BOYS BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS
TOP PERFORMANCES
Riley Fox, Conard: Scored 28 points, including a putback at the buzzer, to help Conard upend Northwest Catholic 57-55.
Connor McAtee, Lewis Mills: Scored 27 points in Lewis Mills’ 65-46 victory over Plainville.
Chase Geremia, Hand: Scored 25 points in a 74-64 loss to Notre Dame-West Haven and added 23 more in a 70-54 victory over Guilford. Derone Fordham, Holy Cross, and Momo Ortiz, Derby: Fordham scored 31 points in the Crusaders’ 97-62 win. Ortiz scored a game-high 32 points for Derby.
Christian McClease, Wilbur Cross:
Scored 30 points in the Governors’ 86-71 victory over Bassick.
Makhai Anderson and Anthony Nimani, Platt: Anderson and Nimani scored 28 and 26 points, respectively, in Platt’s 74-55 win over Maloney. Makai Coleman, Newtown: Hit a go-ahead flip shot with 1 second left to give Newtown the 55-53 win over Bunnell in the SWC tournament quarterfinals.
Jaysean Williams, Bloomfield:
Scored 33 points in the Warhawks’ 90-72 win over Windsor.
Andre Arrington and Jason Robinson, Crosby:
All 30 of Arrington’s points came on 10 three-point shots in the Bulldogs’ 94-53 victory over Oxford. Robinson scored 28 points in a 67-60 loss to Seymour.
Zaire Lott, WCA: Poured in 28 points in WCA’s regular-season finale, a 99-64 victory against Wilby.
Jhani Barge, Ansonia: Scored 30 points in a 81-61 loss to Kennedy.
Adrel Brenes, Career: Scored 31 points in a 81-66 win over Whitney Tech.
Jack Plesser, Warde: Scored 33 points in a 76-70 overtime loss to Trumbull.
Thomas Glover, Hillhouse: Scored 27 points in the Academics’ 79-72 win over Wilbur Cross.
Jaylen Brown, Norwalk: Scored 41 points in his season finale for the Bears, an 80-69 victory over St. Joseph.
Victor Payne, Cromwell: Scored 37 points in the Panthers’ 66-61 loss to Morgan.
Amari Cruz, Innovation: Scored 24 points in Innovation’s 84-60 win over Comp Sci.
OF NOTE
• Yianni Baribeau surpassed 1,000 career rebounds in Killingly’s 86-73 win over Stonington. Baribeau scored his 1,000th career point earlier this season.
• Seymour’s Caden Drezek surpassed 1,000 career points in the Wildcats’ 67-60 win over Crosby. Drezek is the ninth player in program history to accomplish the feat.
GAMES TO WATCH ECC Division I and II tournament finals at Mohegan Sun Arena, Tuesday, 6 and 8 p.m.:
Killingly and Griswold battle for the Division II title while St. Bernard tries to finish off an undefeated ECC season, and claim the Division I crown, by defeating New London for the third time.
FCIAC tournament semifinals at Wilton, Tuesday, 5:30 and 7:15 p.m.:
Trumbull broke up the top four seeds advancing by topping second seed Warde on its home floor. Can the Eagles upset Danbury? Staples was the last team to defeat Ridgefield back on Jan. 6. Can the Wreckers wreck Ridgefield winning streak and the chance for the FCIAC 5-peat?
Shoreline tournament semifinals at higher seed, Tuesday:
We have a rematch of last year’s final when Morgan travels to face Cromwell, the defending champion. Top seed Portland hosts Old Saybrook in the other game. Portland has never been to a Shoreline final.
Note: Times, dates could be impacted by weather .