The Essex Trojanettes held Griswold to 11 second half points and found a scoring groove of their own to pick up a 51-35 win over the Tigers on Friday night. Griswold led by 7 early in the game but Essex climbed within 2 at the end of the first. The Trojanettes grabbed their first lead momentarily near the end of the 2nd at 22-21, but McKenna Wiechman hit a three to put the Tigers up 24-22 at the break. Essex grabbed the lead in the third and clamped down in the fourth, only allowing 2 Tiger points to secure their third win of the year.

Wiechman had 15 points in the first half but only added 3 more in the second. The Trojanettes ran a box and one on Wiechman to limit her touches in the second half and it proved successful. Brenna Rossell finished with 7 points and had a number of great looks just rim out throughout the game. The Tigers fall to 1-9 on the season.

Essex was led by 10 from Hailee Barrett and 9 from Desi Glasgo who hit a couple of big threes in the second half. The Trojanettes are now 3-6 on the season.