Calixte, Middleton Spark Comeback Win for Stoughton High Boys’ Basketball in Tournament Opener
The #4 Black Knights trailed by eight points midway through the fourth, but came back to defeat #13 Duxbury, 69-63, Tuesday night in the opening round of the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional boys’ basketball tournament.
Trailing in the middle of the fourth quarter, Stoughton’s two best players each stepped up to do what they do best. Junior guard Aaron Calixte scored 13 of his game-high 31 points in the final frame, while classmate Marcus Middleton provided “the best defense” Stoughton head coach John Gallivan has ever seen in Stoughton’s gym. Despite falling behind as much as 8 points late in the game, the fourth-seeded Black Knights boys’ basketball team stormed back to knock of #13 Duxbury, 69-63, in the first round of the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional boys’ basketball tournament, Tuesday night. “Offensively it was Aaron of course,” Gallivan said of what sparked the comeback. “Defensively, Marcus turned that game around putting that kind of ball …
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Christine Iacobucci
8:42 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Congrats on a great win, to a great team! more ›