It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the South Hadley Tigers can now relate to. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 68-67 to the Phoenix. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead New Heights Charter to victory, but perhaps none more so than Christian Dalton, who scored 18 points along with six assists and four steals. Dalton is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Marvens Laplante was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with six assists and five steals.
South Hadley's defeat dropped their record down to 12-9. As for New Heights Charter, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-2.
South Hadley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. New Heights Charter also has no future games currently scheduled.
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