Medfield bought simply what it hoped for on Saturday afternoon.
Courtesy of 14 factors from Tess Baacke and a late basket by Sadie Cumming, No. 3 Medfield held off a livid rally from No. 8 Central Catholic for a 60-56 win to advance within the IAABO Board 27/Comcast Tournament on Saturday at Woburn High School.
The Warriors (18-1) will play Bishop Fenwick, who defeated Woburn within the second sport of the double header, within the Rich Antonelli bracket finals on Monday at 2 p.m. The win is Medfield’s lone win inside single figures this yr.
“We have not been a lot of situations like this all season long and that is why we’re playing here,” Medfield coach Mark Nickerson stated. “We need to play in environments like this. We settled down as best as we could.”
Medfield constructed a 19-3 lead six minutes in and maintained a 41-27 benefit going into the half on the heels of two three pointers from Izzy Kittredge. The Raiders made a minor run within the third quarter courtesy of Aniela Kwo’s efforts on the offensive glass and eight factors from Kerri Finneran, however a triple simply earlier than the buzzer by Cumming saved Medfield in entrance 51-39 going into the final eight minutes.
The Raiders, nevertheless, had one final burst. Finneran scored 10 straight factors to trim the deficit to 4 after which moments later Kwo put house a 3rd try to cap off a 17-6 run and make it a 57-56 Medfield lead with 49 seconds left. Cumming got here by with a basket to stretch the lead as much as three and a Raiders turnover on the different finish sealed the win for the Warriors.
“Sadie and Annie Stanton both helped us finish today and our young kids also played,” Nickerson. “We’re a balanced group which means in any moment any one can step up and get the job done.”
In the second sport, Bishop Fenwick used 21 factors, 10 rebounds, and three blocks from Cecilia Kay together with a stout defensive effort to get previous Woburn, 48-39.
Along with Kay, Isabella Lopez-Marin and Caitlin Boyle every had eight factors. The Crusaders will now tackle Medfield who they defeated on Dec. 28. The Crusaders managed play for many of the afternoon Saturday. Four factors from Celia Neilson helped put Fenwick up 14-7 after one and eight factors from Kay helped stretch the result in 29-14 on the break.
The Tanners bought the deficit to single digits, 39-32, after three courtesy of a Brooke Tuzolo trey on the buzzer. Fenwick, nevertheless, allowed simply two made subject objectives within the fourth interval to quell hopes of a Woburn comeback.
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