King Seniors Sock It to St. Luke's, 75-61

STAMFORD, Conn. – For the first time this season, everything clicked for the King Low Heywood Thomas boys basketball team. Viking senior captains Drew Sawyer, Matt Reggina and Chris Gaynor led a three-headed assault against St. Luke’s on Wednesday for King's first conference win of the season, 75-61.

After struggling from the field in losses to Rye and Brunswick, the King players found their stroke. The Vikings shot for over 50 percent from the field, including a string of four three-pointers in a row by Gaynor and Sawyer.

“This is really the first game all season we’ve come together as a team. Hopefully we can keep this going from now on,” Sawyer said. “Coach [Greg Dobbs] gave us our shooting percentages yesterday, and they were pretty bad. We knew we had to come out and redeem ourselves and shoot better.”

Sawyer led the attack with a huge 24-point effort, including six baskets from the field and 11-for-14 from the free throw line. St. Luke’s foul trouble helped King build an insurmountable lead as the Vikings took full advantage of their free throws.

As a team, King was a whopping 26-for-32 from the foul line. Reggina (18 points) and Gaynor (17 points) were both perfect in free-throw attempts on the afternoon.

King’s lead ballooned to as much as 30 points in the second half against a St. Luke’s squad that featured two freshmen and an eighth-grader for a majority of the game. St. Luke’s finished the game on a 27-11 run in the final six minutes to make the score respectable.

“We haven’t had a game yet until today where we got that kind of contribution out of all three of our captains at the same time,” King head coach Greg Dobbs said. “I told Drew before the season he’s going to drive the bus this season, so to speak. He’s progressing and I’d like him to get to a point where he can call all the plays on his own.”

King (1-2 conference, 4-5 overall) plays one last non-conference game at the Harvey School in Katonah, N.Y., on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The remainder of the Vikings’ schedule after that is all Fairchester Athletic Assocation action.

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