The Classical boys basketball team opened the game on a 14-0 run and built a comfortable first half lead as the Rams cruised to a 74-56 home win over Revere.”We shot the ball pretty well tonight,” said Classical (13-8) coach Tom Grassa. “Part of their struggles was that the guys who normally hit shots were off, but part of it was our defense, too. Sometimes success is the byproduct of the other team simply being off.”Ram Nick Grassa was the game’s high-scorer with 19, Carlo Buono added 15 points and five assists, Josh Cheever scored four points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, and Wally Abraham had 10 points and eight boards. Grassa also dished seven assists.For Revere (5-13), Greg Cabral scored a Patriot-high 18 points, and Sean Quiroz finished with 15.Classical led 25-11 at the end of the first quarter and 45-22 at halftime. The team will play its final regular season game Friday (7) against English.Marblehead 70, Saugus 63At Saugus, senior co-captain Matt Temme drilled a pair of three-pointers with less than a minute-and-a-half remaining in the fourth quarter to cement the Magician (13-4) victory.Temme scored a team-high 14 points and added five rebounds, fellow captain Tommy Stockwell delivered 13 points and eight boards, Bryan Gellert scored 12 points and seven rebounds, and Phil Coughlin contibuted 11 points off the bench. It was the first time this season a quartet of Marblehead players finished with double-digit scoring totals.For Saugus (8-9), Omar Benabicha dropped in 24 points to lead all players.The Magicians trailed 32-31 at the half, and the game was tied at 50 entering the fourth quarter.Danvers 64, S’scott 49At Swampscott, the combination of a lackluster Big Blue first quarter and a 17-point second half by Falcon George Merry was too much for Swampscott to overcome.Merry, a junior, was double-teamed consistently but still managed nearly half of his team’s 37 second half points and finished with 25 points and 10 blocks. Sean Mahegan added 15, and John Amico scored 13 to help improve Danvers’ record to 9-10.The Big Blue fell to 3-16 despite 10 points and 10 rebounds from Dan Santanello, A.J. Baker’s nine points and 10 three-pointers as a team.Swampscott was held to five points in the first quarter.Winthrop 56, Gloucester 54At Gloucester, Mike Griffin’s basket with 24 seconds left gave Winthrop its twelfth win of the season.Anthony Hatzisavas scored a team-high 20 for the Vikings (12-6), and Miller finished with 13.The Fishermen (6-13) were led by Adam Philpott’s 26 points and held a 43-41 advantage at the onset of the fourth quarter.Tech 76, North Shore 61At Lynn Tech, Michael Duarte and Richie Warren Jr. each scored 23 points, and Trey Gallo had 19 as the Tigers improved to 11-4.Tech will play at Minuteman on Thursday (7) in a makeup game.Peabody 65, Beverly 60At Peabody, Jon Byrne scored 24 to lead the Tanners, who moved to 7-11.Peabody jumped out to an 18-5 first-quarter lead, but the Panthers made a game of it after that.”We made the plays we had to make down the stretch,” Peabody coach Dominic Coleman said.