SouthCoast high school scores and highlights from Tuesday, Feb. 14
Tatum Reis is known for her scrappy play on the basketball court.
The New Bedford High senior’s heads-up play in the final seconds of Tuesday night’s Southeast Conference game against Durfee was the difference.
With the game tied at 43, New Bedford’s Lexi Thompson missed an off-balance shot attempt in the paint and Reis was there for the offensive rebound and putback to lift the Whalers to a thrilling 45-43 come-from-behind victory over the visiting Hilltoppers on Senior Night.
“Tatum was in the right place at the right time,” said New Bedford head coach Jordan Pina. “I’m glad the seniors got that one. We grinded that one out.”
The Whalers trailed 17-10 at halftime, but outscored the Hilltoppers 23-11 in the third quarter to enter the fourth quarter ahead 33-28.
“It’s Senior Night and it’s Durfee,” Pina said. “We talked about it pregame that it’s a game of runs and we went on a big run without Lexi (Thompson) which was a huge boost. We were able to save some minutes from her. Zaria (Anderson) hit some big shots. Vanessa (Bucha) was fantastic.”
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Durfee’s Mya Hayes-Paulette fouled out with three minutes to go.
“That changed things a little bit for us,” Pina said. “We were able to attack the basket a little more.”
Bucha had a team-high 13 points to go along with four rebounds and three assists. Thompson added 11 points and five rebounds while Zaria Anderson had 11 points. Reis had four points and eight rebounds.
New Bedford honored its six seniors — Reis, Bucha, Mari MacMaster, Hannah Pereira, Kaidyn Cifelli and Ariana DaPonte. DaPonte, the team manager, got to start the game and scored a basket before play was stopped so her teammates could swarm the court in celebration.
The Whalers (12-5, 2-5 SEC) visit Brockton on Friday.
Bishop Stang 68, Archbishop Williams 49
The Spartans got the upset win thanks to a big offensive game from Bridget Markey, who had 26 points. Eleanor Senna and Kate Carreau had 12 points apiece. Stang (11-7) hosts Cardinal Spellman on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
GNB Voc-Tech 45, Bristol-Plymouth 36
Kaira Dubois had a team-high 14 points while Casalice Dias added 13. Laila Pires chipped in with five points and seven rebounds as the Bears captured their third win of the season. Voc-Tech honored Kaylee Woodacre on Senior Night. She had two points. It was also Alumni Night, where 10 to 15 players from the past 15 years came back to support the team. GNB Voc-Tech (3-16, 1-11 SCC) hosts Wareham at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Bourne 43, Apponequet 38
Addison Taylor led the Lakers with 17 points, three assists and three steals while Hannah Kuriscak added 10 points. Apponequet (9-9, 9-3 SCC) visits Old Rochester on Friday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Durfee 57, New Bedford 48
Javion Lloyd connected on four 3-pointers en route to a team-high 17 points. Damarius Roberts added 10 points. The Whalers (10-7, 3-4 SEC) host Brockton on Friday.
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Bourne 71, Apponequet 51
Josh Keller had a team-high 17 points to go along with five rebounds. Will Levrault added nine points while Nate Levesque had nine rebounds and four points. The Lakers (8-9, 6-6 SCC) host Old Rochester on Friday.
BOYS HOCKEY
Norwell 8, Dartmouth 1
A shorthanded Dartmouth team struggled with the team's lone goal coming from Aidan Cruz unassisted. Dartmouth will face Somerset at 3:10 p.m. on Friday at the Amica Pavilion in Providence.
TRACK
MSTCA Rising Stars Championship
GNB Voc-Tech freshman Madalyn Duarte won the mile with a season-best 5:35.93 and came in second in the high jump (4-10) in addition to anchoring the winning 4x400 relay team (4:30.77) along with Emily Antao, Nevaeh Escobar and Shelby Ruffley. Other top finishers for Voc-Tech were Kendra Santiago in the 300 (fifth; 45.98), Antao in the 600 (fourth; 1:55.95), Morgan Gonsalves in the 600 (10th; 1:59.92) and the 4x200 relay team (second; 1:57.93) of Antao, Taylor Person, Mia Linhares and Santiago. For the Voc-Tech boys, Bryan Antunes was fifth in the 300 (39.01) and the 4x400 relay team of James Underwood, Houston Halle, Harrison Cabral and Antunes placed fourth (3:57.77). For Wareham, Jolee Anderson won the shot put (30-2.5), Jelissa Torrence earned a third place medal in the 300 (45.62), Laura Clements placed 15th in the 1,000 (3:57.15), Peyton Smith placed 15th in the 600 (2:00.52) and Dylan Turner placed 12th in the shot put (35-08.75).
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