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January 12, 2014 · 12:23 am

Brewster Academy knocks off undefeated Northfield Mount Hermon 76-69

Devonte Graham led all scorers with twenty-one points

Kevin Zabo floats in for two

(Wolfeboro NH) Brewster Academy dropped Northfield Mount Hermon from the undefeated ranks, 76-69, in NEPSAC action on a very foggy Saturday afternoon in New Hampshire.

This game got away from NMH (10-1) during a 6-minute segment in which the Bobcats (12-2) ran sixteen unanswered points. During this surge the 27-26 Hoggers’ lead (with 4:12 left in the first half) turned into a 41-27 deficit two minutes into the second half.

The home team had the lead up to nineteen (70-51) with 4+ minutes left before some lights-out shooting by Jackson Donahue (15 points) resulted in a more respectable final score.

The speed of BA was the difference in this game. Devonte Graham (21 points) led numerous Brewster man-advantage breaks that ended up with a host of high-percentage shots. Even when NMH scored Devonte broke out a number of times with teammates Jared Terrell (13 points) and Donovan Mitchell (9 points).

NMH was able to stay in the game early (despite ten turnovers) thanks to junior Aaron Falzon. 6-8 Aaron ended up with nineteen points but had fifteen of them in the first half including three 3’s.

Daquon Ervin (15 points) on the break

NMH guard Daquon Ervin finished with fifteen points with eleven of those coming in the second half.

Good crowd of students on hand.

Both teams had their share of entertaining dunks in this one. Less entertaining was the free throw shooting. Brewster was 23-for-36 while Northfield Mount Hermon was 14-for-25. What shot (24 misses!) is apparently practiced the least??

A number of Brewster Academy players have made college commitments: Isaac Copeland (Georgetown), Jared Terrell (Oklahoma State), Max Twyman (Albany), and Kevin Zabo (San Diego State).

Brewster Academy box

Northfield Mount Hermon box

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Josh Sharma dunks

Jase Harrison

Sem Kroon

Aaron Falzon (19 points) and Jared Terrell (13 points)

Isaac Copeland double-teamed

Jerone Desrosiers guards Jared Terrell

Jarred Reuter heavily defended

Jonah Bolden (5) looks for a pass

Brewster Academy crowd

Donovan Mitchell

Isaac Copeland

Northfield Mount Hermon wins the NEPSAC AAA championship with 74-70 victory over St. Thomas More

Northfield Mount Hermon (2011-12 NEPSAC AAA champs)

Spike Albrecht (23 points and game MVP) defended by Torin Childs-Harris

(Beverly) Northfield Mount Hermon hung on to defeat St. Thomas More, 74-70, for the third time this season and won the NEPSAC AAA boys’ championship on Sunday at Endicott College.

The Hoggers (30-5) had wins over the Chancellors (26-8) in January (90-84) and February (76-70) so the teams knew each other well.

NMH took the lead for good 58-56 on a three by Sam Donahue (9 points) with 7 ½ to go. They would build their lead up to seven three times after that with the last being (72-65) on a triple from game MVP Spike Albrecht (23 points) with thirty-six seconds left.

Thereafter things got very, very interesting. Barrington Stevens (16 points) drained a three for STM and Spike missed the front end of a one-and-one. Curtis Jones slashed to the basket and NMH got tied up for a jump ball turnover. When the dust cleared on all that action, St. Thomas More had the basketball, trailed by only two (72-70), and had sixteen seconds left.

Barrington Stevens (16 points) gets a good look on the last possession

In the Chancellors last possession, the ball was in the dribble of Barrington Stevens most of the time. He eventually broke past Spike Albrecht for a very good at about a 15-footer that missed. Ethan O’Day (16 points) got the rebound for the Hoggers and quickly passed to Spike who was fouled.

Thirty-three seconds earlier the 6-1 senior had missed the front end of a one-and-one. This time with three seconds left he connected on both attempts sealing the win for the team from Gill, Massachusetts.

#4 seed NMH had a marvelous tournament. Getting by undefeated #1 seed Brewster on Friday night was a significant upset.

Both St. Thomas More (Oakdale CT) and NMH had major runs in the first half.

Northfield jumped off 5-0 before STM put up ten straight. Old-fashioned and new-fashioned three’s by Rodney Sanders (21 points) plus a converted rebound by Barrington Stevens and jumper by Ky Howard (10 points) were where the points came from.

The Chancellors were soon up 12-7 but the Hoggers responded with thirteen unanswered. In this run Ethan O’Day (16 points) put on a show with a tip-in, a layup, and a dunk. Evan Cummins (12 points) had a layup and a tip in and Spike put up a three-spot. That gave NMH a 20-12 advantage. But STM answered with two three’s and back and forth it went in the first half.

The Hoggers had a 36-35 halftime lead.

There were plenty of long ones made in this one. St. Thomas More had ten and Northfield Mount Hermon nine but none was bigger than the one Spike Albrecht drained late in the shot clock in the last minute. That connection turned out to be the winning basket.

Northfield Mount Hermon box score

St. Thomas More boxscore

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