By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL - When the game was on the line for the Bristol Central boys basketball team against Bristol Eastern on Monday, Feb. 24, the Rams floor general had to take command of the showdown. That meant senior Joey DeFillippi needed to spring into action offensively. After tallying just one point over the first 25:23 of the contest, DeFillippi’s offense directly led to the 37-33 victory. He flipped in a huge lay-up with 6:37 left to play and off his 10-point fourth period scoring onslaught, DeFillippi was as clutch as anyone on the court that night. “Joey struggled all night and then he hit the shot off the backboard to tie it and the rest of the game pretty much his,” said Central coach Timmy Barrette of DeFillippi. “Joey DeFiliippi iced this game for us. That’s what a senior, two-year captain does.” He led the squad with 11 points and his lay-in with 5:38 remaining in the game tied the thing at 28-28 apiece and made it a brand new game. And then, when DeFillippi was forced to the free throw line, he made Eastern pay as he canned four of six shots from the charity [...]
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