You can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely the Waterbury Career Academy Spartans's strategy against the Derby Red Raiders on Friday. Waterbury Career Academy enjoyed a cozy 80-63 win over Derby. Given Waterbury Career Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while Derby is ranked 141st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Waterbury Career Academy was led to victory by Zaire Lott and Andrew Williams. Lott scored 21 points along with five rebounds and three steals, while Williams scored 24 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. Lott is absolutely dominating the point category: he's posted at least 15 every time he's taken the court this season. Jonovan Bracey was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with three steals.
Waterbury Career Academy's win was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-4. They've been dominating during the games in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 25.9 points. As for Derby, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
Waterbury Career Academy will head out on the road to challenge Torrington at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Torrington focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Friday. As for Derby, they will be playing at home against Wolcott at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Wolcott is coming into the game on a six-game losing streak.
