Page 6 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE - Friday, February 8, 2019 Tornado Boys Basketball enjoy strong team effort By Steve Freker What a diff erence a big win makes. On a night where they probably threw up an anchor from the Titanic and THAT would have gone in for a bucket, the Malden High School boys basketball injected new life into their quest for a postseason invite with a one-sided win over visiting Saugus Tuesday night. With leads of 25-6 after the fi rst quarter and 47-20 at halftime, at times it actually seemed that Malden could not miss. Everything the Tornados threw up there... went in. "It was one of the best shooting nights we've had here since I have been coaching," said 15-year Malden High head coach Don Nally. "We have been working on our shooting in practice more lately, but this was something on whole other level." The win pumped life into Malden's bid for the postseason, as the Tornado squad improved to 6-9 overall (4-9 in the Northeastern Conference). With five games left on the docket for the regular season, Malden needs wins in its fi nal four-of-fi ve. "We can do it, it's there," Coach Nally said. "We just have to play consistently down the stretch. If we can do that, we can get in (to the postseason)." Juniors Cameron Lloyd and David Mervilus led all scorers with 19 points each. Senior captains Christian Monahan Dasilva (15) and Robens Garcia (13) also had solid nights for Malden. Players off the Malden bench like Franklin Chen and Berhan Daniel also had hot shooting nights for the Tornados. In addition to the strong offensive showing Malden also played great defense limiting outside shots and closing down passing lanes. "We played very good defense and combined with the hot shooting and it was a win we really needed," Coach Nally. "Saugus had played real well against some of the top teams in the league lately and we knew we had to play well to win." 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The Pats had to play without the services of Ricky Briana, who was out with bad ribs, while they did get Wayne Cintolo back after recovering from a bad hip. Sophomore goalie J.T. Bowdridge got the start in net, and he came up with another sharp eff ort. He ended up making 22 saves to help preserve a point for his teammates in the standings. “[Bowdridge] was phenomeT nal in this game,” said Ciccarello. The Jets doubled up Revere-Malden just two weeks ago to the tune of 6-3, but in last Saturday’s game the Revere co-op jumped on them early, scoring a goal within the fi rst two minutes of the game. Alexio Trichilo notched the marker from Cintolo. But the Jets came back to score twice in the last minute of the period to take a 2-1 lead heading into the middle stanza. The score remained the same until halfway through the second period, when the Jets banged home their third goal. But Trichilo lit the lamp again late in the period following a scrum in front of the net to trim the defi cit to one, 3-2. Senior Matt Cravotta was credited with the equalizer on an unassisted slap shot in the slot about 10 minutes into the third. The Jets did outshoot the local sextet, 30-25, but the Pats played an all-around fi ne game backboned by their sophomore goalie to stay close to their worthy conference opponents. Joe Papasodora really played well on defense in front of Bowdridge to keep the Jets at bay, according to Ciccarello. Revere-Malden only has four regular season games left on the schedule with plenty of rest in-between starts. They will be at Winthrop to face the Vikings this Saturday, Feb. 9, starting at 1:30 p.m. Then they will be off for another week before they venture to East Boston’s Porrazzo Rink to take on East Boston on Saturday, Feb. 16, beginning at 4:40 p.m. ~ Malden Neighborhood Basketball League Update ~ Season 34, Week 5 Saturday, Feb. 2 Game 1 – Celtics 56, Bullets 39 The Emerald were on a roll at the midway mark. S. Kelley (19) and S. Cherefant (15) led the way for the green. After a 17-8 defi cit after one quarter, the Bullets played solid ball for the next two quarters. But then the fourth quarter started and ended with an 18-10 Celtics run. Very tough to come back from all that. The Bullets’ B. Dorvilier had a nice game from the FT line, going 8-11, but it was J. Kelley (15) who led the team in scoring. Game 2 – Sixers 51, Kings 48 The fi rst win is fi nally in the books as the Sixers get over that hurdle. An 18-7 outburst in the second quarter carried them toward the victory. Behind R. St. Jean (23) and A. Baires (15), the Kings battled with M. Cherif (16) and J. Song (13), who seems to live or die by the 3 each game? Overall it was the 15-12 edge in the fourth quarter that dictated the fi nal score. Game 3 – Lakers 63, Hawks 23 No time for playing around – jumping out 23-6 after one quarter – J. Dicks (21) and G. Germay (15) propelled the Purple & Gold to a fairly trouble-free win. Especially when your Opponent shoots a total of fi ve free throws the entire game and sadly, not one player gets into double digits. Recipe for a Bad Game. Sunday, Feb. 3 Game 1 – Sixers 56, Bullets 54 OT Why not get another one? * A Delta Dental Premier Provider Dr. Mario Abdennour, Dr. Bhavisha Patel, Dr. Priti Amlani, Dr. Bruce Goldman and team. The sixers won two games over the weekend, taking the Bullets in OT. The Killer B’s – B. Chen & B. Dorvilier – got a pair of 12’s, and N. Soares had 10 for the game. Sadly, the boys in blue had no answer for R. St. Jean, especially in the OT when he scored 6 of the 7 points for BASKETBALL | SEE PAGE 7 next week. The Tornados close out the regular season at the Milford Tournament in Milford on February 18-19. Prices subject to change FLEET
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