Boys Basketball falls to NB

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

New Britain 71, Newington 61: Donavon Lighty tied the New Britain High record for 3-pointers in a game with nine on the way to 32 points to lead New Britain to a big win at Newington by a score of 71-61.

Lighty hit eight 3-pointers in the first half, including six in the second quarter.

“He was just unconscious,” New Britain coach Todd Stigliano said. “We did a good job of getting him the ball. They play a zone we’ve been working on a ton in practice and we got a ton of good shots. Then he just had a special night.”

For the Hurricanes, now 3-4, this was the kind of win which can catapult a season.

“It’s the type of thing you need,” Stigliano said. “We played the best team in the division, we really played well, and hope we can gain some momentum from this. It was just a good all-around game for us.”

Takari Menyfield had 14 points for New Britain, while Zach Tinkham had 17 for the Indians (6-2).

New Britain 71, Newington 61

At Newington

New Britain 14 25 16 15 — 71

Newington 13 9 9 30 — 61

NEW BRITAIN: Donavon Lighty 11-1-32, Takari Menyfield 5-4-14, Andrew Walker 2-2-7, Charles Gaskin 0-1-1, Jonathan McCoy 1-0-2, Tyree Burns 1-4-6, Flavian LaPorte 1-2-4, Hector Gonzalez 2-2-6. TOTALS: 23-15-71.

NEWINGTON: Jared Simmons 1-4-7, Zach Tinkham 6-3-17, Connor Buckley 2-0-6, J.P. DeCastro 0-2-2, Cameron Fedina 3-0-7, Pablo Ortiz 2-0-4, Nicholas Guadarrama 4-1-9, Dante Phillips 1-3-5, Brett Frank 2-0-4. TOTALS: 21-13-61.

3-point goals: Lighty (NB) 9, Walker (NB), Simmons (Ne) Tinkham (Ne) 2, Buckley (Ne) 2, Fedina.

Records — New Britian 3-4, Newington 6-2.

Courtesy of the NB Herald

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