Evan Legassey made a 3-pointer with seven seconds left and Deering scored the final nine points of the game to beat visiting Cheverus 65-62 in a boys basketball game Monday in Portland.

Rudwan Muhamed tied the score on a 3-pointer of his own about six seconds before Legassey’s winner.

Tayshaun Cleveland scored 24 points, while Legassey finished 20, including 14 in the second half, for Deering (6-8).

Leo McNabb scored 22 points for Cheverus (10-3). Jameson Fitzpatrick added 15.

SOUTH PORTLAND 63, GORHAM 45: Tom Maloji scored 17 points, including three 3-pointers, and the Red Riots (11-3) beat the Rams (4-9) in Gorham.

Manny Hidalgo added 11 points and Gabe Jackson had 10 for South Portland.

Colton Jewett had 11 points for Gorham.

TRAIP ACADEMY 53, WINTHROP 42: Jack Downs knocked down five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Rangers over the Ramblers in Winthrop.

Chris Belano and Colin O’Laughlin each added nine points for Traip, which improved to 5-10.

Cole Bard led Winthrop (8-7) with 10 points, while Jake Galusha scored eight and Braden Branagan had seven.

CAPE ELIZABETH 65, FRYEBURG ACADEMY 57: Eli Smith scored 13 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter as the Capers (4-9) beat the Raiders (7-6) in Cape Elizabeth.

Tim Fredericks added 20 points for Cape Elizabeth.

Bojan Bundovski had 15 points and Matthew Kim 14 for Fryeburg.

MARSHWOOD 30, PORTLAND 28: Liam Tiernan scored 12 points and the Hawks (6-8) beat the Bulldogs (7-7) in Portland.

Lucas Legage had 10 points for Portland.

KENNEBUNK 64, SANFORD 53: Theo Pow scored 26 points and the Rams (8-5) beat the Spartans (4-9) in Sanford.

Cole Perkins added 15 points and Isaac Jensen had 10 for the Rams led 34-20 at halftime.

Luke Gendron led the Spartans with 21 points, followed by Dylan Gendron with 13.

FALMOUTH 59, GREELY 45: Billy Birks made five 3-pointers, four in the first half, as the Navigators (11-3) built a 13-point halftime lead and beat the Rangers (9-5) in Cumberland.

Birks finished with 23 points and Jaxon Cameron added 16 for Falmouth.

Luca Cimino had 15 points for the Rangers.

MEDOMAK VALLEY 83, BELFAST 23: Owen Dostie scored 13 points and the Panthers stay unbeaten with a win over the Lions (7-7) in Waldoboro.

Gabe Lash added 12 points and Mason Nguyen had 11 for Medomak Valley. Luke Cheesman added eight points, four assists and five steals, while Rocco DePatsy had eight points and seven rebounds.

Trevin Ripley had seven points for Belfast.

EDWARD LITTLE 68, MT. ARARAT 51: The Red Eddies (8-6) clamped down defensive after allowing 24 points in the first quarter and beat the Eagles (3-10) in Topsham.

Andrew Clemons made three 3-pointers in the first quarter and Joseph Kessler had two, as Mt. Ararat jumped out to a 24-17 lead. Edward Little allowed just 26 points the rest of the way.

Akol Maiwen had 18 points and Diing Maiwen added 17 for Edward Little. Cedric Makelele added 12.

Clemons  scored 18 points and Caleb Murphy had 10 for Mt. Ararat.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Mt. Ararat's Kayleigh Wagg goes up for a basket while being defended by Edward Little's Elizabeth Galway during Monday afternoon's game in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

MT. ARARAT 61, EDWARD LITTLE 51: The Eagles (11-2) earned their sixth straight win, beating the Eddies (9-4) in Auburn.

Julianna Allen led the the Eagles with 19 points, while Cali Pomerleau hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points and Kennedy Lampert had 12 points.

Edward Little’s Layla Facchiano scored a game-high 23 points. Rachel Penny added 12 points.

SOUTH PORTLAND 52, GORHAM 33: The Red Riots (11-3) closed the first half on a 20-3 run and defeated the Rams (11-2) in South Portland.

Annie Whitmore had 12 points and 10 steals for the Red Riots. Emma Travis had a game-high 13 points, Destiny Peter contributed nine points, and Caleigh Corcoran added eight points and 10 rebounds.

Julia Reed scored 13 points and Zoe Dellinger added 11 for Gorham.

CHEVERUS 48, DEERING 25: Kylie Lamson scored 19 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead the visiting Stags (9-4) past the Rams (1-12) at Portland.

Abby Kelly added 11 points for Cheverus, which led 15-3 after the first quarter and 29-8 at halftime.

