By Jake Seiner, Globe Staff

A year ago, the Wareham boys' basketball squad rolled through the regular season to a 20-1 record, and that success carried over into a pair of wide-margin victories in the state tournament. Unfortunately for the Vikings, the season came to an end with a semifinal loss to Scituate -- the second time in two years the Sailors ended Wareham's tournament run.

With every key player from last year's squad back, Wareham is off to a 9-1 start, reeling off seven straight wins with an average margin of victory of 32 points.

Coach Kevin Brogioli's up-tempo style has helped produced 90-plus-point offensive efforts in four of Wareham's last six games, including a 108-42 victory over Case Tuesday night.

"We averaged 81 points a game last year and I have everyone back," Brogioli said. "Offensively, we thought we'd be in pretty good shape. It's just a question of our commitment to defense and make sure we don't forget that."

To this point, the defense is yet to let Brogioli down against a Division 3 opponent, with just two teams scoring more than 60 points on Wareham during the whole season.

"I think we're averaging 50, 51 points a game overall," Brogioli said. "Truly though, I don't mind giving up 60 or 70 if we're scoring 80 or 90."

The fastbreak offense is led by senior guard Jordan Rezendes who dropped 31 on Case without seeing the court in the second half. Among the other key contributors for the Vikings have been Pat Murphy, Darren Gray, Jules Tavares and Ryan Pina.

With his team rolling as it is, and with Scituate out of the way in Division 2, it looks as though Wareham might finally have the squad to move into the Division 3 state finals.

"I hope to make a lot of noise," Brogioli said of the state tournament.