Evening Sun Report

Boys’ Basketball

Windsor 65, Norwich 63

NORWICH – Windsor progressed from feisty opponent, to a thorn in Norwich’s side, and eventually conqueror of the Tornado.

Tim Costello rolled in two foul shots with 4.2 seconds left to break a 63-63 tie, and Norwich junior Josh Borfitz’s 30-foot look at a game-winning shot was a tad long in Tuesday’s STAC matchup.

The Black Knights held Norwich without a point the final three minutes, handed Norwich’s its first league loss, and kept the purple and white at nine wins and holding.

“We couldn’t make the plays to put them away,” said Norwich coach Mark Abbott. “We had a couple of opportunities from the field, the foul line, we grabbed some offensive rebounds...Windsor hung in there and made plays to win the game.”

Norwich turned around a game that was going the wrong way in a hurry. Matt Murray, he of the sweet three-point shot, canned his third trifecta in as many possessions to put the Knights up 41-30 midway through the third quarter.

Following a timeout, the Tornado resolve began with its defense. Yes, Windsor’s Brenton Jones added two more three-pointers to the scoreboard over the next four minutes, but in the meantime, Norwich rebounded with a 16-6 spurt. Richie Bonney had five points, David Carson three, Borfitz drained a deep three ball, and Timmy Clark added a three-point play.