It was a battle of two early season undefeated teams on Friday night in Marblehead. The Magicians utilized the full court press in an attempt to slow down the Winthrop offense, but the Vikings’ ability to adapt to varying defenses throughout the contest kept their record unsullied at 4-0 with a 45-40 win over last season’s Northeastern Conference Small champion.”It was a pretty good, intense ballgame,” said Winthrop coach David Brown. “They changed their D in the second half and it presented some problems and made the game tighter. But we held on in the end.”Winthrop held a 30-16 lead at the half due to success in breaking the press and cashing in on open jumpers and layups. Marblehead (3-1) outscored the Vikings 24-15 after intermission, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit.Viking Dino Mallios was the game’s high scorer with 16 points and Mike Visco added 10.For the Magicians, Pat Song dished out four assists to go along with his team-high 11 points. Damola Abu dropped in eight points and pulled down 13 boards in the loss.Spellman 64, St. Mary’s 58At St. Mary’s, the Spartans entered halftime up 35-29 but couldn’t hold on against Spellman and suffered their first defeat of the season.”In the third quarter, they took control of the game,” said St. Mary’s coach Kevin Moran.”They broke out on us, took a nine-point lead, and we were never really able to catch up.”The Cardinals went on a 19-9 run in the third quarter and outscored the Spartans 16-12 in the fourth quarter to build the insurmountable lead.St. Mary’s’ Tyler Grillo scored 27 points to carry his team as no other Spartan (3-1) had more than six points.Saugus 48, Danvers 40At Saugus, the Falcons led after a slow first quarter at 8-5, but both teams got their offenses running a bit smoother and played a close game until a 16-7 Sachems run in the third quarter led to their second win of the season.”It was not pretty, that’s for sure. And it wasn’t because of the defense,” said Saugus coach Titus Manderson. “In the end, we had a little more than they did and took care of the ball better, only having 11 turnovers.”Junior Tim Fontaine came off the bench to give the Sachems a spark and score a game-high 15 points while Dan Internicola finished with 14.Swampscott 71, G’ster 53At Gloucester, the Big Blue played a strong first quarter, outscoring the Fishermen 27-7 and establishing a lead too great for the home team to prevail against.Ryan Squires (six points) and Trevor Wheeler (10 points) played their best game of the season according to their coach, Paul Moran. John Beaulieu had 20 points and Craig Rodenstein had 19 in Swampscott’s (3-1) third victory of the young season. Scott Lefler only scored two points but made a major contribution with 10 rebounds.Salem 75, Revere 46At Salem, Junior Lugo scored 20 first-half points to propel his team to its first victory of the season.”It feels great to get back into it,” said Witches coach Tom Doyle. “It’s great to get a win heading into Christmas break.”After years as an NEC powerhouse, Salem (1-3) is in the early stages of a rebuilding process and took advantage of an opportunity for a win against Revere (0-4) before a winter break.Lugo did not play the fourth quarter and finished with a game-high 22. Chris Maxson added 11.Wilm. 74, L’field 70At Lynnfield, the Pioneers received strong efforts from Jeff Milinazzo and Mike Kennedy but were denied their first win yet again.Lynnfield (0-4) led by two at the half and Milinazzo (23 points) played his best ball after the intermission. Although it was all for naught, the game was tied with 1:30 remaining before the Wildcats managed to pull away.Kennedy chipped in with 23 points and seven assists in the loss.Prep 81, Boston Eng. 27At Boston English, a 20-2 first-quarter lead, a halftime score of 44-10 and a 64-19 advantage at the end of the third tell the story of the Eagles’ (2-1) second win of the season.St. John’s shot a robust 64 percent (32-50) and hit nine three-pointers in the r