THE REVERE ADVOCATE – Friday, January 17, 2020 Page 11 Basketball Patriot Boys notch two key wins Revere’s Dillan Day goes strongly to the basket in last Friday’s win over Medford. Day fi nished with a team-high 16 points. (Advocate Photos by Greg Phipps) By Greg Phipps T he Revere High School boys’ basketball team climbed above.500 with two wins last week. But the Patriots came out on the short end of close contest at Malden on Tuesday. The results left the Revere boys at 4-4 for the season. Last Friday night at home, the Patriots faced off against the Medford Mustangs and jumped out to a fast start. They built an early 11-4 lead and exited the first quarter leading, 21-15, when Dillan Day drained a three-pointer in the fi nal seconds of the period. That advantage increased to 38-25 by halftime, as Revere would eventually go on to a 64-54 victory. Three Patriot players finished in double fi gures, led by Day’s 16 points. Crisrael Lithgow would add 14 points and Calvin Boudreau would collect 10. Robert Raduazzo added nine points. Revere connected on 21 of 52 fi eld goal attempts and hit eight baskets from three-point territory. The Patriots sank 14 of 19 free throw tries and ended up with 30 rebounds as a team. Lithgow and Day also combined for seven steals. The Patriots hosted the Peabody Tanners last Wednesday and pulled out a close 60-55 win. Lithgow led the way by canning 16 points and shooting a perfect 4-for-4 from the foul line. Overall, the Patriots poured in 12 three-pointers. Raduazzo went 4-for-6 from downtown while Lithgow, Derek Avery and John Capozzi each hit twice from beyond the arc. All of Raduazzo’s 12 points and Avery’s six came via the three. Capozzi fi nished with 10 points, followed by Rashawn Peete with five and Day with eight. The Patriots struggled from the foul line, hitting just six of 15 attempts – a 40 percent clip. Capozzi was solid in the paint with 10 rebounds. On Tuesday, Revere couldn’t maintain the momentum and dropped a tight 54-51 decision at Malden. The Patriots have Patriot forward Robert Raduazzo speeds up court in last Friday’s home win. gone 4-2 since opening the season with two losses. Three of their four wins have come when they’ve tallied 60 or more points. Revere played at Chelsea Thursday and travel to face KIPP Academy for a Martin Luther King Day contest on Monday. Revere guard Crisael Lithgow heads up court after stealing a pass against Medford last Friday.
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