Lions earn road win over Mt. Hope
BRISTOL — It wasn’t pretty, but the Lincoln girls basketball team is going into the playoffs having won its last three road game. Senior guard Kate Swanson scored a game-high 14 points and junior wing Yaritza Lara added 12 points in the Lions’ 34-27 Division III victory over Mt. Hope Wednesday night.
Lincoln (11-6 Division III) doesn’t know what seed it will be, but coach Lindsay Lacey knows her squad will be playing a home playoff game tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
The Lions, who led 18-12 at halftime, also received seven points from Dalia Suslovich and a bucket from Lilye Lasko.
LINCOLN (34) Dalia Suslovich 2 3-4 7, Kate Swanson 6 2-4 14, Victoria Ryan 0 0-0 0, Yaritza Lara 4 3-4 12, Drew Swanson 0 0-0 0, Lilye Lasko 1 0-1 2, Julia Bolduc 0 0-0 0, totals 12 9-11 34.
MT. HOPE (27) Ava Lombardo 2 3-4 7, Zoe Mouligne 2 3-4 7, Krista Squatrito 0 0-0 0 ,Sara Withers 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Boucher 0 0-0 0, Kyra Boucher 0 0-0 0, Isabel Savinon 3 2-4 10, Mia Merritt 1 1-2 3, totals 8 9-14 27.
3-pointers – L, Lara; MH, Savinon 2.
Halftime – Lincoln, 18-12.
SCITUATE – It wasn’t a victory, but the Cumberland girls basketball team knows it can play with anyone in Division II headed into Friday night’s playoff opener.
The Clippers led first-place Scituate by a point with five minutes to go after a hoop from Juliette Vemmer, but the Spartans answered thanks to a team-high 11 points from Madison Medberry to secure a 47-41 home victory Wednesday night.
“It was a really good game,” Cumberland coach George Coderre said. “We had a bunch of good, open looks early in the game that if we had any kind of confidence shooting the ball we could’ve had a big lead.”
Cumberland (8-9 Division II) received a game-high 17 points from sophomore wing Madison Zancan. Senior guard Casey Farrell added eight points, while Abby LaRose and Juliette Vemmer chipped in with six.
The Clippers built an 8-2 advantage to start the first half, but Leah Bessette (10 points), Emma LaPlante and Taylor Parker helped the Spartans make nine free throws in the first half to take a 26-20 advantage at halftime.
Led by Zancan, the Clippers went on a 13-6 run to start the second half to take a onepoint lead with five minutes to go on Vemmer’s hoop.
CUMBERLAND (41) Casey Farrell 3 1-2 8, Emily Lambrou 1 0-0 3, Madison Zancan 8 1-3 17, Abby LaRose 3 0-0 6, Juliette Vemmer 2 2-5 6, Morgan Vinacco 0 1-2 1, Molly Rebelo 0 0-0 0, totals 17 5-12 41.
SCITUATE (47) Kristi Ferrucci 2 0-0 5, Rachel Oster 0 2-4 2, Julie Olson 2 0-0 6, Leah Bessette 4 2-2 10, Lexia Parker 2 0-2 4, Emma LaPlante 2 2-2 6, Taylor Parker 0 3-6 3, Madison Medberry 5 0-0 11, Olivia D’Antonio 0 0-0 0, totals 17 9-16 47.
3-pointers – C, Farrell 1, Lambrou; S, Olson 2, Ferrucci, Medberry. Halftime – Scituate, 26-20. NORTH KINGSTOWN — The St. Raphael girls basketball team enters the playoffs with an eight-game winning steak after sophomore forward Amaya Dowdy scored a game-high 15 points and Kaylee Mulligan added 10 in a 50-39 Division I road victory over North Kingstown Wednesday night.