BOSTON (Video – Photos) The #5 seeded St. Mary’s girls basketball, winners of three straight state titles, saw their 20-game playoff win streak end at the hands of #1 Foxborough in the MIAA D3 state semifinals Tuesday evening at UMass Boston. St. Mary’s had one lead in the game (1-0), but when the game ended Foxborough (23-2) advanced to the state finals this weekend with a 65-34 win over the Spartans (19-7). Foxborough is the defending state champions from a year ago in Division Two and returned their entire team from last season. The Spartans made a push late in the first quarter to close a (12-3) Foxborough lead down to 15-9 but Foxborough came out strong in the second quarter to build their lead to 13-points at the half (28-15)
Individual Scoring: St. Mary’s – Reese Matela 9, Bella Owumi 7 / Foxborough – Camryn Collins 20, Kailey Sullivan 13, Addie Ruter 11
Scoring Breaks: Foxborough led at the end of each quarter: Q1 15-9; Halftime 28-15; Q3 52-25; Final 65-34
Postgame Interviews – Jeff Newhall, St. Mary’s Coach / Lisa Downs, Foxborough Coach / Camryn Collins, Foxborough Basketball
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