Boys’ Basketball

Norwich 57, Windsor 34

WINDSOR – Norwich extended its unbeaten string to five wins this season, but the victory Tuesday night came at a cost.

The Norwich raced to a 34-16 halftime lead over the Black Knights highlighted by Kyle Edwards’ 15 points. During those first 16 minutes, though, starters Mike Sutton and Storm Cook went down with injuries along with backup guard Matt Burke. None of the three returned to play in the second half.

“We’re really lucky to have kids who can step into different roles, and we play everybody on our roster and everybody contributes,” said Norwich coach Tom Collier. “We’ve been giving minutes to a lot of our kids on the bench, and we really needed them tonight.”

Norwich was down to seven healthy players in the second half, and for the first time all season, the opponent outscored the Tornado in the third quarter. That anomaly was rectified during an 18-8 fourth quarter as Danny Carson scored seven of his 11 points, and Edwards added five more to finish with a game-high 20.

Edwards and Carson had five steals apiece, Norwich had 21 team assists, and finished with just 13 turnovers. “We’re hoping that our guys that got hurt can come back quickly,” Collier said. “We won the game, but we’re going to reassess our lineup and see if we need to bring any players up (from junior varsity).”