Patriots storm to first win.
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COLUMN: BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Burncoat 59, Milford 47
Darien Forman (20 points) and Brendon Boyd (13 points, 9 steals) provided fine defense last in the game to help the host Patriots (1-9) to their first win.
Anthony Barry led the Scarlet Hawks with 11 points.
Holy Name 51, South 49
Sophomore Andre Pluverge (15 points, 10 rebounds) notched his third double-double of the season and sank the winning shot for the host Naps (7-4). Pluverge hit a jumper in the paint with 45 seconds left, and Liam O'Sullivan (15 points) hit two free throws to seal it.
Emmanuel Ferraud led the Colonels (6-4) with 17 points.
Bancroft 64, Berwick 56
Junior forward Dave Mack pulled down 22 boards and scored 17 of his game-high 26 points in the second half when the host Bulldogs 8-2, 6-2 EIL), down three points at the break, outscored Berwick (0-8, 0-6), 37-26, in the second half.
Senior guards Jimmy Kelley (20 points) and Bryan Johnson (five assists) also starred for Bancroft.
Westboro 58, Groton-Dunstable 54
Senior point guard Mike Pruell scored 15 points and helped spark an 18-6 third-period rally that carried the host Rangers (7-6, 3-3) to a Mid-Wach B upset of the eighth-ranked Crusaders, who had romped to a 21-point victory at home 2-1/2 weeks ago.
Evan Cummings, a 6-foot-8 sophomore forward, added 12 points, six of them during that rally that wiped out G-D's two-point halftime lead.
Six-foot-6 swingman Ryan Romich led Groton-Dunstable (9-3, 4-2) with 21 points.St. Bernard's 69, St. Peter-Marian 60
Sophomore guard John Henault pumped in 19 points and Andrew Gosselin hit five 3-pointers on his way to 17 points as the visiting Bernardians (3-7, 1-2 Central Mass. Conference) built a 25-point lead early in the third quarter before the young Guardians (1-8, 0-3) rallied in Worcester.
Guard Matt Mobley, one of three freshman starters for St. Peter-Marian, had a game-high 24 points, making six 3-pointers, and added 3 steals.
Littleton 64, Tahanto 50
Mac Hanlon's 16 points and Jeff Bielefeld's 13 powered the visiting Tigers (9-3, 4-2) to a Mid-Wach D triumph in Boylston. Eli Johnson had 12 points, Bill Giguere 11 and Taylor Little 10 for the Stags (0-12, 0-6 ).
Leicester 57, Quaboag 54
The host Cougars (3-10) rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit to lead in the final minute, but senior forward Jake Derr (18 points) scored on a pick-and-roll with 35 seconds left to put the Wolverines (2-9) ahead to stay.
Senior forward Luis Frias had 17 points for Leicester.
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