Derek Paris and Dylen Harrison each scored nine points on Saturday to lead the Greylock seventh- and eighth-grade boys travel basketball team to a 47-33 win over Mount Everett.

 

"We took a different approach and gave most of our bench the majority of the minutes," Greylock coach Rick Paris said. "I was very pleased in how everyone shared the ball. This enabled all players on the team to get in the scoring column."

 

Thomas Martin and Seamus Barnes each scored five points in the win.

 

Mount Everett got a game-high 11 from Justin Foster and seven points from Tyler Duquette.

 

"Mount Everett is a very tall team, which worried us a bit," Rick Paris said. "They definitely controlled the boards, but we were able to use our defense speed advantage and get a bunch of steals when we pressured the ball."

 

Greylock started the weekend with a narrow 40-39 loss to Housatonic.

 

Connor Hanavan scored 17 points -- 12 on four 3-pointers -- and Caden Generok scored seven for Housy.

 

Derek Paris scored 22 with nine rebounds, and Dylen Harrison scored 11 for Greylock, which got four blocks and three rebounds from Henry Art.

 

"The first half was a tight game, ending in an 11-10 deficit for us," Rick Paris said. "In the second quarter, we had some tough inside presence from Henry Art off the bench. He had four blocks and three boards in just the second. For a first year player, he has spurts where he really gets after it. I was so happy for him."

 

Generok scored seven, and Hanavan hit three 3s in a pivotal third quarter, when Housatonic outscored Greylock, 24-13, to take a 35-23 lead.

 

Derek Paris scored 12 in the fourth to help fuel Greylock's comeback.

 

"We then got a turnover with about 5 or 6 seconds left, and we called an inbound play for Derek, and it all seemed to come together and he was able to get up a layup over the top of Housy’s defender, but the ball fell of the front of the rim and we were unable to get a put back and time expired," Rick Paris said.

 

Greylock (2-2) has four games left in its regular season. It has a non-league game on Wednesday in Bennington, Vt., against the eighth-graders from Mount Anthony Union.