By: Cam Place
NORTH SUTTON, NH – Austin Needham connected on four first-quarter threes to help send No. 3 Kearsarge to a 57-38 victory over No. 14 Conant in first round action of the Division III state tournament on Tuesday night.
The Cougars took a 31-21 lead to halftime and didn’t look back from there.
Needham led the way for Kearsarge with a team-high 16 points, while Noah Whipple and Ajay Tremblay added 14 and 12 points, respectively.
The Orioles were led by a game-high 19 points from Jared Nagle and 12 from B Sawyer.
With the win, Kearsarge improves to 17-2 on the season and moves on to the quarterfinal round to face No. 6 Gilford on Friday. Conant’s season comes to an end at 7-12.
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