Waterford — Waterford put the finishing touches on the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II girls' basketball championship Monday night with a 63-27 victory over Killingly.

It was the eighth straight victory for the Lancers, who finished the regular season 16-4 and won the division by a game over Bacon Academy.

"I always believed we had a chance," Waterford coach Mark Capasso said. "There were at least four very strong teams in our division — us, Bacon, Stonington and Woodstock. I felt it wasn't going to be easy, but we never though it was going to be impossible."

Waterford split its season series with Bacon, and got some help when Stonington also split with Bacon.

Kayla Jean-Pierre led the Lancers against Killingly with 14 points and nine rebounds while Mia Brennan added 10 points and seven assists and Lilly Stoddard finished with seven points and six rebounds.

"Hopefully we can keep the momentum going (into the postseason)," Capasso said. "From now on we'll be playing all good teams, but it was great to get the clincher out of the way ... it was a good feeling for the kids, especially on senior night."

In other games:

• Wheeler's two seniors, Raina Haase and Sam Muller, played well on Senior Night during a 51-28 loss to ECC Division III champion Windham. Haase finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots for the Lions (2-17, 1-11) while Muller had seven points and nine rebounds.

• Bacon Academy beat Montville 59-40 in an ECC Division II game. Brianna Leone and Emily Meigs had 14 points each and Meigs had eight rebounds for Montville (5-14, 1-9). Jocelyn Luizzi led Bacon (14-5, 8-2) with 24 points.

• Catherine Shannon scored a game-high 14 points to lead Williams School to a 45-20 win over Holy Family. Katie Burzin had 10 points for Williams (6-6). Maya Lidonde led Holy Family (2-15) with 13 points.  

• Kate Johnson had 18 points and eight rebounds as Stonington beat Plainfield 75-44. Cameron Dreher had 12 points and 12 rebounds, Aliza Bell had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Kate Hall scored 15 for Stonington (13-6).

• Old Saybrook beat Old Lyme in a Shoreline Conference game, 39-26. Tessa Kroes led Old Lyme (12-7, 11-6) with nine points and five rebounds. Marissa Newell had 25 points and Mandy Beck scored 10 for Old Saybrook (12-8, 11-7).  

H.S. boys' basketball

• Mikey Buscetto had 29 points and 14 assists as Waterford held off East Lyme 86-80 before more than 1,200 at the Francis X Sweeney Fieldhouse. Buscetto's 29 offset 33 points from East Lyme's Dev Ostrowski. Adam Pinch added 14 points for the Lancers (14-3) while Jeff Evans had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Colin Shannon had 11 points and Walker Sutman added 10 points and 10 rebounds, including two big late free throws. Luke Leonard had 19 for the Vikings (9-8).

• Ryan Dussault had 18 points and 16 rebounds as Wheeler edged Parish Hill 47-45 in a nonleague game. Roger Watrous added 12 points for the Lions (4-13) while Michael Anderson had 11 and Adam Volack finished with 10 rebounds.

• Williams School lost to Oxford Academy, 55-34. Nick Bonner scored 11 points and Eli Griswold had eight points and 10 rebounds for Williams.

• Paul Chasse scored a career-high 35 points as Bacon Academy beat Fitch, 66-47. Justice Farris and Eli Smith scored 11 points each for Fitch (4-13). 

College honors

• Mitchell College freshman Hasani Williams was named New England Collegiate Conference Rookie of the Week in men's basketball. Williams, a 6-foot-4 forward, had 14 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Lesley, going 6-for-8 from the floor. It was his third award this season.