By Alan Pease
On Monday, January 21st, in a 2 p.m. Martin Luther King day start, The Coginchaug girls used a 13-0 second quarter and 25 steals for the game to power to a 46-24 win over the visiting Bellringers from East Hampton.
East Hampton did manage to score the first basket, but a Jessica Solomon basket tied the score, and Kim Romanoff bucket on an Olivia Corazzini assist put the Devils on top for good, as they had leads of 11-8 and 24-8 at the end of the first two periods, 36-19 after three, and ended with a 46-24 victory.
Kim Romanoff led the Devils with 15 points and 12 steals, for the double-double. Both Morgan Kuehnle and Olivia Corazzini scored seven, with Jessica Solomon added six. Solomon and Kuehnle shared rebounding honors with six.
Coginchaug is 10-4, 9-3 in the Shoreline conference. They will have played at North Branford on Monday (weather permitting) and at Valley on Thursday. On Tuesday, February 4th, they will travel to Old Saybrook.