Sean Cunningham's career night capped the Amherst Regional boys basketball team's terrific run to the end of the regular season with a 74-71 win at East Longmeadow.

Cunningham scored 34 points to go with eight rebounds and four assists for the Hurricanes (11-9, 5-3 Suburban), who finished tied with the Spartans (16-4, 5-3 Suburban) for second in the league.

Amherst trailed 16-11 in the first quarter, but opened up a double-digit lead in the second and never trailed again.

East Longmeadow cut the deficit to one with 25 seconds left, but free throws by Charles White (nine points) and Cunningham sealed the win, the team's seventh of its last eight and sixth straight on the road.

"The team is starting to believe in what we've been trying to do. They are seeing that we're having some success with it and now they're buying into it more and more," said Hurricanes coach Jim Matuszko, whose team finished 3-17 last year. "They are taking it personal on defense now."

Will Hird added 12 points for Amherst, while Ben Brassord (six points) and Mike Jeneralczuk (two points) had six rebounds each.

Girls basketball

East Longmeadow 57, Northampton 46 - Dayna Carpenter made two 3-pointers and scored 12 points in her final game for the Blue Devils (8-12, 3-9 Valley Wheel) on senior night in Northampton.

It also was the last high school game for seniors Emersyn Pullan, Molly Ross, Kathryn Donnelly and Ally Kellogg.

Frontier Regional 54, Athol 33 - Kristin Calvo made four 3-pointers on her way to a game-high 16 points as the Red Hawks (18-2, 17-1 Franklin South) won in South Deerfield to earn a tie for the league title with Smith Academy (18-2, 17-1).

Lauren Halla scored eight points and Melanie English added nine for Frontier, which had 15 different players see playing time.

Granby 47, Sci-Tech 40 - The Rams (4-16) had three players score in double figures as they ended their season with a come-from-behind win on the road.

Alyssa Boardway had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Granby, Ashley Barnish added 11 points and nine rebounds and Brooke Labrie also scored 11 points.

Barnish and Labrie scored all 17 points for the Rams in the third quarter when they took a 36-34 lead after trailing by seven at halftime.

Labrie also played strong defense in the second half against Aaliyah Hardy of the Cybercats (2-16) who scored 11 of her 15 points in the first half.

It was the final high school game for Granby seniors Barnish, Tori Cebula, Jena McNerney and Amanda Lafleur who is injured.

Gateway Regional 32, St. Mary 15 - Ten different players scored for the Gators (16-2, 15-1 Tri-County) in Huntington in their final tune-up before the postseason.

Chelsea Merritt and Becca D'Astous led Gateway with six points each.