MANSFIELD — After per week of snow cancellations because of the historic blizzard of 2026, Mansfield ended the week by combating off a tricky Danvers staff 51-48 within the first spherical of the Div. 2 women basketball match on Friday night.
No. 12 Mansfield (14-8) got here into this match after shedding the Girls’s Spherical Ball Match to Natick on Feb. 18. No. 21 Danvers (19-2) is coming off a historic marketing campaign, the place it entered on a 16-game profitable streak, with the lone loss coming in opposition to Hamilton-Wenham on Dec. 29.
“I’m tremendous excited to get previous a really proficient Danvers staff,” stated Mansfield head coach Heather McPherson. “Kudos to (Angielouise Djoko), such a powerful presence and so athletic. It wasn’t simply the ending within the center, however the way in which she range and attacked the basket. I believed that was troublesome to defend.”
Katelyn Triolo led the way in which with 26 for the Hornets, together with going 14-for-17 from the charity stripe, and was the one participant in double figures for Mansfield, as Maggie Vallett was the subsequent main scorer with seven.
Djoko led Danvers with 25, together with an 8-for-14 mark from the road. She was adopted by Annabel Boyd with eight factors and Kendall Murphy with six factors.
Danvers began sturdy, leaping out to a 7-2 lead early within the first. Mansfield lower it down to at least one level after a pair of free throws from Vallett, however Danvers responded with 5 straight factors, a run that began with a three-pointer from Kayda Brown. Mansfield pulled it down to at least one level on the finish of the quarter after Triolo hit a three-pointer and a pair of free throws.
The Falcons held the lead for many of the second quarter, till Triolo went to the road once more and made each of her pictures, main Mansfield to take its first lead of the sport. Hailey Nieratko nailed a three-pointer earlier than the buzzer to offer the Hornets a slight lead on the half.
Danvers took a bunch of free throws to begin the third, and Djoko and Sienna Lynch each made two of these pictures from the stripe. Murphy later tied the sport up at 30, after Mansfield took one other lead. Mansfield was capable of end out the quarter with the lead, as Maddie Boyle knocked it down from past the arc, and Sophie Clang made her final shot of the one journey to the road for her tonight, because the Hornets had a 34-30 lead.
Triolo took it into one other gear within the fourth, always going to the road, together with the ultimate offensive play of the sport for Mansfield, as she picked off a go, and had a quick break, after which fouled whereas taking a layup, after which knocked down each of her free throws, as she put the sport away with 10 seconds left, and a five-point lead. Djoko put the ultimate two factors of the season for the Falcons, on the buzzer, as their historic season resulted in Mansfield.
The Hornets transfer to the second spherical, the place they may face No. 5 Minnechaug.
