If you had arrived to the Nixon Gymnasium Tuesday night when the horn buzzed to start the second half and watched the Foxborough boys' basketball team play Oliver Ames until the final buzzer, you would have thought the Warriors had the game in the bag. After all, they did outscore the Tigers 34-26 in the second half.
But it wasn't enough for Foxborough, who was outplayed by Oliver Ames in the first half.
"Unfortunately, they showed they wanted to win right out of the gate," Foxborough Head Coach C.J. Neely said. "We saw a lot of improvement from a lot of kids tonight, though."
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The Tigers had to deal with injuries and foul trouble throughout the second half, but they were able to hang on for a 73-62 victory and take a share of the Davenport Division title with Stoughton, who beat Canton Tuesday night. The Tigers improved to 11-6 overall and 7-6 in the Hockomock League.
Foxborough fell to 3-13 overall and 1-11 in the Hockomock League, but, despite trailing the entire game, the Warriors didn't quit until the final buzzer sounded. Junior Guard Nick Couroupacis led the Warriors in scoring with 16 points. Sophomore Nick DiTullio added 15 points.
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"These kids are tough kids," Neely said. "They play very hard. They could have easily given up and we could have easily lost the game by 35 points. The fact that we brought it down to 11 and actually won the second half - I’m proud of that effort. Unfortunately, it wasn’t our night."
Foxborough will play King Philip in the upcoming Hockomock League crossover against Kelly-Rex opponets.
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