QUINCY – It appeared all the metropolis of Quincy was packed into the North Quincy Excessive Faculty gymnasium for a Friday night time boys basketball conflict between North Quincy and Quincy.
The back-and-forth affair wanted double extra time to discover a victor and it was Quincy which got here out on high with a 62-60 Patriot League Fisher win.
The sport began slowly on the offensive aspect of the ball, with solely 17 factors being scored within the first quarter within the assembly of cross-city rivals. Not a lot modified in a second quarter that was stuffed with turnovers and missed pictures, and North Quincy exited with a slender 19-15 lead after a 10-2 run to finish the half.
The third quarter noticed the Presidents and Purple Raiders proceed the back-and-forth play and Quincy was capable of push it to a 31-31 tie to finish the quarter.
This momentum continued early within the fourth, as a number of massive blocks by Presidents massive Christian Raphael and robust capturing from Logan Mann made it look like the Presidents have been going to construct a lead and take residence a regulation victory. Nonetheless, North Quincy’s Aaden Chen hit a large nook three-pointer to tie the sport, 44-44, and drive extra time.
The primary OT was performed at a slower tempo and ended at 50-50, with a number of extra clutch steals by De Lima and constant pictures on the line from Medina, forcing yet one more extra time because the North Quincy fan part made its manner down all the way in which to the ground with rigidity rising inside the gymnasium.
The Raiders acquired into foul bother within the second extra time and let up two massive pictures from past the arc, resulting in a 62-60 Quincy win.
Medina led the Presidents with 27 factors, whereas Shawn Perry had 13 factors and Sean Conroy had 12.
The Presidents look to remain sizzling at Silver Lake on Monday, whereas the Raiders look to get again within the win column in opposition to Whitman-Hanson subsequent week.
