The Norwalk Bears will face off against the St. Joseph Cadets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Norwalk is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
Norwalk fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Ridgefield on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 57-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Tigers are ranked 18th).
Norwalk's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Dylan Izzi, who posted 14 points along with five assists and three steals, and Joshua Todd, who went 5 of 11 en route to 15 points and four steals.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Darien on Tuesday, but they still walked away with a 54-50 win.
Norwalk better focus on containing TJ Wright and Lameik Black as the pair were huge in St. Joseph's win. Wright had 22 points, while Black went 7 for 14 on his way to 15 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Wright has scored at least a third of St. Joseph's points. Another player making a difference was Joseph Bruneus, who scored four points and three steals.
St. Joseph's victory bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Norwalk, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Norwalk came up short against St. Joseph in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 73-64. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wright, who went 7 of 14 en route to 25 points in addition to five assists and three steals. Now that Norwalk knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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