H.S. basketball: New London boys, Waterford girls clinch ECC divisional titles

New London - Doug Henton led five players in double figures and Kris Dunn added a triple-double with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists as the New London High School boys' basketball team beat East Lyme 82-68 Thursday night in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Large Division.

That win clinched the division for the fourth-ranked Whalers (13-2, 8-0), which also got 19 points from Malcolm Simmons, 14 from Keith Porter and 10 from Khaleed Fields.

"Overall, we're relatively happy with the way things are going at this point," New London coach Craig Parker said. "There's always room for improvement. As a coach you're never happy; at least I'm not."

New London will play Mount Pleasant of Providence at 2 p.m. Saturday at Providence College. Dunn has committed to play next season for Providence.

"I'm sure they're going to be really pumped up to play us. We're expecting a real nice atmosphere," Parker said.

Irving Eggleston had 16 points for East Lyme (8-8, 3-5), Wade McNamara 15, Jeff Schumacher 14 and Harry Thiede 11.

In other games:

• Rob Feliciano scored 16 points and Marcus Guerrero 14 in Grasso Tech's 66-54 loss to O'Brien Tech of Ansonia. Mike Altinello also had 10 points for the Eagles (4-11).

• Qadeer Morgan scored nine points to lead St. Thomas More to a 44-30 win over the Rocky Hill School of Rhode Island Wednesday.

Girls

• Alyssa Hancock had 13 points and Adily Martucci and Christine Hadfield 12 each to lift Waterford past Ledyard 59-45 in an ECC Medium Division matchup that gave Waterford the league title. The Lancers are 15-3 overall, 9-0 in the Medium Division. Bianca Matira scored a team-high 14 points for Ledyard (12-4, 6-3).

• Nikki Strizzi had 26 points and Lyla Stanland 22 for Old Lyme in a 65-59 overtime victory over Hyde of New Haven in the Shoreline Conference. Strizzi and Stanland celebrated Senior Night along with Jordan Buscetto (7 points). Old Lyme (6-12) hit a program record 14 3-pointers in a game in which the score was tied at 51 following regulation. Stanland had eight points, including two 3-pointers, in overtime and Buscetto also hit a 3 in overtime. Hyde is 11-5.

• Mia Neas had 20 points, 18 in the second half, as Old Saybrook came from behind to beat Portland 53-49 in the Shoreline Conference. The Rams trailed 12-5 at the end of the first quarter before Mary Kate Morrison (8 steals, 7 rebounds) gave them a spark with her defense, according to coach Steve Woods. Old Saybrook outscored Portland 24-10 in the second quarter to lead by seven at the half. Kelly Ratchford had 14 points and Kayla McAvoy 12 for the Rams (11-5, 10-5). Portland is 13-5 overall.