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Hoops: Darien Girls Beat Trinity; But Boys Bomb
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1. Darien Girls beat Trinity Catholic: 57-49
Meg Marren returned to the lineup in a big way for the girls basketball team on Tuesday
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Marren, who missed both games last week with a foot injury, scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, leading the Blue Wave to a 57-49 victory over Trinity Catholic.
Kate Bushell also scored 17 points for Darien, which improved to 6-5, while Emily Stein chipped in with 10 markers.
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The Blue Wave got off to a slow start and trailed 12-8 after the first quarter. However, Darien turned things around by outscoring the Crusaders 21-10 in the second period to take a 29-20 lead at the half.
Kellie Hurd scored 14 points to pace Trinity Catholic, which dropped to 6-6. Mackenzie Griffin added a dozen for the Crusaders.
Trinity Catholic outscored Darien 12-7 in the third period to climb withi 36-34 entering the fourth quarter, but Darien pulled away by outscoring the Crusaders 21-15 over the final eight minutes.
2. Darien boys lose big to Trinity Catholic: 80-43
As expected, the Trinity Catholic boys basketball team enjoyed a laugher against Darien.
Pascal Chidiebere Chukwu scored 16 points Tuesday as the Crusaders cruised to an 80-43 victory over the Blue Wave in a game in which they never trailed.
Jason Boswell and Schadrac Casimir each added 13 points for the Crusaders, who improved 7-3.
After handing Danbury its first loss of the season with a 65-55 victory on Friday, Trinity Catholic took care of Darien early, building a lead of 22-13 after the first period.
Darien managed to hang in the game in the first quarter, but the Crusaders put away the contest during an overewhelming second period when they outscored the Blue Wave 22-5 to open a commanding 44-15 lead at the intermission.
Kyle Green scored 14 points to lead Darien, which dropped to 2-8. George Phillips and Liam Naughton each added nine for the Blue Wave.
3. Blue Wave hockey hosts Greenwich
The Darien boys hockey team seeks its fifth straight victory on Wednesday when the Blue Wave hosts Greenwich at the Darien Ice Rink (8:30 p.m.).
Darien is coming off Monday's 1-0 victory over Trinity Catholic. Junior Jack Knowlton scored the game's only goal just 28 seconds into the first period - his team-leading sixth of the season - and goaltender Max Rothston made it hold up to record his second shutout.
Rothston lowered his goals-against average to 2.23 as the Blue Wave (5-3) have allowed just three goals during the winning streak.
Greenwich enters the game with a 2-7 record following last Thursday's 9-2 rout of Norwalk-McMahon.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Trinity Catholic 80, Darien 43
Girls basketball
Darien 57, Trinity Catholic 49
Wrestling
Wilton at Darien
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Greenwich at Darien, 8:30 p.m., Darien Ice Rink
Boys swimming
Westhill/Stamford at Darien, 3 p.m., Darien YMCA
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Greenwich 6-2 8-2 Danbury 5-2 7-2 Bridgeport Central 5-3 5-3 Westhill 4-3 5-4 Trumbull 4-3 5-4 Staples 4-3 5-4Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 7-0 9-0 Norwalk 5-3 7-3 Stamford 3-4 4-5 Fairfield Ludlowe 2-5 2-7 McMahon 1-7 1-9 Harding 1-7 1-8East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 8-0 10-0 Bassick 6-2 8-2 Trinity Catholic 6-2 7-3 Fairfield-Warde 3-5 5-5 Wilton 1-6 3-6 Darien 1-7 2-8 New Canaan 0-81-9
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 9-0 11-0 Trumbull 8-1 10-1 Staples 7-2 8-3 Westhill 5-4 6-5 Bridgeport Central 1-9 2-10 Greenwich 1-91-10
Central Division
Norwalk 6-3 8-3 Stamford 6-36-5
Fairfield Ludlowe 4-5 5-5 Ridgefield 4-5 4-7 McMahon 3-7 3-9 Harding 0-9 2-9East Division
St. Joseph 8-2 10-2 Wilton 7-2 7-3 New Canaan 6-4 8-4 Darien 5-4 6-5 Fairfield Warde 5-5 7-5 Trinity Catholic 5-5 6-6 Bassick 0-100-11
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Ridgefield 2-0 2 7-1-0 New Canaan 2-0 2 5-3-1 Darien 2-0 0 5-3-0 St. Joseph 1-1 0 5-4-0 Trinity Catholic 1-1 0 2-7-0 Wilton 1-1 0 1-7-0 Stamford 0-2 0 2-6-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Fairfield Co-op 1-0 2 3-3-0 Staples 1-1 2 6-1-0 Trumbull 1-1 0 7-2-0 Greenwich 1-1 0 2-7-0 Westhill 0-2 0 0-7-1 Norwalk/McMahon 0-3 0 1-5-0Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 6-0 12 11-0 Ridgefield 5-1 10 8-3 Darien 4-1 8 6-2 Greenwich 4-3 8 5-4 Fairfield 2-4 4 3-5 Staples/Trum 1-4 2 2-5 Wilton 1-4 2 1-5-1 Stamford 0-6 0 1-6
