By: KJ Cardinal
Top-seeded Profile defeated #4 Farmington, 49-34, in a defensive battle in the semifinals of the NHIAA Division IV State Tournament on Monday night at Bedford High School.
Both teams held each other to their second-lowest scoring output of the season as Profile advances to the title game and will take on #2 Littleton on Saturday at Colby Sawyer College in New London at 3:00 PM.
Farmington jumped out to a 7-4 lead and looked poised in the opening quarter. A Danny Burnell three-point as time expired in the 1st gave Profile a 10-9 lead after one. The Tigers were held to just five 2nd-quarter points and the Patriots took a 22-14 lead to the break.
Profile kept at least an 8-point cushion for nearly the entire second half and pulled away to the 15-point win.
The Tigers held Josh Robie, the division’s leading scorer (26 PPG), to just 13 points, while Alex Leslie paced the Patriots with a game-high 17 points. Farmington was led by 15 points from Demery Hadges and 9 from Shawn Murphy.
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