Page 12 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – Friday, February 7, 2020 Basketball: Revere’s comeback falls short at Peabody Revere guard Amara Bockarie splits two Peabody defenders on his way to the hoop. By Greg Phipps I n the throes of a four-game losing skid, the Revere High School boys’ basketball team is in danger of missing out on a playoff berth. The Patriots traveled to face the Peabody Tanners on Monday and fell behind by double digits before making a spirited comeback that fell short. Trailing by 19 points entering the fi nal quarter, the Patriots closed the gap to fi ve at 5853 with just under two minutes to go. But they wouldn’t get any closer and ended up losing by a 63-55 margin. Revere was coming off a 15-point loss to Somerville and 32-point defeat at Everett last week. Despite the team’s recent struggles, head coach David Leary liked the late-game fi ght his team showed in Monday’s loss. “We came out a little fl at in the fi rst [quarter] and didn’t really challenge until the third quarter,” he told the press after the game. “We just ran out of time. I was proud of the way the seniors battled back.” The Patriots beat Peabody by 15 points at home earlier in the season, but Monday’s aff air was a reversal of that scenario. The home team raced out to an earRevere’s Crisrael Lithgow scored a team-high 19 points in Monday’s loss at Peabody.
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