Brighton bashes TechBoston

Brighton’s shooting may come and go, but the Bengals’ consistent advantage on the glass is undeniable.

Last night, Brighton showed off their rebounding advantage as behind Tyrone Perry’s 20 points and 12 rebounds to cruise to a 72-40 win over TechBoston in a Boston City League battle.

The Bengals (11-4) held a 21-8 rebounding advantage at the half, before finishing with a 56-25 advantage for the game. Additionally, Brighton dominated TechBoston (11-3) on points in the paint, outscoring the Bears 44-14 inside.

While being known for 3-point shooting, Brighton struggled for most of the first half, relying on Perry and fellow big man Jared Clark to do a boatload of the work. The two delivered, combining for 22 points and 16 rebounds at the break.

“We know we are bigger than most teams in the city,” said Brighton coach Hue Coleman. “We have to be able to use that to our advantage, because there is going to be times when shots aren’t falling and we need another way to score.”

Also in the City League, Ikenna Azums had 23 points to lead Latin Academy (10-4) to a 75-53 win over Fenway.

Nate Hobbs netted 26 points for St. John’s Prep (134) in a 59-53 nonleague win over Hamilton-Wenham.

Girls basketball

Giana Daniel scored 21 points and TechBoston (125) beat Brighton 49-32 in a Boston City League contest.

In nonlegue action, Katelyn Shevlin had 16 points, helping North Reading (9-9) to a 61-20 rout of Charlestown. ... Tessa Lafrance scored her 1,000th career point to lead Triton (11-6) to a 61-55 win over Everett.

Boys hockey

Robert Colburn scored the lone goal and James Corcoran made 19 saves for the shutout as Walpole (170-1) edged Braintree, 1-0, in a matchup of the Bay State Conference’s division leaders.

Mitch Andrea scored twice to push Lowell Catholic (12-1-1) to a 5-1 victory over Cardinal Spellman, clinching a sixth consecutive Catholic Central Small title for the Crusaders.

Zac Taylor’s hat trick led Hanover (12-2-2) to a 7-1 win over North Quincy in Patriot League action.

Girls hockey

In a Catholic Central League contest, Aylah Cioffi found the back of the net three times, as St. Mary’s (12-2-1) defeated Archbishop Williams, 3-1.

Colleen Kelleher made 31 saves for her fifth shutout of the season as Canton (73-6) defeated Falmouth, 3-0, in SEGMHL play.