Boys' Basketball: O'Bryant Defeats Nantucket 64-31

O'Braynt Center Benji Lawler rejects Nantucket's Carlos Chavez

The Nantucket Whalers (5-7) made their annual trip to Boston for a matchup with O'Bryant (7-3), and they were completely overmatched by a team that is currently in sixth place in the City League's southern division.

After three hours of traveling on ferries and buses, the Whalers arrived in Roxbury and were promptly blown out by the O'Bryant Tigers. The Tigers' full court press forced 11 turnovers in the first half alone as they jumped to a 38-21 lead.

Defensive pressure from O'Bryant forces a travel

Harry Demosthene led the way for O'Bryant with 13 points and 3 assists. Jared Butler and Ricardo Ortiz were also instrumental in the win.

Nantucket was led by Center Terell Correia (shown below), who was a big presence in the paint with 9 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks.

O'Bryant cruised to a 64-31 victory and they will take on West Roxbury on Tuesday in their next City League matchup.

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Welcome to Boston Urban Sports (BUS). This blog will cover the sports played by the people who live in the City of Boston. We'll focus mostly on youth and high school athletics, especially City League sports.

Boston is famous around the world for its professional sports teams. Sports are a part of life in this city, and this blog will focus on the people who play and coach at all levels of athletics in the city. We're in the middle of basketball season and that's the perfect time to kickoff our coverage. The City League is as competitive as ever in both boys' and girls' basketball. But there's also indoor track and field, and even hockey being played.

So welcome to Boston Urban Sports.

-Rob Z