The Sacred Heart and Crosby boys basketball teams were tied late in the third quarter of Friday night’s NVL showdown at The Crosby Palace.
The Hearts had their 110-game NVL win streak on the line, and the Bulldogs were the last team to beat the Hearts. That happened in the 2014 NVL tournament title game, and Crosby was looking to thrill its fans with a repeat performance.
It wasn’t meant to be, and Sacred Heart junior Lorenzo Washington was a big reason why. Washington led and finished fast breaks, and he reached the basket with an ease that sparked the Hearts and irked the Bulldogs.
Washington tallied a game-high 38 points in the 74-63 victory, which increased Sacred Heart’s NVL win streak to 111 games. The Hearts improved to 5-0 overall while the Bulldogs fell to 4-3.
Washington scored 14 of Sacred Heart’s 24 points in the fourth quarter. That was after he tallied 13 of the 18 Heart points in the third quarter. Trevahn Duncan scored 11 points, Connor Tierney tallied eight points, Caleb Sampson added seven points, and Davon Ellison chipped in six points.
For Crosby, Justin Davis recorded a team-high 21 points. Alex Batista and Andre Pierre scored 12 points apiece, and Jose Soares added 10 points.
Photo caption: Lorenzo Washington scored a game-high 38 points for Sacred Heart in the 74-63 win over Crosby on Friday night. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69)
This week
Sacred Heart: The Hearts go for win No. 112 in a row in the NVL at Holy Cross on Wednesday night at 7 o’clock. The game is the nightcap of a girl/boy doubleheader. Sacred Heart hosts Derby on Friday at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Hearts face Notre Dame-Fairfield at 4 p.m. at the Pitt Center on the campus of Sacred Heart University. The girls teams from each school play in the game before the boys at 2 p.m.
Crosby: The Bulldogs are on the road Monday and Wednesday at Holy Cross and Kennedy, both at 7 p.m. Crosby hosts Seymour on Friday at 7 p.m.
Gallery
Here are my photos from Friday night’s Sacred Heart-Crosby boys game.
