SANFORD — Evyn Nolette scored 33 points, including 17 of the Spartans’ 21 points in the fourth quarter, to push Sanford past Noble in a 63-60 nail biter on Tuesday night at Veteran’s Memorial Gym.

Nolette hit seven 3-pointers as part of his game-high 33, while John Morgan scored 17 for the Spartans (10-5) and Jordan Tranchemontagne added seven points and took three charges.

Grayson Waterman led the Knights (8-7) with 19 points.

Deering 55, Biddeford 51

BIDDEFORD — Biddeford came up just short of its first victory of the season Tuesday, falling by four in a back-and-forth game at Tiger Gym.

Down by five at halftime, the Tigers went on a 10-0 run to start the second half to take a 34-29 before Deering recovered to outscore the Tigers 15-9 in the fourth quarter, with the Rams hitting two foul shots with three seconds remaining to seal the win.

TJ McCann scored 15 points to lead Biddeford (0-16), with Corey Creeger adding 13 and Will Durkin chipping in nine points and seven rebounds.

Liam Densmore led Deering (10-5) with 14 points.

Girls Basketball

Thornton Academy 43, Westbrook 36

SACO — Ashley Howe scored 13 points to lead the Golden Trojans to victory over the Blue Blazes at Linnell Gymnasium.

Katie McCrum added nine points for Thornton (12-2), while Abigail Strickland scored seven points and seven rebounds. Olivia Shaw and Hannah Murphy both scored our points as well.

Alisha Aube led Westbrook (4-10) with 17 points.

Girls Hockey

Biddeford 3, Cheverus 2

BIDDEFORD — Brea Rivard scored the go-ahead goal with 7:23 remaining to push the Tigers past the Stags in a close one On Tuesday at Biddeford Ice Arena.

Taylor Turgeon and Katherine Dumoulin also scored for the Tigers (10-5), who had taken a 2-1 lead before Katherine Randall tied the game up for Cheverus (6-9-1) late in the second period.

Goalie Taylor Courtois made 31 saves for the Stags, while Cassie Ellis had 18 stops for the Tigers.