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on the back end of a home-and-home series with the
76ers.
Holding an opponent under 80 points for the sec-
ond time in five games and leading from start to fin-
ish, the Celtics rebounded to hand the 76ers a 92-79
loss at the TD Garden on Saturday
night.
“I loved the way we responded,’’
said Paul Pierce, who had 13 points and
a season-high nine assists. “Guys were mad at the fact
we lost (Friday) and we wanted to take it out on them
today.
Boston bounces back after
loss at Philly with solid win
over Sixers on home court
By Jim Fenton
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
BOSTON –They were left with a bitter taste after
being handed a one-point overtime loss by the
Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.
Just 24 hours later, the Celtics had an opportunity
to quickly make amends, and they took full advantage
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HIGH SCHOOLS/ 30
PATRIOTS, CELTICS / 31
COLLEGES / 32
OUTDOORS, SCOREBOARD / 33
Cold first half ices
Stonehill women
Bentley goes on
early 32-3 run to
take showdown
By Paul Lazdowski
ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
WALTHAM – What ap-
peared on paper as two evenly-
matched,
unbeaten
college
women’s basketball teams bat-
tling for Northeast-10 Confer-
ence supremacy on Saturday,
turned into a mismatch after
just 20 minutes of play.
Stonehill College fell to
Bentley University, 66-50, in
Waltham as the Skyhawks
were undone by a first-half
scoreless streak that lasted
more than 15 minutes, turning
what was a 3-2 lead into an in-
surmountable 32-3 deficit.
The loss dropped Stonehill
to 8-1 (5-1 NE-10), while the
win kept the Falcons a perfect
7-0 (6-0 NE-10) for sole pos-
session of first place.
“I thought Bentley did a
great job of taking us out of
our offensive schemes,” said
Stonehill coach Trisha Brown.
“They scout very, very well
and they put a lot of pressure
on our guards. And we didn’t
Manziel hoists Heisman
BENTLEY 66
STONEHILL 50
Sitting
tall in
Texans’
saddle
Houston quarterback
Schaub flying under
NFL radar despite
his winning ways
By Glen Farley
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
FOXBORO – On the one hand,
he’s never mentioned in the same
breath as Aaron Rodgers and Tom
Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew
Brees.
On the other hand, he’s never
mentioned in the same breath as
David Carr, either.
Matt Schaub may not be regard-
ed among the NFL’s elite, but
there’s no denying he’s brought
ability and stability to the quarter-
back position that the Houston Tex-
ans sorely lacked before they ac-
quired him from Atlanta in March
of 2007.
Long gone are the days when
the team was breaking into the
league, directed by the aforemen-
tioned Carr, who ultimately proved
to be a Texas-sized lemon.
“This guy,” Patriots defensive
lineman Vince Wilfork said of
Schaub, “he’s a winner.”
Trace back over his last 16
starts – the length of an NFL sea-
son – and you’ll find that Schaub
heads into Monday night’s AFC
showdown with the Patriots at
Gillette Stadium having compiled a
record of 15-1 (8-0 on the road),
the Texans typically winning by a
score of 31-17 during that time.
Schaub has completed 325 of
504 passes (64.5 percent) for 3,944
yards and 24 touchdowns with 10
interceptions for a passer rating of
97.4 over that time.
“He’s really grown up,” Texans
head coach Gary Kubiak said.
“He’s become a fine player.”
Since entering the NFL as a
KNIGHTS’ LIGHTSouth Sectional champs last
season, Stoughton boys rely
on Middleton to lead way
By John Botelho
ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
S
TOUGHTON – Last season’s run for the
Stoughton High boys basketball team in-
cluded a South Sectional crown and a trip
to the TD Garden before all was said and
done.
Fast forward a year and the Black Knights have
quite a different look for this season. Gone are All-
Scholastic forwards Antonio Ferreira and Steffan
Jackson, as well as senior big man Raymond Bow-
dre, all of whom gradu-
ated last spring.
Also not back for
his senior season is
standout point guard
Aaron Calixte, the 2012
Enterprise Player of the
Year and a 1,000-point
scorer through his ju-
nior season. Calixte
transferred to Lee Academy in Maine, reclassifying
as a junior at the prep school.
Still, while the Black Knights may look a bit dif-
ferent, some things remain the same.
“The expectations, with or without Aaron, don’t
really change,” said Stoughton High head coach
John Gallivan. “We want to get off to a quality start
and qualify for the tournament. Then we want to win
our division in the Hockomock (League) and earn a
decent seed going into the tourney. Once where
there, we’ll just see what happens.”
Added senior captain Marcus Middleton: “I
don’t think it changes anything in our eyes. Aaron is
a great basketball player and so were those seniors,
but we have enough returning players to succeed this
year.”
Celts rebound in style
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I Stoughton High boys basketball coach John Gallivan directs his players during a team practice on Wednesday.
CELTICS 92
76ERS 79
“We felt like that was a winnable game (Friday)
and we wanted to do something out it. In a back-to-
back situation, these situations are definitely tough
when you play the same team, knowing what they
want to do. But I like our approach to the game. We
came out with something to prove.’’
The Celtics led by as many as 10 points in the first
quarter, held the 76ers to just 12 second-quarter points
to open a 48-28 halftime and survived a 13-0 run by
Philadelphia late in the third quarter when the lead
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I Houston Texans quarterback
Matt Schaub has won 15 of his
last 16 starts.
“We have enough
returning players
to succeed this
year.”
Marcus Middleton
Stoughton High senior guard
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SITTING/PAGE 31
Texas A&M quarterback
becomes first freshman
to win top college award
By Ralph D. Russo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – Johnny Football just got
himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny
Heisman.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny
Manziel became the first freshman to win
the Heisman Trophy, taking college foot-
ball’s top individual prize Saturday night af-
ter a record-breaking debut.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o fin-
ished a distant second and Kansas State
quarterback Collin Klein was third in the
voting. In a Heisman race with two nontra-
ditional candidates, Manziel broke through
the class barrier and kept Te’o from becom-
ing the first purely defensive player to win
the award.
Manziel drew 474 first-place votes and
2,029 points from the panel of media mem-
bers and former winners.
“I have been dreaming about this since I
was a kid, running around the backyard pre-
tending I was Doug Flutie, throwing Hail
Marys to my dad,” he said after hugging his
parents and kid sister.
Manziel seemed incredibly calm after
his name was announced, hardly resembling
the guy who dashes around the football field
on Saturday. He simply bowed his head, and
later gave the trophy a quick kiss.
“I wish my whole team could be up here
with me,” he said with a wide smile.
Te’o had 321 first-place votes and 1,706
points and Klein received 60 firsts and 894
points.
Just a few days after turning 20, Manziel
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
I Heisman Trophy award-winner Johnny
Manziel of Texas A&M poses with the
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