The East Lyme Vikings struggled with assists on Friday (the Fitch Falcons had 14 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. East Lyme had to suffer through a rough 73-43 loss at the hands of Fitch. East Lyme has not had much luck with Fitch recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
East Lyme lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Brendan Osso, who scored 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Oliver Hibbard, who scored seven points along with five rebounds.
East Lyme struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Leading Fitch to victory were Jayvon "JJ" Robinson and Xavier Goode. Robinson dropped a double-double on 13 points and 13 assists, while Goode scored 22 points along with seven rebounds and four steals. Robinson is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Si?kis Reels, who scored nine points along with five rebounds.
East Lyme's loss dropped their record down to 11-7. As for Fitch, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-5.
East Lyme will be playing at home against Amistad at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Amistad will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Connecticut Rankings (they are ranked 130th, while East Lyme is ranked 45th). Fitch's road trip will continue as they head out to face Valley Regional at 7:00 p.m. on February 14th. Averaging 71.35 points so far this season, Fitch's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Valley Regional better be ready for a challenge.
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