The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

GAMETIMECT BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 10 POLL

- — Poll compiled by Joe Morelli

Team Rec. Pts. Last Division 1. WINDSOR (19) 19-3 570

1 I Last week’s results: def. Bloomfield 103-73; def. Bloomfield 100-78; def. Farmington 67-57. Bottom Line: Senior guard Corey McKeithan scored a combined 70 points in the Warriors’ two victories over Bloomfield.

2. E. CATHOLIC 21-1 526 2 I Last week’s results: def. Enfield 84-36; def. Enfield 70-35; def. Bristol Central 85-48. Bottom Line: Matt Knowling scored 28 points in the CCC tournament quarterfin­als against Bristol Central. Eagles outscored the Rams 28-13 in the second quarter.

3. SACRED HEART 21-0 500 3 I Last week’s results: def. Torrington 76-56; def. Ansonia 72-43. Bottom Line: The NVL winning streak stands at 125 games for the Hearts heading into Tuesday night’s tournament semifinals against Holy Cross.

4. NFA 21-0 448 4 I Last week’s results: def. Xavier 60-54; def. Woodstock Academy 73-43; def. Waterford 65-40. Bottom Line: The win over Xavier was just one of only two that the Wildcats did not win by double digits. The other was against Enfield (74-69) on Dec. 21.

5. NOTRE DAME-WH 20-1 418 5 I Last week’s results: def. Fairfield Prep 64-53. Bottom Line: Zach Laput posted a double-double (17 points, 15 rebounds) in the SCC quarterfin­al-round victory Saturday over Fairfield Prep.

6. HILLHOUSE 19-2 344 7 I Last week’s results: def. Xavier 46-41. Bottom Line: The Academics have been picking up points on Immaculate the past few weeks and have finally passed the Mustangs.

7. IMMACULATE 18-2 341 6 I Last week’s results: def. Weston 61-49; def. Bunnell 5643. Bottom Line: Newtown gets a chance to avenge its onepoint loss to Immaculate during the regular season when the two teams square off Tuesday night in the SWC tournament semifinals.

8. PRINCE TECH 21-0 324 8 II Last week’s results: def. Wilcox Tech 114-50. Bottom Line: Windham Tech actually gave the Falcons their toughest game among CTC schools — and still lost by 24 points. Windham Tech gets another chance Tuesday night in the CTC tournament semifinals.

9. NAUGATUCK 20-1 257 9 II Last week’s results: def. Crosby 71-59; def. Watertown 72-43. Bottom Line: WCA and Naugatuck have never met during the regular season, but Tuesday will be the second meeting in three years during the NVL tournament.

10. OLD LYME 20-1 226 10 V Last week’s results: def. Cromwell 70-46; def. Morgan 67-50; def. Westbrook 70-53. Bottom Line: Other than Cromwell, the last Shoreline Conference team to defeat Old Lyme was East Hampton on Feb. 5, 2018.

First-place votes in parenthesi­s Dropped out: none. Others receiving votes: Ridgefield (19-2), 214; Northwest Catholic (19-3), 183; Canton (19-2), 80; Trinity Catholic (16-5) 75; Fairfield Ludlowe (17-4), 74; Holy Cross (16-5), 60; Fairfield Warde (17-4), 58; Wilbur Cross (15-7), 49; Tolland (19-2), 32; Bristol Central (17-5), 22; Fitch (18-4), 14; Ledyard (14-8), 9; SMSA (16-3), 7.

The following voted: Paul Augeri, Middletown Press; Bill Bloxsom, Milford/Trumbull Pubs; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Dave Grant, WATR-AM; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal of Meriden; Mike Madera, GameTimeCT; Kyle Maher, Journal-Inquirer of Manchester; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Keith O’Brien, Game Day CT Sports; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; Kevin Roberts, Republican-American; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Ben Talbott, Bird’s Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimanti­c; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3.

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