Foley has a fabulous finish for Mansfield
When the Mansfield boys’ basketball team learned Monday that leading scorer Davon Sanders would miss Wednesday’s Division 2 secondround matchup with mononucleosis, coach Mike Vaughn and senior captain Trevor Foley briefly shared a moment of dread. Then, Foley turned to his coach with a more optimistic outlook.
“He was the first person I saw after we found out the news and we looked at each other like, what the heck is going on?” recalled Vaughn. “But then he looked at me and just told me, ‘I got this.’ ”
Foley wasn’t lying. The burly forward spent Wednesday attacking the rim for layups, burying pull-up jumpers, and cleaning the glass. The result was a dominant 31-point, 15-rebound performance that fueled fifth-seeded Mansfield to a 6251 win over No. 12 Burlington in front of a buzzing gym at Mansfield High.
“Trevor had that look on his face the last two days at practice,” said Vaughn. “The way he showed up today. I can’t say enough about him, what he accomplished, and what he means to this program.”
Despite the loss of All-Scholastic forward Eddie McCoy for the season (injury), and now Sanders, Mansfield (20-4) is headed to the state quarterfinals for the seventh straight year. The Hornets will play at No. 4 Somerset-Berkley Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Division 1 State
Franklin 81, Putnam 55 — Sean O’Leary (27 points) and Caden Sullivan (26) lifted the No. 3 Panthers (23-1) to a second-round victory.
Division 2 State
Middleborough 76, Milford 71 — Senior wing Matt Youngquist poured in 37 points as the 38thseeded Sachems (15-8) continued their impressive postseason run, winning their third straight road game to take down No. 22 Milford (10-11).
Sharon 64, Doherty 53 — Jacob McLoughlin had 29 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals for the seventh-seeded Eagles (15-7) in a second-round win over the No. 10 Highlanders (14-8). Nate Katznelson added 17 points and seven rebounds.
Division 3 State
Charlestown 85, Abington 56 — Jaylin WilliamsCrawford (23 points, 5 blocks), Jalen Hunter-Coleman (16 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists), and Jordany Mak (14 points) led the top-seeded Townies (20-2) to a second-round win over the No. 16 Green Wave (18-6).
Dover-Sherborn 71, Apponequet 64 (OT) — After trailing by 11 at the half, seniors Mason Melchionda (21 points), Chris Kiesling (14 points, 9 rebounds), Jono Windle (14 points), and Charles Fang (11 points) led the No. 23 Raiders (14-8) to the overtime win over the No. 7 Lakers (12-10).
Division 4 State
Lynn Tech 60, Georgetown 56 — Ederick Gonzalez tossed in 18 points, ripped down 20 rebounds, and delivered five assists, and Jayden Welch had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists for the No. 8 Tigers (18-2) in the second-round win.
Girls’ basketball
Division 2 State
Notre Dame (Hingham) 52, Nashoba 40 — Junior captain Ava Orlando notched 25 points, 8 assists, and 9 steals to carry the No. 3 Cougars (21-1) to a second-round win over No. 19 Nashoba (12-10).
“Ava set the tone offensively and defensively,” NDA coach said Nickie Orlando of her daughter. Oliver Ames 55, Minnechaug 51 — Avery Gamble (18 points), Kamryn Derba (13 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists), Sarah Hilliard (11 points), and Maeve Horsman (9 points) led the No. 5 Tigers (16-6) to a second-round victory over No. 12 Minnechaug (16-5).
Division 4 State
Cathedral 70, Rockland 31 — Jasmine Day-Cox tallied 19 points, 4 steals, and 7 rebounds to help lift the No. 1 Panthers (15-5) to a second-round win over No. 17 Rockland.
Westport 50, Franklin County Tech 31 — Korynne Holden tallied a team-high 19 points to lead the No. 5 Wildcats (20-1) in the second round.