Senior Connor Evans, with the ball, had a game-high 24 points as Lewis Mills won the CCC South title Monday night with a win over Plainville.
Connor Evans had 24 points and Tommy Dinunzio had 14 as the Lewis Mills boys basketball won their first CCC South championship Monday night with a 62-53 win over host Plainville.
With the win, Mills (15-4, 7-0) finished undefeated in the CCC South division and brought home their first pennant since winning the Berkshire League championship in 2017. The Spartans joined the Central Connecticut Conference in 2019-20.
Mills raced out to an 11-point lead after the first quarter and extended it to 13 at halftime. Tristan Mooney added 11 for Mills, who will close out the regular season with a non-division contest against Newington on Tuesday in Burlington.
Mills will play in the CCC Tournament beginning on Thursday night.
Brady Wiezorek had 11 points for Plainville (9-11, 1-6 CCC South).
Lewis Mills 62, Plainville 53
At Plainville
Lewis Mills (62) Charlie Joiner 2-3-7, Tristan Mooney 3-3-11, Eli Pelletier 1-0-2, Tommy Dinunzio 7-0-14, Chad Edmond 0-0-0, Jack Nestor 1-0-2, Connor Evans 8-4-24, Max Dinunzio 1-0-3, Totals 23-10-62
Plainville (53) Christian Marfia 1-1-3, Dominic Ciriello 1-0-3, Brady Wiezorek 5-3-15, Joe Vazquez 4–8-17, Jayden Castro 1-0-2, John Kafka 0-0-0, Alex Ortiz 3-0-9, Njaz Sardonovic 2-0-4, Totals 17-12-53
Lewis Mills (15-4) 21 14 13 14 — 62
Plainville (9-11) 10 12 18 13— 53
Three-point goals: Mooney (LM) 2, Evans (LM) 2, M. Dinunzio (LM), Ortiz (P) 3, Sardonovic (P) 2, Wiezorek (P) 2
