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New Canaan Scores And Standings: Jan. 23
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Mackenzie Griffin scored 24 points Friday, leading the Trinity Catholic girls basketball team to a 54-47 victory over .
The Crusaders improved to 7-6 overall and 6-5 in the FCIAC, tying the Rams, who dropped to 8-5 and 6-5, for ninth place in the league standings.
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Griffin frequently got to the foul line, hitting 12 of her 18 free attempts, which turned out to be a huge factor in the game.
New Canaan fell despite another strong game from Sarah Mannelly, who scored 25 points.
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The Rams got off to solid start, leading 11-4 after the first quarter, but the Crusaders turned things around in the second period, outscoring New Canaan 23-12 to take a 27-23 halftime lead.
After New Canaan pulled even early in the second half, the Crusaders led by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter en route to the victory.
Kelly Armstrong added nine points for New Canaan, which is off until hosting Norwalk on Friday in another key FCIAC contest with playoff implications.
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Schadrac Casimir scored 19 points -- including five 3-pointers -- as the Trinity Catholic boys basketball team routed New Canaan 86-43 on Friday.
Kevin Leumene added 18 points and Jason Boswell chipped with 16 for the Crusaders, who improved to 8-3 and now look forward to Tuesday's showdown at undefeated Ridgefield (10-0).
Trinity Catholic built a 19-6 lead after the first quarter, then extended it 44-16 at halftime, turning the second half into garbage time.
After outscoring the overmatched Rams 24-10 in the third period, Trinity Catholic took a 68-26 lead into the final quarter.
Overall, the Crusaders finished with 11 3-pointers as they were just too much for the Rams.
Will Burger scored 12 points to pace New Canaan, which dropped to 1-9
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Trinity Catholic 86, New Canaan 43
Girls basketball
Trinity Catholic 54, New Canaan 47
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Boys hockey
New Canaan at Trinity Catholic, ppnd, TBA
Girls hockey
New Canaan at Simsbury, cancelled
Wrestling
Stamford, New Canaan, Bunnell and Thomaston at Staples, ppnd
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
Gymnastics
Westhill, New Canaan at New Milford, 5:30 p.m.
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Greenwich 7-2 9-2 Bridgeport Central 6-3 6-3 Danbury 5-3 7-3 Staples 5-3 6-4 Westhill 5-3 6-4 Trumbull 4-4 5-5Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 8-0 10-0 Norwalk 5-4 7-4 Stamford 4-4 5-5 Fairfield Ludlowe 2-6 2-8 McMahon 1-8 1-10 Harding 1-8 2-9East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 8-0 10-0 Trinity Catholic 7-2 8-3 Bassick 6-2 8-2 Fairfield-Warde 3-5 5-5 Wilton 2-6 4-6 Darien 1-8 2-9 New Canaan 0-91-10
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 10-0 12-0 Trumbull 9-1 11-1 Staples 7-3 8-4 Westhill 6-4 7-5 Greenwich 2-9 2-10 Bridgeport Central 1-102-11
Central Division
Stamford 7-3 7-5 Norwalk 6-48-4
Fairfield Ludlowe 4-6 5-7 Ridgefield 4-6 4-8 McMahon 3-8 3-10 Harding 0-10 2-10East Division
St. Joseph 9-2 11-2 Wilton 8-2 8-3 Darien 6-4 7-5 New Canaan 6-5 8-5 Trinity Catholic 6-5 7-6 Fairfield Warde 5-5 7-5 Bassick 0-110-12
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Darien 3-0 6 6-3-0 New Canaan 3-0 6 6-3-1 Ridgefield 3-0 6 8-1-0 St. Joseph 2-1 4 6-4-0 Wlton 1-1 2 2-7-0 Trinity Catholic 1-1 2 2-8-0 Stamford 0-3 0 2-7-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Trumbull 2-2 4 8-3-0 Fairfield 1-0 2 3-3-0 Staples 1-1 2 6-1-0 Greenwich 1-2 2 2-8-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-3 0 1-5-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-3 0 0-8-1Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 6-0 12 11-0 Ridgefield 6-1 12 9-3 Darien 5-1 10 7-2 Greenwich 4-3 8 5-4-1 Wilton 3-4 6 3-5-1 Fairfield 2-5 4 3-6 Trumbull-Staples 1-6 2 3-7 Stamford 0-6 0 1-6
