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Faith Connors knocked down four 3-pointers and Emma Liporto added 15 points as North Andover held off Melrose for a 47-42 victory. Rachel Davies chipped in with 11 points and 13 rebounds for the winners.

The North Andover girls basketball team put up a valliant fight, but wound up losing in overtime to Lowell 56-51. Emma Liporto led North Andover with 17 points, and Lowell's Shyan Mwai led all scorers with 27 points.

Playing through pain, Jillian Webber scored a game-high 17 points as Andover rallied from a six-point halftime deficit to beat rival North Andover 55-43. Faith Connors had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Knights.

Faith Connors led North Andover with 14 points on three 3-pointers and also came away with four steals as the Knights beat rival Haverhill 52-41. Emma Liporto added 12 points and had five assists for the Knights. Abbey Battaini had a game-high 20 points on five 3's for the Hillies.

Emily Sifferlen led all scorers with 22 points and had eight rebounds, Faith Connors had four clutch free throws down the stretch and Rachel Davies hauled in 10 rebounds as North Andover clipped Chelmsford, 48-43.

Emily Sifferlen had a double double for North Andover, scoring 21 points and adding 11 rebounds to lead her team past Tewksbury 51-33. 

Emily Sifferlen led all scorers with 16 points to spark North Andover past Acton-Boxboro, 39-27, in the season-opening MVC-DCL Challenge at Emmanuel College. Rachel Davies added seven points.