NORTH ANDOVER — North Andover confirmed that its prowess stretched exterior the Merrimack Valley.
Led by 4 scorers in double figures, highlighted by Niko Catalano’s 13 factors, No. 3 North Andover defeated No. 9 Needham, 62-47, on Thursday night time at North Andover High School.
The win offers a little bit of revenge for North Andover, which fell in final yr’s Division 1 state semifinal to the Rockets.
Alongside Catalano, Cam Bethel (11), Jake Saalfrank (11) and Zach DesRochers (10) scored in double figures for North Andover. It was a powerful output for the hosts contemplating Needham held Boston Herald Dream Teamer Zach Wolinski to a few factors.
Wolinski is now 14 factors away from 1,000 for his profession.
“Needham is a different team and we’re a different team,” North Andover coach Paul Tanglis stated. “We know they’re a terrific team. They’re very fundamentally sound. We had to share the ball and we did.”
Despite being face guarded, Wolinski made his influence by shelling out eight assists to go together with eight steals.
“Zach (Wolinski) takes what the defense gives him. It speaks to our unselfishness as a team,” Tanglis stated. “To score 62 points against Needham you have to be unselfish.”
North Andover managed play for a lot of the recreation. After being up 18-14 after one, the hosts obtained separation. Defensively, the Scarlet Knights pressured six Needham turnovers within the second quarter and on the different finish Saalfrank scored eight of his factors to place North Andover up 30-19 on the half.
North Andover prolonged its lead as much as 46-31 on consecutive baskets by Angel Sanchez however a 7-0 run by the Rockets trimmed the deficit to 9 with 5:50 stay.
The Scarlet Knights, nevertheless, refused to be denied. Bethel drilled a triple and completed on the cup earlier than DesRochers scored 4 of his personal to place the sport on ice.
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