New Canaan 6th Grade Girls Basketball Beats Norwalk in OT

New Canaan 6th grade Girls Basketball team beat Norwalk in an overtime game Saturday by a score of 33-32. The team started off strong as Quinn McKiernan won the tipoff and dished the ball to Emma Gibbens underneath to take a 2-0 lead.

After Norwalk made a flurried attempt to score, McKiernan got a defensive rebound and did a long pass to a breaking Cameron Murphy, who brought the team to a 4-0 lead. However, Norwalk went on a 10 point run, punctuated only by a Brynne Harris free-throw and a McKiernan jumper.

New Canaan fought back, as Elizabeth St. George made an inside pass to Gibbens, bringing the score to 12-9, followed by a St. George defensive rebound that was dished to Gibbens and then to Chloe Reidy, who brought the score to 12-11 at the half.

In the second half, the teams traded possessions and points. McKiernan made 3 baskets in the half, and defensive rebounds by Julia Bazata and Olivia West led to baskets by Murphy and Gibbens.

Later on in the half, a free throw by Tyler Towers and another Murphy jump shot kept New Canaan neck-and-neck with Norwalk, but in the final minute a foul shot by Gibbens helped New Canaan take a 27-26 lead. However, Norwalk converted one of two foul shots in the final second, and the teams ended the game tied at 27.

Both teams were in the bonus during overtime, and the period was an exchange of foul shots for both teams. Gibbens and Bazata both converted on foul shots, and St. George converted two jump shots to finally bring New Canaan to lead in overtime. Norwalk had the ball for the last 10 second of the period, but were unable to capitalize, and New Canaan held on to win 33-32.