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Colleen Fortier erupted for 20 points including four 3-pointers as Pinkerton tripped Salem 65-41. Kayla Stacy added 16 points and Mariah Bonneau 11. Emily Hickey led Salem with nine points.

DERRY — When your star player and top scorer has an off night, you need someone else to step up to the plate.

Or, in the case of Londonderry junior Katherine Dzenis, up to the line — the 3-point line.

Sarah Goodwin grabbed 12 rebounds and added eight points to lead Pinkerton girls basketball47-27 over Alvirne.

Mariah Bonneau and Sarah Goodwin combined to hold Manchester Central's leading scorer to just six points and Pinkerton's defense completely stymied the Little Green in a 39-18 romp. 

Two of the top teams in Division 1 squared off but in the end Londonderry just had too much for archrival Pinkerton. Lindsey Bolduc has 15 points, Katherine Dzenis 12 and Jaime King 10 as the Lancers rolled 50-36.

In a strange game, Pinkerton beat Dover 37-36 in overtime. Kayla Stacy's lone hoop was a big one, a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left to tie it for the Astros. Mariah Bonneau (game-high 18 points) scored the Astros' lone points in OT, a layup with 11 seconds left. The hosts limited Dover to 1 point in the extra session.

Freshman Val Martin netted a career-high 16 points but Pinkerton girls basketball lost 65-56 to undefeated Bishop Guertin.

On a night where Pinkerton shot just one free throw, missing it, the Astros blew out Concord, 64-19. Mariah Bonneau had one of the best scoring nights of her career, hitting for a game-high 16 points in the victory.

After watching an 11-point halftime lead evaporate during Methuen’s 21-point third quarter, Pinkerton converted five of six free throws in the fourth period for a 47-44 victory in the fifth-place game. Kayla Stacy scored seven of her 13 points in the final period to pace the Astros (5-1) while Abby Galloway-Burke led the Rangers (1-4) with 18, including 14 after intermission. Methuen might have pulled off the upset if it didn’t miss 10 of its 14 free throw tries.

After watching an 11-point halftime lead evaporate during Methuen’s 21-point third quarter, Pinkerton converted five of six free throws in the fourth period for a 47-44 victory in the fifth-place game. Kayla Stacy scored seven of her 13 points in the final period to pace the Astros (5-1) while Abby Galloway-Burke led the Rangers (1-4) with 18, including 14 after intermission. Methuen might have pulled off the upset if it didn’t miss all 14 of its free throw tries.