Xelestina Beverage led Deering with nine points.

GREELY 48, FALMOUTH 20: Molly Partridge scored 12 points as the Rangers (6-7) beat the Navigators (1-13) in Falmouth.

Hannah Hussey added 11 points for Greely.

Siobhan Nielsen had 15 points for Falmouth.

BIDDEFORD 66, PORTLAND 29: Mia Mariello scored 15 points, Gabriella Silva and Natalia Silva each added 14 points and the Tigers (10-4) handled the Bulldogs (3-11) in Biddeford.

Jordyn Crump finished with 10 points for the Tigers, who outscored the Bulldogs 26-4 in the second quarter.

The Tigers had nine 3-pointers, three from Mariello and two each from Gabriella, Natalia and Crump.

Baleria Yugu led Portland with 13 points.

GIRLS HOCKEY

EDWARD LITTLE/LEAVITT/POLAND/MONMOUTH 4, FALMOUTH/SCARBOROUGH 1: Leksi Langevin scored twice as the Red Hornets (8-4-2) beat Falmouth/Scarborough (5-9) at Falmouth Family Ice Center.

Avery Cologna had a goal and two assists for the Red Hornets, and Adeline Langan also scored. Hope Melevsky scored for Falmouth/Scarborough.

Red Hornets goalie Paige Fecteau made 15 saves, and Tessa Woodbury stopped 34 shots.

BREWER/BANGOR/HAMPDEN/HERMON/JOHN BAPST/OLD TOWN/ORONO 3, GORHAM/BONNY EAGLE/MASSABESIC/FRYEBURG/LAKE REGION/WESTBROOK 1: Delaney Carr scored early in the game, then in the first minute of the second period, and Brewer (6-7-2) went on to defeat Gorham (6-7-1) at the Penobscot Ice Arena in Brewer.

Carlin Galligan answered for Gorham in the first minute of the third period, her ninth goal of the season, before Bella Saucier beat the final buzzer with a shot just inside the far post to make it 3-1.

YARMOUTH/FREEPORT 4, PORTLAND/CAPE ELIZABETH/DEERING/SOUTH PORTLAND/WAYNFLETE 2: Dylan McElhinney had a goal and two assists, Maya Nasveschuk and Erica O’Connor also scored and the Clippers (13-1-1) topped the visiting Beacons (12-6) at Travis Roy Arena in Yarmouth.

Marina Bassett and Alexis Turner scored for the Beacons.

BOYS HOCKEY

FALMOUTH 4, ST. DOMINIC 3: Cale Hanson recorded a hat trick in the Navigators’ (8-2) win over the Saints (6-5) at Falmouth Family Ice Center.

Anthony Graceffa had a goal and two assists in the win.

Jaxson Booker, Ben Dumais and Curtis Wheeler scored for St. Dom’s.

Brandon White (Falmouth) and Nolan Cavers (St. Dom’s) each stopped 20 shots.

GREELY 4, BRUNSWICK/FREEPORT 2: Rylan Haight had two goals, Coben Donnelly and Mitchell Lambert also scored and the Rangers (1-9) doubled up the Dragons (1-10) in Brunswick.

Haight tied the game at 1 at 9:37 of the first period and made it 2-2 4:02 in the second.

Donnelly scored the winning goal 2:10 into the third before Lambert added an empty-netter with 1:09 left.

Bo Marini and Nat Rathbone scored for Brunswick.

Tucker Goddu made 26 saves for Greely, while Mike Schumaker stopped 16 shots for the Dragons.

LEAVITT/GNG/POLAND/OAK HILL 1, MT. ARARAT/LISBON/MORSE/HYDE 0: Isaac Ormberg scored in the first period and the Kings (5-5) beat the Eagles (5-5) at Sidney J. Watson Arena in Brunswick.

Koen Fairbanks had the assist.

Taylor Brann made 18 saves for to earn the shutout. Kai Stockford had 21 saves for the Mt. Ararat co-op.

MARSHWOOD/TRAIP/SANFORD/NOBLE 4, FRYEBURG/LAKE REGION/OXFORD HILLS 1: Zac Camp and Makili Matty each had a goal and an assist to lift  Marshwood/Traip/Sanford/Noble (6-3) to a win over Fryeburg/Lake Region/Oxford Hills (2-8) at Bridgton Ice Arena

Drew Vessels and Sean Sullivan also scored for the Marshwood co-op. Emmett Hammond had two assists.

Conner Richard scored for the Ice Cats.

Connor Lentz had 14 saves for the Marshwood co-op and Charlie Herrick also stopped 14 shots for the Ice Cats.