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Trumbull Scores And Standings: Jan. 31
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The boys basketball team fought off a serious challenge Monday to defeat Bassick 70-61 before a crowd of 1,200 in the Harbor Yard Classic at the Webster Bank Arena.
Timajh Parker scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the top-ranked Cadets, who improved to 12-0 overall and 10-0 in the FCIAC.
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Monday's contest was close throughout and St. Joseph faced a 55-51 deficit with just under four minutes remaining, but the Cadets finished with a 19-6 run. Bassick dropped to 10-3 and 8-3.
The Lions are the defending FCIAC champions and could see the Cadets again in next month's league playoffs.
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Bassick's Demetrius Thomas, who returned to the lineup last Friday after being academically ineligible, paced all scored with 24 points.
James Jennings scored 18 points and Quincy McKnight added 11 for St. Joseph.
The Cadets led 18-16 after the first quarter and 35-33 at halftime. St. Joseph then outscored Bassick 14-13 in the third quarter to take a 49-46 lead into the final period.
In an earlier game, Bridgeport Central defeated Harding 71-52 behind Marcus Blackwell's 19 points.
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It's status quo in the New Haven Register boys basketball top 10 media state poll as St. Joseph and Hillhouse are one-two for the fourth consecutive week.
The Cadets collected 16 of the 18 first-place votes with Hillhouse (13-0) garnering the other two.
Northwest Catholic (11-1) is third, followed by New London (11-2) and Kolbe Cathedral (14-0) to complete the top five.
Career (12-1) is sixth, followed by Hartford Public (13-0), Windsor (12-1), Wilby (12-1) and Trinity Catholic (10-3).
Trinity Catholic returns to the poll after handing Ridgefield its first loss of the season last week. Ridgefield, which had been ranked eighth, dropped out of the top 10.
The Tigers (11-1) are 11th, and the only other FCIAC team receiving votes is Bassick, which is 18th.
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The Trumbull and St. Joseph girls basketball teams look to move one step closer toward clinching FCIAC playoff spots on Tuesday as the Eagles host winless Bassick and the Cadets entertain Norwalk. Game time for both games is set for 7 p.m.
Trumbull (12-2, 10-2) and St. Joseph (12-2, 10-2) are tied with Wilton for the FCIAC's second-best record with three weeks left in the regular season.
Trumbull will be looking to rebound from a 58-52 loss to Wilton and take out some frustrations on the winless Lions (0-13, 0-12) while St. Joseph has been off since defeating Staples 69-55 on Jan. 4.
Norwalk (9-5, 7-5) is scrambling for a playoff spot as the Bears are in a five-way tie for seventh in the FCIAC standings with Darien, Stamford, Staples and Fairfield Warde.
On the boys side, Trumbull, which is coming off a humbling 61-39 loss to Wilton, visits Bassick.
The defeat to Wilton dropped the Trumbull boys to 6-6 overall and 5-5 in the FCIAC.
MONDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
St. Joseph 70, Bassick 61
Girls hockey
Darien at Trumbull-Staples
Gymnastics
Greenwich, Staples at Trumbull
TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
Trumbull at Bassick, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Bassick at Trumbull, 7 p.m.
Norwalk at St. Joseph, 7 p.m.
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 7-3 8-4 Danbury 7-3 9-3 Bridgeport Central 8-4 8-4 Greenwich 7-4 9-4 Staples 5-5 6-6 Trumbull 5-5 6-6Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 9-1 11-1 Norwalk 6-5 8-5 Stamford 4-6 5-7 Fairfield Ludlowe 3-7 3-9 Harding 2-10 3-11 McMahon 1-10 1-12East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 10-0 12-0 Trinity Catholic 9-2 10-3 Bassick 8-3 10-3 Fairfield-Warde 4-6 6-6 Wilton 4-6 6-6 Darien 1-10 2-11 New Canaan 0-10 1-11GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record Danbury 12-0 14-0 Trumbull 10-2 12-2 Westhill 8-4 9-5 Staples 7-5 8-6 Greenwich 3-10 3-12 Bridgeport Central 1-12 2-13Central Division
Stamford 7-5 7-7 Norwalk 7-5 9-5 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-7 6-8 Ridgefield 5-7 5-9 McMahon 3-10 3-12 Harding 1-12 3-12East Division
Wilton 10-2 10-3 St. Joseph 10-2 12-2 Trinity Catholic 8-5 9-6 Fairfield Warde 7-5 9-5 Darien 7-5 8-6 New Canaan 6-6 8-6 Bassick 0-12 0-13BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Ridgefield 6-0 12 11-1-0 Darien 5-0 10 8-3-0 St. Joseph 5-1 10 9-4=0 New Canaan 4-0 8 8-3-1 Wilton 2-2 4 3-8-0 Trinity Catholic 1-3 2 2-10-0 Stamford 0-4 0 2-9-1 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Trumbull 3-3 6 9-4-0 Fairfield 2-1 4 4-9-0 Westhill 2-3 4 2-8-1 Staples 1-4 2 6-4-0 Greenwich 1-5 2 2-11-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-6 0 1-9-0Girls Hockey
Teams FCIAC Record FCIAC Pts Overall Record New Canaan 9-0 18 14-0 Ridgefield 6-1 12 9-3 Darien 6-2 12 8-4 Greenwich 6-3 12 7-4-1 Wilton 3-6 6 3-7-1 Fairfield 3-6 6 4-7-0 Trumbull-Staples 1-7 2 3-8 Stamford 0-8 0 1-8
