Cohasset completed its perfect season as 25-0 and as the Division 4 state champions Tuesday with a convincing 50-40 win over Manchester-Essex at the Garden.

The Skippers' Meredith Kelly led the game with 19 points in the winning effort. She was followed by teammate and center Tori Lehr with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Lizzy Ball led Manchester-Essex with 14 points and seven rebounds.

57.9 secs, Fourth quarter: Cohasset 50, M-E 38

With less than a minute, Cohasset has called a timeout. It looks like this one is all but over.

Lizzy Ball has scored 13 points in the game for M-E.

1:56, Fourth quarter: Cohasset 50, M-E 38

Lizzy Ball and Julia Martz are leading the charge for M-E but are still down 14. Ball has hit 3-of-4 free throws in the quarter.

2:55, Fourth quarter: Cohasset 50, M-E 33

Tori Lehr gets an and-1 for for Cohasset.

4:57, Fourth quarter: Cohasset 47, M-E 33

A 3-pointer by by Abigail Biggar for Manchester is followed by big buckets from Cohasset's Tori Lehr. Lehr now has 11 rebounds on the day as well.

5:49, Fourth quarter: Cohasset 43, M-E 28

Meredith Kelly and Carli Haggerty have both gotten baskets in the lane off of putbacks for Cohasset.

Cohasset leads by 15.

End of the third quarter: Cohasset 39, M-E 26

Manchester-Essex ended the quarter on a small run, getting baskets from Lizzy Ball. She also hit 5-of-6 free throws as Cohasset racked up eight fouls in the quarter.

1:21, Third quarter: Cohasset 37, M-E 23

Meredith Kelly got a steal for Cohasset and took it coast-to-coast for a basket. Lizzy Ball followed on the other end of the court with a basket in the lane while drawing the foul. She converted the three-point play.

2:59, Third quarter: Cohasset 33, M-E 20

Both teams are now in the double-digit turnover stratosphere. Cohasset has 11 and Manchester-Essex has 13.

4:25, Third quarter: Cohasset 31, M-E 18

Cohasset and Manchester-Essex appear to have calmed down. We've seen a couple of good buckets out of Cohasset in the third while Samantha Christopher has a couple of shots for M-E.

End of the second quarter: Cohasset 25, M-E 14

We've ended the half with Cohasset up by nine points and Meredith Kelly leading the way for the Skippers. She has 15 points in the game so far.

On the other end of the floor, Julia Martz leads Manchester-Essex with eight points. The Hornets have turned the ball over 10 times in the game, giving Cohasset plenty of opportunties. Cohasset has committed eight turnovers as well.

1:57, Second quarter: Cohasset 23, M-E 14

Meredith Kelly finds her way into the lane again for another bucket. She's got 13 points in the game so far for Cohasset.

2:55, Second quarter: Cohasset 21, M-E 14

Rachel Fredey drained a couple of free throws for Cohasset.

4:17, Second quarter: Cohasset 17, M-E 14

Meredith Kelly hits another shot for Cohasset.

5:56, Second quarter: Cohasset 15, M-E 12

Manchester-Essex already has eight turnovers in the half but they're keeping pace with Cohasset (5).

6:48, Second quarter: Cohasset 15, M-E 11

Julia Martz got an easy layup for M-E. Hornets back in the game.

End of the first quarter: Cohasset 13, Manchester-Essex 8

Cohasset, having let their nerves run their course, started hitting shots and making plays. Mainly, Meredith Kelly scored three straight times down the floor for the Skippers and got her team going. Samantha Crough added a nice 3-pointer.

2:13, First quarter: Manchester-Essex 8, Cohasset 7

Meredith Kelly hit back-to-back buckets for Cohasset, while drawing a foul on one. She converted the three-point play.

3:25, First quarter: Manchester-Essex 6, Cohasset 2

Julia Martz just drained two free throws for M-E.

5:14, First quarter: Manchester-Essex 4, Cohasset 2

Manchester-Essex has committed three turnovers in the first three minutes. But are leading the undefeated Skippers.

Pre tipoff: Starters announced

Cohasset's starters are Carli Haggerty, Lindsey Davis, Meredith Kelly, Samantha Crough and Tori Lehr.

Manchester-Essex's starters are Lizzy Ball, Samantha Christopher, Julia Martz, Alicia Volpe and Abigail Biggar.

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Back at the Garden today for the Eastern Mass girls championships. We'll be blogging the first game of the day, Cohasset (24-0) vs. Manchester-Essex (13-12) in the Division 4 Eastern Mass championship, and then chatting for the remaining three games. So stick around here at the High Schools blog for live coverage all day.

Here's what Globe Correspondent Amara Grautski, who has covered girls basketball all year, had to say about Cohasset:

Cohasset also has the intangible elements on its side. Not only are the Skippers the best D4 team, but they’re being driven to win by a haunting loss: After a 19-1 season, Cohasset lost to Millis, 51-49, in the South Sectional final last year.

Tori Lehr led Cohasset with 13.8 points per game on the season.

Manchester-Essex, the No. 16 seed in the North bracket made its way to the title game spurred by the play of 5-7 junior Lizzy Ball, who has topped 1,000 points in her career for the Hornets. The Hornets ran through Notre Dame (57-25), No. 1 seed Pope John (58-44), Minutemen (68-39), Pres. of Mary Academy (50-32) and Fenway (53-36) in the North final to get here.

More as the game gets underway. We've got a 2:30 p.m.