LYME-OLD LYME — The Old Lyme boys’ basketball team held on to a hard-fought, double overtime 70-68 victory over Glastonbury in a non-Conference game played Saturday night on their home court.
Leading Old Lyme’s scoring was Aedan Using with 27 points, 17 rebounds, six assists, and four blocks. Other top scorers for the Wildcats were Jared Ritchie with 14, Brady Sheffield with 12, and Ray Doll with 11.
Glastonbury hit a lay-up with 11 seconds left, which Old Lyme failed to answer, to equalize with the Wildcats and force the first overtime. At the end of the first overtime, Glastonbury’s Dave Tosatti hit a three-pointer with seven seconds on the clock to force the second OT.
But in the second OT, Old Lyme’s Aedan Using found a cutting Jacob Ritchie, who made a basket with just 20 seconds remaining that turned out to be the game winner.
Old Lyme is currently 13-1 in the Shoreline Conference and 15-1 in the season.
In previous games:
Feb. 12
Old Lyme beat Old Saybrook 72-44. Ray Doll led all scorers with 18. Brady Sheffield and Aedan Using each had 12 while Jared Ritchie notched 10. Aedan Using also had nine rebounds and five assists.
Mike Almada led OS with 22 points.
Feb. 4
Old Lyme beat Westbrook 98-50. Leading Old Lyme was Aeden Using with 29 points and Jared Richie with 18 points. Brady Sheffield added 14 points.
Westbrook were led by Joey Caslin, who had 14 points, and Brenden Engles with 13.