Carrara (32 points), Xaverian oust Methuen
Lorenzo Carrara recorded 32 points and Ty Cheney added 19 points and 11 assists to lead No. 5 Xaverian (16-6) past No. 21 Methuen, 83-70 in Div. 1 second round boys basketball action.
In a Div. 2 Round of 16 matchup, Mason Medeiros led with 18 points while Finn Bjork added 12 points and 13 rebounds to lift No. 4 Somerset Berkley (20-2) to a 53-50 win over No. 13 Canton. … Michael Porter erupted for 31 points and eight rebounds, and Brian Good chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds as No. 15 Scituate (20-4) topped No. 2 Leominster, 55-48.
Pete Kumar (15 points), Luke Lisciandra (12 points) and Rowan Tracey (11 points) finished in double figures in scoring for No. 6 Medfield (18-4) in a 61-54 Div. 3 Round of 16 win over No. 11 Martha’s Vineyard. … With 20 points from Carson Gretz and 19 more from Cam Atherton, eighth-seeded Newburyport (19-3) rolled to a 79-58 win over No. 9 Tantasqua. … Nick Adams put up 14 points, and Connor O’Hare recorded 12 points as No. 5 Norwell (20-2) beat No. 12 East Boston, 49-46.
Cade Furse (24 points) and Eddie Chareas (14 points, 15 rebounds) set the tone for fifth-seeded Manchester Essex (21-1) in a 77-36 Div. 4 Round of 16 blowout of No. 12 Tyngsboro.
Girls basketball
Kerri Finneran buried 23 points and grabbed five rebounds, and Aniela Kwo added a double-double of 13 points and 14 rebounds to boost No. 6 Central Catholic (18-4) to a 5451 Div. 1 Round of 16 win over No. 11 Framingham.
Madi Lawrence led all scorers with 33 points to power No. 7 Sandwich (211) to a 73-46 victory over No. 23 North Reading, in a Div. 3 Round of 16 contest.