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Norwalk, McMahon Hoop Teams Meet In Doubleheader At Norwalk
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The George Washington Carver seventh-grade boys basketball team is off to a good start. It is on a four-game winning streak after opening the season with a heartbreaking 56-55 loss to St Theresa’s of Trumbull.
Carver looked a little flat but did manage to lead for most of the game. But St Theresa’s wouldn’t go away, forcing Carver into several unforced turnovers and Carver didn’t help much by missing several wide-open layups and open jumpers.
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Carver had the ball and a one-point point lead with about 20 seconds left before a turnover and a lapse on defense allowed St Theresa’s to take the lead for good.
Game leaders: Deandre Russell with 19 points. Peter Kotulsky had 16 points and led the team with 14 rebounds. Damir Paul had 15 points with dead eye shooting from beyond the arc.
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Game two, 54-31 -- Game two vs Darien was little easier with a much better over all team defensive effort, EJ Day led the way on the press and AJ Greene was the center piece in halfcourt. Tyrique Langley returned (held out, coaches decision) to get things going on the offensive end with good decision making at the point.
Game leaders: Tyrique Langley led all scorers with 22 points in just three quarters. Deandre Russell had 12 points and Ty Bowman chipped in with seven.
Game three, 50-31: Carver got off to a slow start but managed to pull off a 19-point victory vs Westport YMCA. The game was tight throughout the first half before Carver ran away in the third quarter, spurring a balanced attack with everyone scoring.
Game leaders: Deandre Russell again led all scorers with 11. Paul tallied 10 and Langley chipped in with nine.
Game four, 53-33: Carver raced out to an early lead against St Mary’s of Ridgefield and never looked back thanks to speedster EJ Day, who was a terror on the defensive end was a one-man press, forcing St Mary’s in to turnover after turnover. Jordan Smith scored six on some nifty moves in the paint.
Game leaders: Langley 17, Russell 12 and Bowman eight.
Game five, 48-23 -- Carver avenged its only lose to date by beating St Theresa Tyrique made his presence felt with his ball handling and decision making . Carver did a great job of controlling the boards and starting its trademark fast break. Another another good defensive game forced St Theresa in to costly turnovers. Ty had a break out game, scoring 14 and had his best rebounding game of the season.
Game leaders: Bowman 14, Kotulsky 12 and Russell 11.
The team is eager to get back on the court and will do so twice this weekend, first against Fairfield Hoops on Saturday at home at 7 p.m. That will be followed by the intra-city rivalry game vs Norwalk Youth Basketball Assoc. on Sunday at Roton Middle School at 2:45 p.m.
The G W Carver seventh grade team is coach by Brent Green and Sherwood Taylor.
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With an extra day to prepare, the Norwalk and boys basketball teams will square off in a doubleheader on Wednesday at Norwalk.
The girls contest gets under way at 5:30 p.m., followed by the boys clash at 7 p.m.
The Norwalk and McMahon boys teams have started the season in opposite directions. While the Bears are off to a 4-1 start under first-year coach Tom Keyes, the Senators are still looking for their first win of the season at 0-5.
Last week, Norwalk won the Masuk holiday tournament, defeating the host Panthers 57-48 in the finals. McMahon dropped a pair of games in the Kuczo tournament.
Norwalk's Rasheen Thompson has been named the male winner of the Bluestreak-Overtime FCIAC Players of the Week awards.
Thompson averaged 11 points and 8.5 assists in two games last week in helping the Bears win the Masuk holiday tournament.
The Norwalk girls (3-3) also had a successful week, winning the Shelton holiday tournament. The Lady Bears have rebounded from an 0-3 start with three straight wins.
The McMahon girls (2-5) lost twice in the Todd Burger tournament at Fairfield Ludlowe and enter the new year with a 2-5 record.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
McMahon at Norwalk, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
McMahon at Norwalk, 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Norwalk at Fairfield Warde, 4 p.m.
McMahon at New Canaan, 7 p.m.
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Danbury 3-0 5-0 Greenwich 3-1 5-1 Bridgeport Central 3-1 5-1 Trumbull 3-1 4-2 Westhill 2-1 3-2 Staples 1-2 2-3Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 4-0 6-0 Norwalk 2-1 4-1 Stamford 1-3 2-4 Fairfield Ludlowe 1-3 1-5 McMahon 0-3 0-5 McMahon 0-4 0-5East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 4-0 6-0 Bassick 3-1 5-1 Trinity Catholic 3-1 4-2 Fairfield-Warde 2-2 4-2 Wilton 0-3 2-3 Darien 0-4 1-5 New Canaan 0-41-5
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Trumbull 6-0 8-0 Danbury 5-0 7-0 Staples 4-1 5-2 Westhill 2-3 3-3 Greenwich 1-5 1-7 Bridgeport Central 0-61-7
Central Division
Stamford 6-0 6-2 Fairfield Ludlowe 3-34-4
Ridgefield 3-3 3-5 McMahon 2-3 2-5 Norwalk 1-3 3-3 Harding 0-6 2-6East Division
St. Joseph 5-1 7-1 Wilton 4-1 4-2 Trinity Catholic 4-2 5-3 New Canaan 3-3 5-3 Darien 2-3 3-4 Fairfield Warde 2-4 4-4 Bassick 0-60-8
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record St. Joseph 0-0 0 4-1-0 Ridgefield 0-0 0 3-1-0 New Canaan 0-0 0 2-3-0 Stamford 0-0 0 1-3-1 Darien 0-0 0 1-3-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 1-4-0 Wilton 0-0 0 0-4-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Staples 0-0 0 3-0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0 5-1-0 Fairfield Coop 0-0 0 2-2-0 Norwalk 0-0 0 1-2-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 1-4-0 Westhill 0-0 0 0-3-1Girls Hockey
0-0 0 1-4 Fairfield 0-2 0 2-4 Wilton 0-2 0 2-4 Stamford 0-3 0 0-3
