MALDEN BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Tornadoes top Revere, 58-41

Malden senior Okoth tosses in career-high 23 pts., six ‘3s’

By Steve Freker

Offense was most definitely not the name of the game early on in this Greater Boston League matchup between visiting Revere and host Malden. After one quarter, it stood 10-6, Malden, and not many more buckets arrived in the second period, as the host Tornados led, 20-11, at halftime. The scoring did pick up in the second half with Malden riding a career-high 23-point game by senior forward and captain Colin Okoth, who buried another career-high six three-pointers for a 58-41 win on January 8.

The win was Malden’s first GBL victory of the season, its third win in four games at the time. The Tornados fell to Medford on Tuesday night this week, 63-36, as Malden fell to 1-6 in the GBL and 3-6 overall.

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Malden was back in action last night (Thursday), hosting GBL rival Lynn English at 6:00 at the Finn Gym and next week stays home for two games, hosting Everett on Tuesday, January 20, at 6:00 p.m. and Thursday, January 22, hosts Somerville at 6:00 p.m.

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Revere Boys Basketball rebounded with a win at home over Northeast Regional Vocational on Monday this week, 43-34. On Tuesday this week Revere dropped a GBL home game to visiting Everett, 75-38.

Revere (1-5 GBL, 3-7 overall) was scheduled to host Somerville tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Revere High. The Patriots stay busy with a rare Sunday afternoon game on January 18 at Chelmsford with a 12:00 noon tipoff.

Next week Revere will host Lynn Classical on Tuesday, January 20, at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, January 22, at 7:00 p.m., hosts Lynn English.