Malden High basketball team falls to Lynn Classical in tight one, 37-33

Coach Marino’s Golden Tornados come into New Year at 3-2 overall with wins over Everett and Chelsea

By Steve Freker

If one more shot dropped for Malden… or one shot did not fall for its opponent, it could have meant an entirely different outcome. But Lynn Classical made them when they counted the most down the stretch, and a back-and-forth game ended up in the visitors’ win column of a 37-33 final score at Malden’s Finn Gym. Malden and Lynn Classical traded the lead throughout the game, and Malden led for most of the third quarter before the visiting Rams pulled away and kept the lead for good.

Senior Victoria Gammon led Malden with 15 points, and Angie Colon and Amanda Fowke each scored six points for Malden.

The loss spoiled a perfect league slate start for Malden, which had recorded wins over Everett (44-22) and Somerville (39-26) at home to start the season as well as a 56-29 victory on the road versus fellow Greater Boston Leaguer (GBL) Chelsea.

Malden dropped another close one on the road in Haverhill to Whittier Tech, 47-40, recently. With the loss to Lynn Classical, Malden went to 3-1 in GBL play, 3-2 overall.

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  FREE THROWS: Malden is now locked in a four-way tie for first place in the GBL heading into this week of play, with Malden, Lynn Classical, Medford and Revere – all at 3-1 in GBL league competition… Malden and the other top spot holders have a big week this week on the GBL slate. Malden was scheduled to take on two of those teams this week: At Revere Tuesday night, Jan. 2, and hosting Medford last night (Thursday) at Malden.

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