Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Girls Basketball: Stamford Defeats Darien in Home Opener

By Kiki Martin

Stamford beat Darien 67-57 in the girls’ basketball home opener on Friday December 13th. The Wave had a strong game from sophomore Kaeleigh Morrill and senior captain Kelly Karczewski who scored a team high of 28 points. Darien trailed 14-10 after one quarter, but was ahead 32-26 at the half, and still held the lead, 46-41 after the third quarter. Senior captain Emily Stein was another stand out player scoring five field goals, and was 2-for-2 from the line for a total of 12 points. Stein worked the boards extremely hard, grabbing rebounds on offense and defense to maintain possession for the wave. Sophomore Erin Karczewski also had a strong game finishing with 10 points for the wave. However, Stamford came out strong in the fourth quarter and the wave could just not hold on to the lead. This tough defeat adds to the record making the team 0-2 so far this season.

Compared to our first game of the season against West Hill, we saw a huge improvement in our shooting game and ball movement on the court. We came out really strong and kept the fast pace that we like because of our speed but started to lose it in the second half. We are a very small team this year height wise and numbers wise but I think as the season progresses we will pull out some wins,” junior Avery Maley said.
Come support the team at the next home game at 7:00 on December 18th as the girls take on Wilton!
Caption: Senior captain Kelly Karczewski dribbles around the defense at a game last season

Photo: J. Gregory Raymond of the Stamford Advocate

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