THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 17, 2020 Page 13 ~ Malden Neighborhood Basketball League ~ 35th ~ Malden Sports Round-Up ~ Season – Week 2 Saturday, Jan. 11 at Ferryway Game 1 – Sonics 98, Bullets 59 A near record-setting day was displayed by Sonics J. Dorcena, who averaged 13.7 per quarter and scored a game & season high 55 as the Sonics were well on their way to victory as J. Davila added 25 and P. Huang chipped in with 12 of his own. The well-disciplined Boys in Blue, captained by Day 1 of course, were led by J. Mei with 27 and N. Soares doing his best adding 17. Game 2 – Celtics 64, Kings 42 The Emerald got their reSHOT IS UP: Malden and Revere players box out during Tuesday night’s 54-51 Malden win. (Steve Freker Photo) By Steve Freker Coach Don Nally was waiting for a night like this since Day One of the 2019-2020 Malden High School basketball season. The 16-year Golden Tornadoes head man had seen his young team struggle early, show promise in the middle then disappear at the end – and all variations and mashups in between, as Malden had just one win to show for seven tries. Not Tuesday night. Led by a strong team effort, with no less than four different scorers in double digits and some end-to-end defensive work, Malden topped a solid Revere High team, 54-51. The win ended a five-game slide for the Golden Tornadoes and earned Nally and his troops their first Greater Boston League (GBL) win as Malden went to 2-6 overall and 1-2 GBL. Revere evened off at 4-4 overall with the loss (2-2 GBL). “It was a great effort and a team win,” coach Nally said. “We don’t have the experience or the depth to rely on just one player to carry us as we may have had in years past, so everyone has to contribute, and [Tuesday] everyone did.” Malden senior David Mervilus led the Golden Tornadoes with 13 points and was joined by freshman Anderson Joseph (10 points), junior Ali Alayan (10 points) and sophomore captain Khaydar Al-Hamdani (10 points) in the double-figures department. Senior captain Berhan Daniel added six points and senior Ricardo St. Jean scored eight points for a well-balanced attack. “That’s the type of scoring we’ve been looking for all season: spread out among our players,” coach Nally said. Malden led at every juncture, building an 11-point lead at one point in the fourth quarter (4634), but head coach Dave Leary’s pesky Patriots refused to go away. Revere cut the lead to just four (47-43) with a 9-1 run led by junior Calvin Boudreau, who scored all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter to spark the run. Revere’s Hillgow led all scorers with 14 points. ROUND-UP | SEE PAGE 14 venge with this victory after their loss in last year’s finals to the Kings. New addition C. Pegueuro & N. Penha led the green with 14 apiece, with W. PierreRene dropping 10 to help the cause. The Kings were led by “The Machine” J. Crocker with 27 to lead all Kings into double-digit scoring. Game 3 – Hawks 59, Sixers 49 The Crimson started the game with 4 and ended with 4 as they gave a gallant effort but fell just shy behind A. Baires (18), W. Jean Baptiste (16) and S. Cohen (15). The Hawks had a 20-10 outburst in the 2nd and held onto that 10 pt. difference the remainder of the game. Thanks to Y. Kerany (15), A. Ebahlawan (14), A. Nguyen (12) and C. Cavanaugh (11). Sunday, Jan. 12 at Ferryway Game 1 – Bullets 2, Lakers 0 The Bullets got back in the Saturday, Jan. 18 Hawks 00 Kings 00 Lakers 00 Celtics 00 Hawks 00 Sixers 00 winners column, but sadly, it was due to a forfeit as the Purple & Gold couldn’t get enough players on the court by game time. Game 2 – Hawks 63, Pistons 47 A dominating 17-4 edge in quarter decided this one the 4th as the Hawks behind Y. Kerany (15) & A. Nguyen (12) gave the Black n Yellow a 2-win weekend for the 1st time in years. A. Beshah was the only Piston to break double digits, scoring 16 as they kept fighting the best they could in this tough loss. Game 3 – Sonics 69, Sixers 37 The Sonics – led by Cliff Philippe – are looking good so far this early season. His son D. Philippe dropped 31 followed by J. Davila with 14 and T. Tshering with 10 – culminating in a victory. The Sixers’ tough 1st half was their downfall as they couldn’t bounce back. W. Jean-Baptiste (13) and S. Cohen (10) were two of the better bright spots for Callinan’s crimson crew. Opening Weekend Scores Saturday, Jan. 4 at Ferryway Game 1 – Celtics 40, Pistons 25 Game 2 – Sixers 37, Kings 36 Game 3 – Sonics 46, Lakers 41 Sunday, Jan. 5 at Ferryway Game 1 – Bullets 40, Hawks 36 Game 2 – Celtics 73, Lakers 34 Game 3 – Kings 54, Pistons 44 Next Week’s Games Sunday, Jan. 19 Sonics 00 Hawks 00 Bullets 00 Pistons 00 Celtics 00 Sixers 00 This information was provided by Glenn Higgins, Malden Neighborhood Basketball League (MNBL) Booster, “Statsman” and Writer GOLDEN TORNADOES SPARK: Malden Senior David Mervilus (left) led the Golden Tornadoes with 13 points in Tuesday’s win over Revere. Patriots’ junior Calvin Boudreau on defense is at right. (Steve Freker Photo)
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