Feehan girls speed away

Bishop Feehan puts an emphasis on the first four minutes of the second half.

Last night the Shamrocks came out of halftime on fire against Coyle & Cassidy.

Bishop Feehan hit its first seven shots and held on late to defeat the Warriors, 56-48, in Eastern Athletic Conference girls basketball action in Taunton.

“We’re a tempo team,” Feehan coach Michael Deady said. “We got a lot of easy shots. I think we shocked them in the beginning of the second half. We were getting layups in transition, and we were just doing some tremendous things offensively.”

Ahead 30-21 at halftime, Bishop Feehan (12-2, 6-0) jumped all over Coyle (11-2, 5-2) after the break.

Marissa Fontaine (13 points) got the offense rolling with a jumper followed by baskets from Riley Lahiff (game-high 18 points) and Katie Nelson. The Shamrocks weren’t slowing down as Fontaine hit another shot, and Lahiff and Anna Shaughnessy scored two more buckets each for a 14-point run in the first 2:49 of the third quarter. The outburst gave Feehan a commanding 44-25 lead and capped a 25-7 run dating to the second quarter.

“I thought it was our best two minutes of basketball this year,” Deady said. “We smoked them. But to their credit, they came back. I thought they would fall over.”

The Shamrocks scored just two more points the rest of the quarter, and Coyle battled back behind Samantha Hourihan (17), cutting the deficit to 48-40. But Nelson (15 points, six rebounds, eight assists) hit 6-of-8 free throws in the final minute to ice the game. . . .

In the Bay State Conference, senior Danielle Rubin hit a 3-pointer with six seconds remaining as Needham (8-9) edged Dedham 60-59. . . . Keelah Dixon finished with 17 points to boost Braintree (13-2) past Walpole, 57-40.

Andrea Schiavone scored 22 points, including four 3-pointers, as Woburn (12-1) edged Belmont 58-54 in the Middlesex League.

Senior Taylor McVeigh notched a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, helping Whitman-

Hanson (10-6) clinch a tournament berth with a 63-32 victory against Patriot League rival Pembroke. . . . Meaghan Raab finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds as Hanover (13-1) defeated Silver Lake, 72-56.

In a Hockomock Lague showdown, Caroline Collard recorded 22 points to lead North Attleboro (13-4) past Sharon, 57-40.

Boys basketball

In a Catholic Conference game, senior Dave Richard broke the school’s singlegame record for 3-pointers with nine en route to a 35-point performance, as

Austin Prep (9-7) topped

St. Joseph, 80-46. In the Patriot League, junior Bryan Tyrie finished with 17 points and Nikko Raftes dropped in 14 as

Whitman-Hanson (12-3) took down Pembroke 65-43. . . . Logan Larsen hit for 24 points to lead Hingham (8-7) to a 79-72 double overtime win against Plymouth South.

In the Middlesex League, Colin McNamara scored 20 points as Arlington (14-1) defeated Reading, 60-47.

Nick Kennedy had 23 points and 12 rebounds, as

Westwood beat Ashland, 7053, in the Tri-Valley League.