Just three weeks after Burke allowed Charlestown to pour in 84 factors, the Bulldogs turned in one in every of their best defensive performances of the season.
Matt Drayton scored 22 factors Monday night whereas Jaeden Roberts added 19 to guide Burke to a 79-63 win over Charlestown in a matchup between the 2 premier groups within the Boston City League.
The Bulldogs, who entered the day third within the MIAA’s Div. 4 energy rankings, improved to 12-2 with a type of two losses coming to the Townies.
“We turned in our finest performance of the season today outside of one small stretch,” Burke coach Sean Ryan mentioned. “Charlestown is very talented but we were able to stop them in transitions and then set up our zone which was the difference.”
Unlike that outing a couple of weeks again, Burke was totally wholesome for the rematch. That, together with a red-hot Roberts within the early going, was an excessive amount of for Charlestown. Roberts scored all 19 of his factors within the first half each attacking off the bounce and connecting from the skin.
“In the first game Charlestown went box-and-one on Roberts and he got frustrated and settled for rushed shots,” Ryan mentioned. “Today, he attacked early and that got us going.”
Outside of a spurt within the third quarter that noticed Charlestown lower a double-digit deficit to 2 factors, 38-36, the Bulldogs managed all through.
Roberts’ first-half outburst helped Burke construct a 10-point lead on the intermission. Then, after the Townies run to chop the result in 2, the Bulldogs responded with a 19-9 run highlighted by a two-handed slam from Jaeshawn Rodgers to return on prime 57-47.
Charlestown by no means acquired nearer as Josh Jean Charles had a put-back and Drayton had three baskets to up Burke’s lead again to 16 and hold the Townies at a distance.
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