It was an unusual night at Ledyard High School.
Not only did both boys basketball teams on the floor have trouble getting to 20 points apiece, they had to wait a little while to get there due to a pair of accidental elbows Wednesday night in Fitch's 37-34 win.
Fitch's Rob Martin got the first in the first half as he took an elbow in the nose and began to bleed on the floor.
"He got hurt in the Waterford game (Friday night) and had a bad bruise on his back," Fitch coach Gary Ballestrini said. "He didn't practice Monday or Tuesday."
The game had to be stopped for about 10 minut es as the custodian had to clean the floor.
That rarely happens once in a game, it happened twice in this one.
In the second half, Fitch senior Jamal Gaston took an elbow to the mouth and he, too, began to bleed before he reached the bench which led to another call for the custodian.
"You have to play hard and there was contact, it was a physical game," Gaston said.
Both Fitch players returned to the floor although Gaston had to change his uniform.