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Salem blitzed Exeter off the bus with a 17-3 first quarter then held off every charge in a 68-59 Devils win. Emily Hickey paced the winners with 17 points.

Coley Viselli canned six 3-pointers and totalled 22 points and Pentucket whipped Hamilton-Wenham 67-37.

After scoring a career-high 17 points on Tuesday, Casey Evans-Driscoll netted 16 last night to lead Londonderry girls basketball 54-38 over Manchester Memorial. 

Katie Savard recorded eight points and nine rebounds while Elyse Law had nine points and 13 rebounds to lead Sanborn girls basketball 36-20 over Epping. 

Methuen, in a battle of teams battling to make the tournament, defeated Needham 50-45, holding the host team to five points in the fourth quarter. Amanda Petrow had a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Rangers (8-9) and Beka Costa played an excellent all-around game.

Two of the top teams in Division 1 squared off but in the end Londonderry just had too much for archrival Pinkerton. Lindsey Bolduc has 15 points, Katherine Dzenis 12 and Jaime King 10 as the Lancers rolled 50-36.

Commanding free throw shooting did the trick as Georgetown beat Newburyport for the first time in over five years, 44-42. The Royals sank 10 of 14 foul shots down the stretch, and staunch defense led by Morgan Gott (11 points, 6 assists and 4 steals) set the stage.

Haverhill did well considering high-scoring Kayla Pellot was out due to illness and starter Hannah Guselli was injured early, but the Hillies fell to Tewksbury, 38-29. Molly Hoopes continued her quiet effectiveness with 17 rebounds and Jessica Cotto led the offense with eight points.

Freshmen Andrea Terranova (team-high 14 points) and Samnell Vonleh (10 points) were the driving forces behind Whittier's 68-45 victory over Minuteman.

Freshman Casey Evans poured in a career-high 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Londonderry girls basketball 70-45 over Alvirne.

Aliza Simpson added 19 points and eight steals.