The Northampton boys basketball team held Longmeadow to 11 points in the final 11 minutes to pull out a 50-45 victory Monday in Northampton.

Hamp trailed 34-28 in the third when back-to-back 3-pointers by Mack Hale started a 17-5 run that gave the Blue Devils (6-6, 1-1 Suburban) a 45-39 lead with 4 minutes, 52 seconds left in the fourth.

Jarrod Neumann then scored four of the team's final five points as Hamp held on for its fourth straight and moved to .500 for the first time since the team was 1-1.

"We made the (defensive) adjustments," Hamp coach Rey Harp said. "It represents the way we played this season where we shadowbox for a while and we cant afford to do that, that's what we're trying to fix, but when we found our defensive rhythm we were able to get in them and read what they were trying to accomplish."

The Blue Devils' defense limited the Lancers (6-8, 0-2) to one shot per possession for most of the second half. Longmeadow had three field goals in the final 11 minutes en route to its sixth straight loss.

"I thought we played pretty strong defense in the first half," said Harp, whose team trailed 24-20 at the break. "We were just giving them extra possessions. We were watching. We were letting them dictate what the outcome of every possession would be."

Neumann scored a game-high 25 points to go along with 13 rebounds. Jared Murphy added eight points before fouling out, while Hale finished with seven.

Amherst Regional 50, East Longmeadow 48 - Aided by several clutch free throws down the stretch, the Hurricanes overpowered the Spartans in Suburban League play. Tchuijo Nkamebo and Tyler Peake iced the win for Amherst by connecting from the charity stripe late in the game.

Nkamebo (14 points, 14 rebounds) and Norris Cuevas-Nova (18 points, 14 rebounds) each had double-doubles. Cuevas-Nova also had four steals.

Easthampton 73, Athol 52 - Casey White matched a career-high with 31 points along with six rebounds, six assists and two steals as the Eagles (10-3, 8-3 Hampshire East) clinched a postseason berth on the road.

Chris Starcun scored a career-high 24 to go with 19 rebounds.

Granby 76, Gateway Regional 48 - The Rams jumped out to a 23-8 lead after the first quarter and never looked back as they cruised to a win at home.

Matt Menard led Granby (9-3) with 11 points, three assists and three steals, while Aaron Gaj added 10 points. Austin Cook led the Gators (3-9) with 11 points, while Calvin Dowers added nine.

Frontier Regional 63, Pioneer Regional 46 - Danny Kieras (15 points), Paul Decker (11 points) and Nate Perret (16 points) all scored in double figures as the Red Hawks cruised in South Deerfield.

Ryan Hoar had 12 rebounds for the Red Hawks.

Hampshire Regional 52, Holyoke Catholic 48 - Emmett Taylor (career-high 11 points, 14 rebounds) and Shane Andrews (11 points, six assists) led the way for the Raiders (5-7) at home.

Keith Cotnoir added eight points, 11 rebounds and six assists in the win.

Nate Powers led the Gaels (2-9) with 13 points, while John McCoy added 11 in the loss.

Belchertown 58, Ware 41 - Zach Parsons notched a double-double with 23 points and 14 rebounds as the Orioles (10-3) clinched a postseason berth with the win at home.

Chris Ladd added 14 points, while Eric Adzima finished with 10.

Smith Vocational 73, Pathfinder 61 - Allan Rivera scored a season-high 27 points as the Vikings trailed by one at halftime, but pulled away in the second half.

Rivera added 10 rebounds, while Sam Sharpe (16 points, 12 rebounds), Jordan Castillo (16 points, six assists) and Shawn Wackerbarth (10 points) all scored in double figures for Smith (7-2, 4-2 Tri-County).