East Catholic Wins Third Straight Title

 

 

East Catholic rallied in the closing minutes to pull away from Windsor for a 95-81 victory to win its third straight CCC tournament title. The Eagles led by only one midway through the final period, but outscored the Warriors by 13 over the final four minutes to pull out the win.

In a game of spurts by both teams East Catholic had a ten point halftime edge and were up by as many as 13 early in the second half, but Windsor was able to battle back from each deficit until the final minutes. Joe Reilly led East Catholic with 27 points and Jamil Hornesby added 19 as the Eagles continued their perfect season, running the record to 24-0. George Gamble had 28 and Jordan Riley added 21 for the Warriors who dropped to 19-5 with their third loss of the season at the hands of East Catholic.

Top-seeded East Catholic made it to the championship game with wins over Bloomfield, Glastonbury and Bristol Central. Windsor, the #2 seed, advanced by beating NW Catholic, New Britain and Simsbury.

 

 

 

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First Round (2/22/18)	Visitor		Home
Game #1	#16 Bloomfield	50	#1 East Catholic	87
Game #2	#15 NW Catholic	67	#2 Windsor	91
Game #3	#14 Hartford Public	50	#3 Simsbury	61
Game #4	#13 Avon	43	#4 Bristol Central	60
Game #5	#12 Middletown	70	#5 Enfield	80
Game #6	#11 Southington	35	#6 Wethersfield	30
Game #7	#10 Manchester	52	#7 New Britain	60
Game #8	#9 East Hartford	51	#8 Glastonbury	54
Quarterfinals (2/24/18)	Visitor		Home
Game #9	Enfield	69	Bristol Central	74
Game #10	Southington	43	Simsbury	55
Game #11	New Britain	54	Windsor	66
Game #12	Glastonbury	61	East Catholic	75
Semifinals (2/27/18)	Visitor		Home
Game #13     5:00 PM	Bristol Central	40	East Catholic	74
Game #14     7:00 PM	Simsbury	78	Windsor	84 (OT)
Finals (3/1/18))	Visitor		Home
Game # 15  7:00 PM	Windsor	81	East Catholic	95