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HAMDEN - Abdou Toure finished with a game-high 28 points for No. 2 seed Notre Dame-West Haven, which defeated No. 5 Fairfield Prep 73-51 to win its fifth-straight SCC boys basketball championship Monday night.
The game was a sellout, featuring 3,214 in attendance at Quinnipac's M&T Bank Arena, topping last year's total of 3,000.
The Green Knights (20-3), the No. 1 team in the GametimeCT Top 10 poll, started to pull away late in the third quarter. They closed out the game on a 21-7 run.
Jon Jones added 12 points for Notre Dame. Drew Kane led Fairfield Prep (18-6) with 19 points, the only player in double figures for the Jesuits.
Notre Dame has gone 91-1 against SCC competition since the 2021-22 season began.
This story will be updated.
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