Danvers Drops Redmen, 61-39 [video]

The traveled up from the North Shore on Sunday afternoon and brought with them a dose of reality for the

The Tewksbury Redmen, none of whom stand more than 6-foot-2, just didn't have an answer for 6-foot-8 center George Merry, who scored 17 of the Falcon's first 22 points. Merry did most of his damage in the first 10 minutes of the game, staking Danvers to a 22-7 lead just two minutes into the second quarter.

"This is why I wasn't too excited after beating Dracut (Friday night)," first year TMHS coach Phil Conners said after the 61-39 romp over the Redmen. "This just shows that we've still got a long way to go."

Senior guard Bobby Lombard hit back-to-back three-point shots around the five-minute mark of the second period, cutting Danvers's lead to 22-13, but that would be as close as the Redmen ever got. Merry and the Falcons stretched the lead to 42-28 after three periods and coasted home from there.

Any chance the Redmen had to get back into the game in the second half went by the boards when a rash of Tewksbury fouls put Danvers in the one-and-one bonus situation late in the third period. Danvers went to the free throw line 17 times in the last 10 minutes of play.

Danvers improved to 3-0 with the win and Tewksbury fell to 1-2.

Danvers will travel to Saugus tonight.

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