Late start after the JV game ended when the varsity game was supposed to start. The tight man-to-man defenses of both teams opened lanes for those who could dribble around someone. The ability of both teams to get to the rim was a surprise because there were plenty of shot blockers on both sides. Taking time off the clock would have been better than taking layups while heavily guarded. The Governors double-teamed the Danbury guards and if that didn’t work they led the Hatters into pressured layups. Why was WC able to come back from sixteen down? Full-court pressure. This time he sat out the second half with an injury after only two points in the first half. Marcus Fox had twenty points in Danbury’s win over Wilbur Cross last March. William Antrum (13 points) drove well to the hoop for Wilbur Cross. Tyler Scalzo totaled thirteen points for Danbury including three 3’s. Sophomore Denali Burton (16 points) had nine in the tense final frame. Later as part of an inbounds play, Jordan tossed a beautiful¾-court pass that sent teammate Chris Torres in for layup. After a turnover, Jordan protected the 4-point lead by blocking the layup attempt that followed. Two huge plays by Jordan Alleyne in the late going. Free throws helped as the home team made 8-of-11 including the final five in a row. This was now anyone’s game.īut Danbury had enough to keep four the closest WC would get. Wilbur Cross was within four (61-57) with just under three minutes left. Malik Alston, Kwane Taylor, and William Antrum (13 points) contributed layups. Terrance Edwards came off the WC bench to convert a rebound and be on the scoring end of a fast break off a turnover. Just a tad over two minutes later we had ourselves a ballgame! Cross took everything to the basket while the home team turned the ball over three times and missed the front end of a one-and-one. The Hatters were still in the comfort zone (61-47) with five minutes remaining in the game. That lead would increase to 55-39 after jumpers by Denali Burton (16 points) and Cameron Snow before a WC timeout. After that, only one point for WC while Danbury clicked from long range three times (Jordan Alleyne, Javan Hernandez, Tyler Scalzo) to lead, 51-39, after three. The margin was only 42-38 with three to go in the third quarter. The Hatters had the lead but separation took a while. The Cross shot blanks the rest of the half and had four turnovers while it was the Hatters who got to the basket (an old-fashioned 3-point play by Chris Torres, two layups by Messiah Crandall) and passed WC, 30-29. WC still had that six-point lead (29-23) with 3 ½ minutes until halftime. Jayden Valderrama (22 points) and Messiah Crandall
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