The Marblehead Magicians boy’s basketball team lost to the Masconomet Chieftains 65-35 in Boxboro on Friday night.
“We got blasted,” said Marblehead head coach, Mike Giardi. “We did not do the things that we needed to do in order to stay in a competitive game like we did the first time with them. It wasn’t from lack of effort. It was more of, a little bit of ‘I’ve got to take over and do a little too much individually.’ We didn’t play good team basketball.”
After Finn Gallup opened the Magician’s scoring with a deep three-pointer, the Chieftains sprung out to an 13-5 lead, forcing Marblehead to call a time out in an attempt to stem a seven-point run with under two minutes to play in the first. Masco would score a single free throw before the buzzer to finish with a nine-point lead after a physical eight minutes of basketball.
The frontcourt battle opened up in the second quarter, with both teams finishing around the rim. Gallup knocked down his second three-ball of the game and Tommy McGovern scored four points in the quarter. Masconomet’s nine-point lead held into halftime, with the Chieftains heading to the locker room up 30-21.
Marblehead’s defensive woes continued into the second half, with Giardi calling a timeout less than two minutes into the third to attempt to slow a rapid five-point Masconomet run. The buckets would continue to flow for the Chieftains, knocking down 24 points to Marblehead’s five to finish the third quarter up 54-26.
The fourth quarter would see the teams put their backups in early. The scoring slowed as the clock wound down as Masconomet cruised their way to a 65-35 victory.
Marblehead’s second 30-point loss in a row sees them fall to 8-5 on the season with six games remaining. The Magicians will travel to Salem to take on the 10-1 Witches on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
