Norwood to Face Stoughton in Tournament Quarterfinals

The Norwood Mustangs boys' basketball team will take on the Stoughton Black Knights tonight in a quarterfinal matchup of the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional Tournament.

The game will be at Canton High with the Black Knights as the home team "hosting" the Mustangs, and starts at 7 p.m.

Norwood (12-9) is the #12 seed while the Black Knights (17-4) are the #4 seed.

, the fifth-seeded team, 62-50 Tuesday night in Medfield to make it to Thursday's quarterfinal match up. The Mustangs led wire-to-wire, hitting seven 3-pointers in the first half and ten overall.

Norwood had a balanced scoring attack, with five players scoring at least 8 points. Seniors Troy Sousa-Semper and Sean O’Neill got on the board with 13 points each. Tommy Bartucca and Daron English each had 9 points, and Steve Martinez scored 8 points for the Mustangs.

in the opening round to advance Tuesday night in Stoughton. Trailing by eight points midway through the fourth quarter, the Black Knights came back to defeat #13 Duxbury, 69-63.

Aaron Calixte scored 13 of his game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter, while Marcus Middleton paced the team on defense.

The winner of the Stoughton/Norwood game will play the winner of the Oliver Ames/Falmouth game in the Division 2 South semifinals. On the other side of the bracket, King Philip/Hopkinton and Randolph/Wellesley square off.

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