SOUTHBOROUGH — By the way Aaron Falzon and Aaron McLean interact, it would be impossible to tell that the hopes of one of the most successful preparatory school basketball programs in New England has been heaped on the shoulders of the sophomore forwards.

After the tandem led the Lions to a 62-45 season-opening win against Buckingham Browne & Nichols on Wednesday, they joked and hassled one another, as 16-year-olds do, appearing to be concerned with little more than who was going to win the next time they faced off in a video game back at their shared dorm room.