Defensive effort lifts Peabody boys basketball over Winthrop at David Green Memorial Tournament

WINTHROP — It may have been a fairly close game at halftime, but the Peabody boys basketball team came out in the second half with a suffocating defensive effort and was able to take home a 62-46 win over Winthrop in the championship game of the inaugural David Green Memorial Tournament at Chris Tsiotos Court Thursday afternoon.

The tournament was established in honor of David Green, a former Massachusetts state trooper and Winthrop native who was killed in a shooting in Winthrop back in July.