WEST ROXBURY — The Catholic Conference goes by means of Malden Catholic.
Nick Martinez poured in 21 factors whereas Matthew Gaffney and Buckley Moody every added 18 as Malden Catholic captured a key Catholic Conference highway victory with a 76-63 win over Catholic Memorial on Tuesday evening at Ronald S. Perry Memorial Gymnasium.
The win improves the Lancers to an ideal 8-0 and 3-0 in Catholic Conference play.
“For Matthew Gaffney to step up the way he did tonight as a sophomore point guard was tremendous,” mentioned Malden Catholic coach John Walsh. “This is a huge Catholic Conference game and Matthew, Buckley, and Nick all stepped up along with Roger Vasquez.”
Malden Catholic appeared to have the sport iced with simply over three minutes left when Moody and Martinez every went coast to coast for layups to push the rating to 66-54 with 3:10 remaining. The Knights offered one final gasp going to their full courtroom stress to drive a pair of turnovers earlier than Corey Dilson drilled a triple to trim the deficit to 68-62 with 1:29 remaining. The Lancers went excellent on the line down the stretch, nevertheless, to seal the win.
“Just a high effort performance for our guys,” Walsh mentioned. “Every time it seemed like CM made a run we answered and that’s a testament to our guys’ poise.”
Malden Catholic jumped out to an eight-point edge early within the second quarter, however Knights guard Peter Gellene scored 5 of his game-high 24 factors to drag the hosts inside three. The Lancers first half lead obtained as much as as massive as 11 courtesy of a triple from Gaffney earlier than the Knights lower it to seven on the half.
Catholic Memorial stayed on Malden Catholic’s heels for a big share of the second half utilizing bursts from Malachi Bryant and Gellene to remain inside two positions. Ben Howard and Vazsquez (15 factors) scored round just a few large treys from Gaffney, nevertheless, to maintain CM at bay going into the fourth quarter.
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