Connecticut High School Basketball - Tourtellotte Memorial can't hold off Wheeler
January 5, 2023: North Grosvenordale, CT 06255 The Wheeler Lions basketball team scored 38 points and held the host Tourtellotte Memorial Tigers to 33 in the Lions league triumph on Thursday.
The Lions now sport a 4-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Tourtellotte for a Eastern Connecticut IV contest on Thursday, January 5. Wheeler will battle a Tigers team coming off a 50-48 non-league win over East Windsor (East Windsor, CT). The Tigers record now stands at 2-3.
The Tigers (2-3) will now prepare for their contest against Plainfield (Central Village, CT). The Panthers enter the Eastern Connecticut I contest with a 0-5 record. In their last contest, Plainfield was nudged by Killingly (Killingly, CT), 64-37, in a non-league contest.