Central Catholic heads into the state match with wind in its sails.
Joey Hart led all scorers with 27 factors as Central Catholic knocked off Newton North, 57-54, to win the Div. 1 IAABO Board 27 Comcast Tournament on Monday evening at Woburn High School.
Hart was named match MVP efforts that noticed him rating 26 yesterday earlier than his Monday evening efficiency.
“This tournament is so well respected with great teams every year,” Central Catholic coach Mark Dunham stated. “I am very proud of the fight by our guys. Two hard fought games between today and Beverly yesterday.”
The sport featured a heavyweight matchup between two of the premier defensive groups within the Bay State.
Newton North held a slim 35-34 edge after three and the 2 sides traded blows within the fourth. A Jose Padilla triple put Newton North up 43-41 however Hart canned a 3 pointer of his personal moments later to provide the Raiders a 46-45 edge with three minutes to play.
A Tyler Randall three coupled with a free throw gave the Tigers a 54-53 edge however Hart corralled an offensive rebound and put it dwelling to provide Central a one-point edge.
Newton North had two makes an attempt on the finish to tie or seize the lead however each photographs rimmed out to provide the Raiders the win.
Padilla led the Tigers, who held a 26-22 lead at halftime, with 21 factors.
In the Div. 2 championship sport, Natick smothered Norwood, 75-62, to say the crown. Natick’s Jason O’Keefe earned the match’s most dear play honors.
Natick squelched Norwood all through a lot of the evening attacking the Mustangs number of zone seems to be from each inside and outside.
O’Keefe and Pat Mulholland every canned three first half triples as a part of a flurry that put Natick up 46-24 on the break.
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