MANSFIELD — With Mansfield backed right into a nook, Trevor Foley rose to the event.
Despite being with out main scorer Davon Sanders, Mansfield turned in one other excellent efficiency as Foley scored 31 factors and added 15 rebounds to steer the No. 5 Hornets previous No. 12 Burlington, 62-51, on Wednesday evening.
The Hornets (20-4) will play Somerset-Berkley within the Div. 2 boys basketball state quarterfinals Friday evening.
“I knew someone had to step up, but I feel like we all stepped up,” Foley stated. “Maybe the box score says otherwise, but that’s not what we did on the court. We all stepped up in our own individual ways.”
The 31 factors is a career-high for Foley. Foley’s efficiency is one other sturdy outing for the senior in a season by which the Hornets have been dealt their share of blows. In the preseason, returning Boston Herald all-scholastic Eddie McCoy suffered a season-ending damage. Then, previous to Wednesday’s recreation, the Hornets found Sanders can be out with an sickness.
“Trevor was the first person I saw at practice on Monday when I found out Devon would be out and we both looked at each other and he just said, ‘Coach, I got this,’ ” Mansfield coach Mike Vaughan stated. “That speaks volumes to the type of kid he is.”
Foley scored 10 of his factors within the first quarter to assist the Hornets rise up 18-12 after one.
Burlington got here to life from past the arc within the second body with star Cedric Rodriguez (19 factors) burying two triples to tie the sport, however Nate Creedon hit a three-pointer earlier than the buzzer to place Mansfield up 26-23 on the break.
The Hornets prolonged the lead within the opening minutes of the third quarter with Riley Sigman burying a wing triple round a Foley layup to place Mansfield up 35-27. A Foley breakaway slam put the Hornets up 9, 46-37, early within the fourth and a Justin Curtis three-pointer gave the Hornets a double-digit lead for the primary time.
Rodriguez tried to will Burlington again into the sport by connecting on a three-point play and a triple to tug the guests inside 55-51. Foley, nonetheless, hit two free throws to push Mansfield again up six. Moments later, Creedon got here via with a key layup and Sigman picked off a Red Devils cross and laid it house to place the sport out of attain.
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