Perkins leads Wheeler to ECC tournament win

North Stonington — Marissa Perkins had 18 points and six rebounds as eighth-seeded Wheeler beat No. 9 Montville on Wednesday, 42-29, in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II tournament first round girls' basketball game.

Makayla Delzer had 13 points and 8 rebounds for Wheeler (6-12), which will play at top-seeded Lyman Memorial tonight (6).

Lyman, the ECC Division IV regular season champion, have beaten the Lions twice (57-25, Dec. 16, and 46-24, Jan. 21).

Jada Cheung scored 13 for Montville (2-19).

In other games:

• Natalie Becotte had 12 points for No. 7 Griswold in its 42-11 win over No. 10 Tourtellotte in an ECC Division II first round tournament game. Kylie McCormack and Kierra Neilson both scored 10 for the Wolverines (813), which will play at second-seeded Windham tonight at 6. The Whippets beat Griswold in their previous two meetings (60-30, Dec. 14; 56-41, Feb. 10).

• Eva Monahan scored 20 to pace No. 8 Woodstock Academy past No. 9 Waterford, 52-36, in an ECC Division I tournament first round game.

Isabel D'Avella-Bochain had 16 points for Woodstock, which will play at top-seeded New London tonight (6).

Julia Knowles scored 11 and Lucy Walker 10 for the Lancers (6-15).

• Olivia Luurtsema had 11 points as Norwich Tech used a strong first quarter to defeat Cheney Tech, 3917, in a Connecticut Technical Conference Charter Oak Division game. Autumn Hanks scored 10 and Kaylee Gray scored 8 for Norwich Tech (8-12, 8-3), which outscored the Beavers 132 in the first quarter.

H.S. boys’ basketball

• Watkinson beat Williams, 60-32. Jadiel Thomas had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals and Sam Kaplan, Robby Shay and Calvin Neff each scored 6 for Williams.

• Putnam outscored Grasso Tech 21-13 in the fourth quarter to earn a 67-60 win in a nonleague game on Tuesday night.

Charis Johnson had 21 points and Keron Wilson scored 14 for Grasso (6-11).

Cooper Livingston led Putnam (911) with 25 points.

• Old Lyme lost to Coginchaug 5651 in a Shoreline Conference game on Tuesday night.

Calvin Monte had 14 points and Caden Monte scored 12 for Old Lyme (5-13, 5-11).

Girls’ gymnastics

• Emily Looney won the beam (9.35), floor (9.4) and all-around (37.45) as Old Lyme scored 117.4 to beat NFA (113.05) and East Lyme/Waterford (110.95).

Trinity Ambruso won the bars (9.55) and was second in the allaround (36.45) for NFA (6-5, 4-4). Harley Pendleton placed third in the all-around for East Lyme/Waterford (0-12, 0-8).

Men’s basketball

• Brendon Hamilton had 25 points and 17 rebounds as Westfield State downed Mitchell, 107-68.

JT Thompson had 22 points, 7 assists and 3 steals for Westfield State (9-15) which shot 66.2 percent (43 of 65).

Alfonzo Stokes had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists for the Mariners (20-4) and Waterford's Mikey Buscetto had 13 points, 5 assists and 2 steals.

• Ryan Cibull (13 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds) was one of five players to score in double figures for Babson as it downed Coast Guard, 87-58, in an New England Men's and Women's Athletic Conference game. Mark Woolhouse scored 15 for Babson (168, 9-4).

Declan Rooney had 15 points and 5 assists for the Bears (4-20, 2-11) and Jarrod Jackson scored 10.

Women’s basketball

• Angela Czeremcha had 24 points and 9 rebounds in Springfield's 85-62 win over Coast Guard in a NEWMAC game.

Sam Hourihan had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Springfield (16-8, 6-3), which outscored the Bears 25-9 in the fourth quarter. Dorothy Stotts scored 18 off the bench for Coast Guard (1212, 4-5) while Kira Wood added 13 points.

Sun sign Macaulay

• The Connecticut Sun signed forward Victoria Macaulay to a training camp contract on Wednesday.

Macaulay, a 6-foot-4 forward, played with the Chicago Sky in both 2015 and 2019 and won a gold medal with the Nigerian National Team at the 2019 and 2021 FIBA Women's Afrobasket tournaments.

She is currently playing in Turkey with Botas and averaging 14.6 points and 8 rebounds.