SOUTH HADLEY — The South Hadley boys basketball team made anything and everything from 3-point land in their 71-48 victory over Belchertown on Wednesday.

The Tigers drilled 15 3-pointers, with sophomore Noah Hambley leading the charge with six made shots from beyond the arc.

“That was our best,” South Hadley head coach Chris Gerber said on his team’s performance shooting 3s. “I think we hit 12 one other time, but that was good. We spread it around, we had a bunch of guys with two. I think Jackson Driver had four 3s in the first half… it was a heck of a performance by them.”

Isiah James and Tim Loughrey each concluded with a pair of 3s and eight points and Connor Hall nailed one 3-pointer for the victors.

Hambley had 25 points to pace the Tigers while Jack Loughrey finished with 13 points for the hosts, which improved to 6-2 on the season.

South Hadley flew out to a 21-6 lead after the first quarter and the Orioles couldn’t claw their way back to drop to 4-3.

“They shot well, they’re a good team, a well-coached team and so there’s going to be an obstacle there that we’ll have to overcome,” said Belchertown coach Jim Hart. “Playing on the road for the first time and different environment, so this is all stuff the guys are going to have to learn to work through. I thought our guys played afraid, we got out-toughed and the turnovers were [critical].”

Jacob Pacunas and Shea MacLean each collected 11 points for the Orioles, which entered Wednesdays bout winners of four in a row.

The Tigers took the first meeting between the two teams as well, 59-52, back on Dec. 12.

“We played them on opening night the first night, so that’s always kind of like nobody knows how they are, and kind of feeling each other out,” Gerber said.

South Hadley will host Northampton next while Belchertown will travel to Smith Academy. Both games are scheduled for Friday. 

Northampton 65, West Springfield 57 – Brayden Nichols-Staples’ 3-pointer with 2 minutes, 30 seconds remaining put the Blue Devils up eight points, sinking the Terriers in a 65-57 independent contest on Wednesday in West Springfield.

Nichols-Staples’ 3 made it 56-48, and moments later, Jayden Rivera’s steal and bucket with less than two minutes to go made it a double-digit lead and sealed the deal.

West Side led 25-23 at halftime but Northampton pulled even 38-38 after three quarters.

Girls basketball

Smith Academy 55, Hampden Charter 16 – Alexa Jagodzinski scored all 17 of her points in the second half as the Falcons cruised to another victory on Wednesday.

Smith Academy led 18-2 after one quarter and 28-14 at halftime. Sofia Jagod zinski finished with 14 points, 10 coming in the first quarter alone. Anna Scagel and Caitlin Graves added eight points apiece for the Falcons.

Wrestling

Frontier 42, Granby 27 — Zach Brown (132), Massimo DiBari (144), Konnor James (157) and Kaden James (215) each won their matches via pin, lifting the Redhawks past the Rams at Goodnow Gymnasium Wednesday. 

Eliza Speek (138) and Simon Speek (126) won their matches for Granby.

Late Tuesday results

Girls basketball

Belchertown 50, Monument Mountain 35 — Chloe LaRoche (13) and Gabriella Slovack (12) combined for 25 points as the Orioles won their third game in four tries to improve to 5-2 this season.

Aubrey Klingensmith added eight points while Morghan Litz and Logan Moses each had six points for Belchertown on Tuesday night.

South Hadley 43, Taconic 32 — Not one Tiger scored in double figures on Tuesday, as 11 different South Hadley players recorded a point in its 11-point victory over Taconic. Cara Dean tossed in a team-high nine points.

Olivia Athas (seven), Kate Phillips (six) and Ava Asselin (six) each had solid outings as well.

Sci-Tech 47, Smith Academy 27 — The Falcons stormed out to a 15-8 lead after the first quarter, but they managed just one point in the fourth in a loss to Sci-Tech on Tuesday.

Vivian Higuera netted a  team-high 10 points, Alexa Jagodzinski chipped in seven points and Anna Scagel had six for Smith Academy.