Stoughton High Boys’ Basketball Team’s Season Ends in Defeat at Garden
The Black Knights fell 53-42 to Brighton Monday night at the TD Garden in Boston in a MIAA Division 2 state semifinal game.
Leading 32-28 with 3:42 left in the third quarter following two Aaron Calixte free throws, the Stoughton High boys’ basketball team didn’t score again until there was 3:59 left in the fourth when Calixte hit a three-pointer—a span of 7:43, nearly a full quarter. Calixte’s three brought Stoughton within three, trailing Brighton 38-35, but Brighton had taken control of the game during this stretch and the Black Knights couldn’t come up with consecutive stops on defense in the final minutes, falling 53-42 in a MIAA Division 2 State semifinal game Monday night at the TD Garden. Stoughton, the D2 South champion, ends arguably the best season in program history at 20-5, one game shy of playing for the D2 state title. Stoughton beat Duxbury, …
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HSR
1:35 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Although I'm no longer a resident of Stoughton, my daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren are, it was the biggest thrill to see SHS's Black Knights play at UMASS and onto the historic parquee floor in what will ALWAYS be the BOSTON GARDEN. Do not judge yourselves on last evening's game (you all played like pros).....but judge your ENTIRE team as to how you got there. You should ALL be admired for… more ›