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Marissa Moro hit a 22-footer with eight seconds left in overtime and Sanborn dominated the second OT to stun Hopkinton, 49-44. Moro finished with a season 21 points and six 3-pointers. The Indians (8-14, 5-13 Class M) didn't make the tourney but ended the season with three wins.

Samborn's boys basketball team won its second game of the season in thrilling fashion. Alex Bockus hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime before the Indians prevailed with a 62-61 victory over Raymond. Chris Daigle had a huge game with 17 points and 15 rebounds, Bockus added 14 points and Garrett Cristaldi chipped in with 13 points.

A defensive struggle forced a low-scoring game into overtime, but three empty possessions to start the extra session eventually did in Sanborn in a 31-29 loss to Hillsboro-Deering. Marissa Moro led the Indians with 10 points.

Nicole Foster's layup with under a minute left gave Sanborn a five-point lead and eventually a 36-33 victory over Raymond. Cara Carter (team-high 13 points) and Marissa Moro (8 points) battled all 32 minutes and played hard wire-to-wire for the Indians.

Sanborn broke open a two-point contest by shutting out Raymond in the third quarter, with the oppressive team defense leading to a 46-28 victory and a berth in the Farmington Christmas Tourney finals tonight.

Marissa Moro scored 11 points to help Sanborn erase a five-point halftime deficit, beat Epping 28-23 and advance to the Farmington Christmas Tourney championship game today at 2 p.m.

A sterling second half separated Sanborn from Epping and led to a 42-30 game-one victory. Cara Carter (12 points) and Nicole Foster owned the backboards and Marissa Moro (12 points) was a strong contributor to a balanced offense.