. Kyle Webster and Jacob Mercedes had 21 points apiece.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Minuteman 53, Tech 35
At Tech, Nyari Lane-Benjamin led Lynn Tech’s scoring with 11 points, nine rebounds and eight steals. Aliyah Volquez had 11 points and four steals and Simone Wilson had six points. This brings its record to 13-5.
Lynnfield 39, Manchester-Essex 32
Lynnfield scored the victory over Manchester-Essex 39-32. Going into halftime, Lynnfield was up 24-18. Scoring was led by Bella George, who had 11 points and six rebounds, Abby Adamo had nine points and Lucy Cleary finished with seven points and five rebounds.
Saugus 58, Triton 47
At Saugus on Senior Night, April Aldred led the offensive attack for the seniors with 11 points, followed by contributions from Fallon Millerick with eight points and Cassie Israelson, who had three points.
The Sachems really shined on defense though allowing their team to progress to 11-7.
English 69, New Mission 27
For English, Jaeleigh Perry led the charge with 22 points and 12 rebounds; Matty Laurino had 13 points, five assists and five steals; Mackenzie Acevedo had 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists; and Rosie Chheang had 10 points and 10 steals.
English raised its record to 14-3.
St. Mary’s 66, Bishop Stang 42
Kellyn Preira had 21 points. The Spartans record improves to 19-2.
Bishop Feehan 65, Bishop Fenwick 32
Crusader coach Adam DeBaggis said the loss was “just a lackluster performance all-around.”
Fenwick falls to 13-6.
