KEENE, N.H. (12/27/09) - On day two of the 2009 Cheshire Tire/Ted's Shoe & Sport Holiday Tournament Lebanon, Milford, Souhegan and Conant all advanced in the winners bracket with victories.

Lebanon 52, Smithfield (R.I.) 38

KEENE, N.H. (12/27/09) - On day two of the 2009 Cheshire Tire/Ted's Shoe & Sport Holiday Basketball Tournament, the first game was a back-and-forth battle with the Lebanon Raiders defeating the Smithfield (RI) Sentinels 52-38 on Sunday afternoon at Spaulding Gymnasium. 

Smithfield (RI) jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter paced by Aaron Brown and Chris Bennett with three points apiece. Lebanon would go on a 10-2 run to close out the period on a layup and a foul from Raider forward Jacob Woodward for the 13-10 lead.

In the second quarter, Sentinel senior Matthew Benoit came off the bench to chip in with six points, two rebounds and an assist.  Lebanon countered with Woodward's seven in the period for 13 total points to take a 23-22 lead into the locker room. 

Lebanon outscored Smithfield (RI) 13-8 in the third quarter to take a 36-30 lead heading into the final quarter. Senor James Kane's put-back layup gave the Raiders their biggest lead of the game up to that point.

In the fourth, the Raiders continued to apply pressure and jumped out to a 39-30 lead on a fast-break steal and layup from Woodward. Smithfield (RI) hung tough, with just over five minutes remaining, Sentinel forward Kyle Morvan's old-fashioned three point play cut the lead to 39-33.

 Smithfield (RI) continued to cut into the lead, and got as close as five on a bucket from Brown with 2:26 left in the fourth. But that is as close as they would get as Woodward finished with 20 points en route to the 52-38 victory.

Woodward also had a game-high 15 boards for the double-double in the win. Kane also reached double digits in points with 11 for Lebanon.

Morvan led the Sentinel's with 14 points and nine rebounds in the losing effort.

Lebanon will play again tomorrow, December 28th, against the winner of Milford and Coe-Brown at 7 p.m. Smithfield will take on the loser of that contest at 4 p.m. at Spaulding Gymnasium. 

Milford 77, Coe-Brown 49

KEENE, N.H. (12/27/09) - On day two of the 2009 Cheshire Tire/Ted's Shoe & Sport Holiday Basketball Tournament, the Milford Spartans speared the Coe-Brown Bears 77-49 on Sunday afternoon at Spaulding Gymnasium. The Spartans led by as many as 32 en-route to the victory.

Milford came out of the gates firing, scoring the game's first six points forcing Coe-Brown to call a timeout less than 80 seconds into the game. The Bear's cut into the Spartans lead, but junior guard Mike O'Loughlin scored 10 of Milford's 14 first quarter points, en route to the 14-10 lead at the first break.

In the second quarter the Spartans exploded for 25 points, led by 10 points from guard Jamie Holder in under two minutes for a 39-22 lead at the half. Junior guard Mike Mitchell five points, six assists and three boards in the first half and led a defense that forced 13 turnovers with two steals.

The second half was much of the same as Coe-Brown sophomore Skyler Mitchell was the only Bear to finish in double figures with 15. Milford forced 25 turnovers and dished out 20 assists, led by Mitchell's nine on the game.

O'Louglin led all scorers with 20 points and also had a team-high six boards. Holder finished with 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor.

With the victory Milford will play tomorrow, December 28th, at 7 p.m. against Lebanon, while Coe-Brown will face Smithfield at 4 p.m.

Souhegan 61, Monadnock 36

KEENE, N.H. (12/27/09) - On day two of the 2009 Cheshire Tire/Ted's Shoe & Sport Holiday Basketball Tournament, the Souhegan toppled Monadnock by a score of 61-36

For the Huskies, Jay Perry scored nine points and ripped down 10 rebounds to lead the team in both categories. Cory Barnes and Brandyn Torrey each chipped in with seven points. The Huskies were hurt by scoring a combined 11 points in the second and third quarters, while the Sabers scored 28 in the same quarters.

Souhegan was paced by senior forward D.J. Petropulos and his 15 points on five-of-eight shooting from the field and five-of-seven from the charity stripe. Sophomore Devin Gilligan and junior Wes Crowell each pitched in with 11 points. Junior forward Nick Hession pulled down a team high five caroms. 

Souhegan plays again tomorrow, December 28, at 8:30 against Conant. Monadnock will also resume play tomorrow against Keene High at 5:30.

Conant 45, Keene 36

KEENE, N.H. (12/27/09) - On day two of the 2009 Cheshire Tire/Ted's Shoe & Sport Holiday Basketball Tournament, Keene was defeated Conant by a score of 45-36.

Conant jumped out to a quick lead and extended it to 13 by the time the first quarter had ended. The lead would eventually be cut to four at the end of the half when Keene stifled the Huskies, allowing just two points in the entire second quarter.

Conant was led by Jimmy Peard who scored 18 points to lead all scorers, and was the team leader in rebounds with 11. Sean Martin added 10 points and nine rebounds to go along with four assists. Also for the Orioles, Kemph Kim was perfect from the line going four-of-four and forced five turnovers with five steals and assisted on four hoops.

Theodore Speas from Keene was the game leader on the boards with 14 and was second for the Black Birds in scoring with seven points. Nicholas Nelson led the Blackbirds with nine points and pulled down six rebounds.

Both teams shot below 30% from the field for the game, but Conant was 14-of-21 from the line (67%) while Keene was 5-of-16 (31%) from the charity stripe.

Conant will hit the hard wood again tomorrow, December 28, when the take on Souhegan at 8:30 P.M. Keene Will square off against regional foe Monadnock at 5:30 at Spaulding Gymnasium.