By David Fierro
Having its best regular season in program history, Greenwich High School’s girls basketball team added another impressive win to its ledger on Feb. 17, upending host Fairfield Warde, 47-26, in an FCIAC game.
With the win, the Cardinals raised their record to 18-1 overall and 13-1 in the FCIAC. The Cardinals close out their regular season on Feb. 19 when they will celebrate their Senior Night against Brien McMahon at 7 p.m.
In second place in the FCIAC, Greenwich will receive the No. 2 seed in the FCIAC Basketball Tournament, which begins on Feb. 22 at Fairfield Ludlowe with the quarterfinal-round taking place. The Cardinals will play the seventh-seeded team in the FCIAC Tournament quarterfinals.
In the Cardinals’ highly impressive 47-26 road victory over Fairfield Warde, freshman center Zuri Faison scored a game-high 18 points to power Greenwich. Junior guard Madi Utzinger added 12 points and junior forward Mikayla Kiernan made three 3-pointers for nine points to also pace the Cardinals.
Here’s more photos of Greenwich’s convincing win on the road versus Fairfield Warde. Photos provided by Dan Utzinger.
