NEW BEDFORD – Larger New Bedford Voke snapped a two-game boys basketball skid on Friday night time with a 55-42 victory towards Dighton-Rehoboth due to robust protection and nice ball motion.
The Bears (7-3) stored their lead the whole recreation, beginning off after they scored 4 straight factors firstly of the sport. Nonetheless, the Falcons (6-4) stored threatening as they’d lower the leads of the Bears all through completely different factors of the sport. The Bears have been capable of preserve the Falcons at bay with a powerful defensive fourth quarter.
“The factor I’ve been specializing in is making an attempt to get us to remain the course. Different groups are going to make runs, issues are usually not going to occur in your favor,” stated Bears coach Robert Delaleu, “We turned the ball over 4 instances in 5 possessions after we have been up 14 on the time, and swiftly they went on an 8-0 run.”
Within the first quarter, the Bears scored the primary 4 factors of the sport, with Brayden Pires and Jayce James every getting a layup. Josh Reidy scored the primary 4 factors of the sport for the Falcons. Close to the tip of the quarter, Falcons senior captain Kensley Macean knocked down a 3 from the proper nook and lower Voke’s result in 13-11 on the finish of the opening quarter.
The Bears began the second on a 6-0 run, which included level guard Chris Rivera getting his first factors of the sport, as he made each free throws, after which Jackson Duclos ending it with two factors off an offensive rebound. The Falcons solely scored seven within the quarter, through which Reidy scored 5 of these factors.
Larger New Bedford began to drag away within the third, starting with an 11-4 run. After a pair of technical free throws by Rivera, the Falcons scored eight consecutive factors, which included back-to-back layups by Reidy. The Falcons ended the quarter on a 10-2 run as junior Maddex Mendoza scored the ultimate factors of the quarter.
The Bears by no means let up within the fourth quarter, particularly close to the tip, the place a number of turnovers by the Falcons’ offense led to factors for Pires and James, after which put the Bears again within the win column.
Larger New Bedford unfold the ball round as eight completely different gamers had not less than three factors within the contest, whereas the Falcons had simply 4 gamers rating.
Rivera and James every led with 11 for the Bears, with Pires not far behind with 10. Rivera, Jordan Correia, and Jacoby Yarro have been chargeable for three three-pointers on the night time, and the workforce was 10-for-12 from the road.
The senior duo of Reidy and Macean led the Falcons, with 17 and 12, respectively. Cole Vivieros had 9, and Mendoza had six. Macean had two, and Vivieros had one every from past the arc, and the Falcons have been 9/11 from the free-throw line.
