Final score: S.P. 66, Biddeford 48
Hyland finished with 30 points, including 20 in the second half, as the Riots ran away from Biddeford.
Neumann finished with 17 for Biddeford, and Dan Jamieson 10.
Hyland scored 11 points during the period for the Red Riots, and has 19 in the game. Wright scored six for S.P. during the third period.
Nick Wright made the only two baskets thus far in the second half to widen the S.P. lead to 35-23 with 5:48 left in the third period.
S.P. is ahead of Biddeford 31-23 at the half.
Keegan Hyland leads the Red Riots with 10 points, while Abdirahman Mohamed has six points for Biddeford.
South Portland took advantage of free throws to open the eight-point lead. S.P. was eight-for-11 from the line during the second quarter. Biddeford was one-for-two during the quarter.
Biddeford lead S.P. 12-11 at the end of the first period.
Mohamed Mohamed broke a 10-10 tie on a nice driving layup with 35 seconds left in the period. Connor Hasson had a chance to tie the game for S.P. when he was fouled attempting to put back his own offensive rebound. But Hanson could only make one of the two free throws.
Midway through the first, S.P. leads 9-6 behind Will Furbush's four points, and a 3-pointer by Gaddar. Mohamed has two 3s for Biddeford.
Starting lineups
Biddeford: Abdirahman Mohamed, Dan Jamieson, Cameron Neumann, Audie Murphy, Robin Wilson.
S.P.: Will Furbush, Keegan Hyland, Matthew Lee, Nick Gaddar, Nicholas Wright.
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