Basketball Recap: Beverly Sets Scoring Season-High Against Danvers

Panthers

Team Score

01/27/25 @ Danvers	90
01/24/25 vs Marblehead	81
01/03/25 vs Danvers	79
12/23/24 vs Haverhill	78
12/13/24 @ Peabody Veterans Memorial	77

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Beverly). They took their matchup on Monday with ease, bagging a 90-63 win over the Danvers Falcons. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Falcons are ranked 206th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Several Falcons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Randall Martin, who went 10 of 13 en route to 26 points. Kevin Ahearn was another key player, going 5 for 8 on his way to 13 points in addition to six assists and three steals.

The victory was the fourth in a row for Beverly, bringing their record for this year to 10-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 79.5 points per game. As for Danvers, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-9.

Beverly didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 73-49 win against Swampscott on the 30th. Danvers has also already played their next game (against Saugus), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.