Montgomery helps SW end losing streak
Jan. 25—After going 0-4 during its recent homestand, the South Windsor High boys basketball team took to the road Monday to bring home a win.
Hakim Montgomery scored 20 points as the Bobcats defeated Rocky Hill 55-37 in a CCC interdivisional game.
Anthony DeCiantis added 14 points while Ben Brochu chipped in 10 points, five assists, and four steals for South Windsor (4-8), which snapped a six-game losing streak overall with its first win since Dec. 28.
The Bobcats led 22-19 halftime and broke it open against Rocky Hill (0-12) with a 15-6 third-quarter surge.
South Windsor is back on the road Thursday to take on Simsbury.
SOUTH WINDSOR (55): Hakim Montgomery 6 7-9 20; Ben Brochu 4 0-0 10; JP Dargati 1 0-0 2; Colby Carr 2 0-0 5; Ty Casey 2 0-0 4; Anthony DeCiantis 5 4-5 14; Totals: 20 11-14 55.
Three-point goals: Montgomery, Brochu (2), Carr.
ROCKY HILL (37): Jayden Osei-Tutu 2 0-0 4; Casey Robinson 1 0-0 3; Yazdan Aftab 2 0-0 4; Danny Lin 1 0-0 2; Grant Fishberg 0 1-2 1; Luke Castanho 2 0-0 6; Shiv Ghutadaria 4 0-0 8; Joe Motes 1 0-0 3; Evan Sikorsky 2 1-2 6; Totals: 15 2-4 37.
Three-point goals: Castanho (2), Robinson, Sikorsky, Motes.
S. WINDSOR 14 8 15 18 — 55
ROCKY HILL 12 7 6 12 — 37
MANCHESTER 68, GLASTONBURY 64. In Glastonbury, Troy Butler scored 16 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter as Manchester earned a CCC interdivisional win.
The Red Hawks (8-3) used a 30-point fourth quarter to erase a two-point deficit. Damian Sanchez had seven of his 13 points in the period and was 4-for-4 at the foul line down the stretch. Laquonne Thomas chipped in 10 points.
Trey Tennyson had 14 points and Adam Moulsis 13 for the Guardians (2-9).
Glastonbury travels to Bridgeport to take on Warren Harding Wednesday. Manchester visits No. 2 Northwest Catholic tonight.
MANCHESTER (68): Laquonne Thames 4 0-0 10; Troy Butler 10 3-5 26; Damian Sanchez 4 4-4 13; Jared Lindstrom 3 0-0 6; Adam Poteat 1 1-3 3;Julian Henderson 1 0-0 2; Jeyveon Robinson 2 0-0 4; Jermaine Robinson 1 0-0 2; Adrian Parker 1 0-0 2; Totals: 27 8-12 68.
Three-point goals: Thomas (2), Butler (3), Sanchez.
GLASTONBURY (64): David Smith 3 1-2 7; Owen Peterson 3 3-7 11; Khaliq Young 2 0-0 6; Adam Molusis 5 3-6 13; Jordyn Sams 0 0-1 0; Trey Tennyson 5 1-2 14; Dan Cantafi 3 2-2 10; Jack Hennessy 1 1-3 3; Totals: 22 11-23 64.
Three-point goals: Peterson (2), Young (2), Tennyson (3), Cantafi (2).
MANCHESTER 9 17 12 30 — 68
GLASTONBURY 8 19 13 24 — 64
EAST HARTFORD 57, SOUTHINGTON 55. In East Hartford, Favour Okeke had 24 points and Chris Lomax a double-double (11 points, 12 rebounds) in the Hornets' CCC interdivisional victory.
East Hartford (7-5) made it four wins in a row and six wins in its last seven games. Dom Laduca hit three 3-pointers and added 11 points for the Hornets.
Southington (4-6) received 23 points from Ryan Hammerland.
East Hartford visits No. 8 East Catholic on Wednesday.
SOUTHINGTON (55): Luke Penna 2 0-1 4; Eli Whitehead 5 0-0 12; Ryan Hammerland 8 4-4 23; Raysean Epps 4 0-1 8; Aidan Buck 2 0-1 5; Ian Beleville 1 1-1 3; Totals: 22 5-8 55.
Three-point goals: Whitehead (2), Hammerland (3), Buck.
EAST HARTFORD (57): Chris Lomax 4 2-3 11; Favour Okeke 10 1-2 24; Elijah Serrano 1 0-2 2; Zander Robinson 2 2-4 7; Chris Brown 1 0-0 2; Dom Laduca 4 0-0 11; Totals: 22 5-11 57.
Three-point goals: Lomax, Okeke (3), Robinson, Laduca (3).
SOUTHINGTON 14 16 17 8 — 55
E. HARTFORD 20 9 18 10 — 57
SOMERS 57, O'BRIEN TECH 39. In Somers, Cody Palazzesi's 31 points paced the Spartans to the non-league win.
Colby McCormick added 10 points for Somers (7-2), which led 34-22 at halftime.
The Spartans are at East Windsor tonight.
O'BRIEN TECH (39): Zach Rodriguez 2 1-2 6; Mike Smith 1 0-0 3; Max Stuart 2 0-0 4; Nate Phetis 5 0-0 10; Eli Moore 2 0-0 5; Mehki McNeil 4 0-0 11. Totals: 16 1-2 39.
Three-point goals: Rodriguez, Smith, Moore, McNeil (3).
SOMERS (57): John Zapolski 0 2-2 2; Troy Maia 3 2-2 9; Tommy Lafayette 2 0-1 4; Colby McCormick 5 0-0 10; Jayden Lynch 0 1-2 1; Cody Palazzesi 8 13-15 31; Totals: 18 18-22 57.
Three-point goals: Maia, Palazzesi (2).
O'BRIEN TECH 11 7 17 4 — 39
SOMERS 18 16 12 11 — 57
State poll
The New Haven Register/GameTimeCT state media poll. First-place votes in parentheses. Records through Sunday.
Record Points
1. Bristol Central (18) 10-0 568
2. NW Catholic (1) 8-1 508
3. Windsor 8-1 494
4. ND-West Haven 12-0 480
5. Ridgefield 8-1 380
6. Kolbe-Cathedral 8-0 362
7. Naugatuck 10-0 360
8. East Catholic 6-3 296
9. NFA 10-1 286
10. Wilbur Cross 7-3 187
Also receiving votes: RHAM (11-0) 120; Daniel Hand (8-2) 111; SMSA (9-0) 98; Wilton (8-1) 90; St. Bernard (10-1) 75; Fairfield Prep (8-1) 65; Westhill (9-1) 65; Amity Regional (8-1) 55; Fairfield Warde (7-2) 55; Cromwell (8-0) 44; New London (8-2) 44; Conard (8-1) 32; Hillhouse (8-3) 24; Kennedy (6-1) 21; Simsbury (8-2) 10; Farmington (7-3) 9; Guilford (9-1) 9; Prince Tech (7-2) 8; Terryville (9-1), 7.
The following voted: Paul Augeri, Middletown Press; Bill Bloxsom, Milford/Trumbull Pubs; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Matt Finkel, WVIT-30; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal of Meriden; Mike Madera, GameTimeCT; Kyle Maher, Journal Inquirer of Manchester; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Dave Phillips, Shore Line Newspapers; John Pierson, WTNH; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Chris Saunders, WATR-AM; Ben Talbott, Bird's Eye Sports; Richard Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3.
