• St. Joseph's Ace Luzietti, right, blocks Fairfield Warde's Jeff Seganos Jr., center, during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018. Defending at left is St. Joe's Ian Argento. Photo: Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media / Connecticut Post
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St. Joseph's Ace Luzietti, right, blocks Fairfield Warde's Jeff Seganos Jr., center, during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018. Defending at left is St. Joe's Ian Argento.
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Fairfield Warde's Nick Crescione, center, tries to disrupt a pass by St. Joseph's Tyler Dubose, left, over to Ian Argento during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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Fairfield Warde's Daniel Fitzpatrick, right, intercepts a pass sent to St. Joseph's Ace Luzietti during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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St. Joseph's Paul Fabbri, right, drives to the basket as Fairfield Warde's Jeff Seganos Jr. defends during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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Fairfield Warde's Daniel Fitzpatrick defends as St. Joseph's Jared Grindrod attempts a shot during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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Fairfield Warde's Sean Conway lays up the ball during basketball action against St. Joseph in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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Fairfield Warde's Chris Bogan, center, looks to pass the ball as St. Joseph's Brian Dineen, left and Daniel Tobin, right, block during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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St. Joseph's Brendan Kade attempts a shot during basketball action against Fairfield Warde in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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St. Joseph's Gavin Greene, left, and Fairfield Warde's Chris Bogan chase a loose ball during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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Fairfield Warde's Daniel Fitzpatrick, right, releases a shot as St. Joseph's Brian Dineen defends during basketball action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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St. Joseph Head Coach: Paul Dudzinski during basketball action against Fairfield Warde in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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Fairfield Warde Head Coach: Ryan Swaller during basketball action against St. Joseph in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018.
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Vinnie Pierro, 7, of Derby, plays on the court at halftime during boys basketball action between St. Joseph and Fairfield Warde in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Jan. 9, 2018. Pierro's grandfather Lou works with the St. Joseph team as a scorekeeper. less
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TRUMBULL — Amazingly, St. Joseph managed to keep Warde star Sean Conway off the scoresheet during the third quarter of Tuesday’s boys basketball game.

Unfortunately for the Cadets, it made no difference on the outcome.

Conway still scored 27 points, and Warde coasted to an 83-63 victory that dropped St. Joseph to 0-6 on the season.

“He’s just happy when the team’s winning,” Warde coach Ryan Swaller said of Conway, who six games into his senior season is averaging a whopping 34 points. “If the guys miss shots, he knows when he’s got to take control. He knows when the extra pass should be made. He knows how to play the game.

“As a coach, it’s like a gift.”

Conway received plenty of help Tuesday from his teammates, as the Mustangs (4-2) rolled to a third straight win on the strength of 14 3-pointers. Three of those came from Conway, who posted a quadruple-double (29 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 11 steals) one night earlier in a win over Staples.

Matt Becker scored 16 points for the Mustangs. Dan Fitzpatrick and Matt Houghton scored 12 and 11 points, respectively.

“It wasn’t just Conway, every guy that got a look buried a shot,” St. Joseph coach Paul Dudzinski said. “Even when they missed they looked good.”

The Mustangs never trailed after scoring the first six points of the night. They raced out to commanding leads of 23-8 after one quarter and 48-26 at halftime.

The Cadets simply had no answer for an offense that drained eight 3-points in the first half alone. The Mustangs continued their hot shooting in the third quarter, extending their lead to many as 28 points.

“We’ve got a lot of kids that can spread the floor and really shoot it well,” Conway said. “We’ve been really stressing the extra pass and it showed today. Everybody was hitting open shots.”

Dan Tobin led St. Joseph with 15 points. Gavin Greene scored 12, and Paul Fabbri and Jared Grindrod each finished with 11 points.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Sean Conway, Warde, G: The senior paced the Mustangs with a game-high 27 points, 19 of which came in the first half.

SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS

With a relatively young roster at his disposal, St. Joseph coach Paul Dudzinski anticipated his team suffering some growing pains early this season. What he didn’t expect, though, was an 0-6 start that would leave him at a loss for words. Four of those losses have come against FCIAC opponents. “We’ve got to get out there and compete every possession, be physical. [Warde is] a great skill team, but I don’t think they’re any more physical than us,” he said.

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“I don’t think he’s going to keep the 34 points-per-game pace up. When you really think about it, it’s a lot. But right now, he’s standing in there and he’s getting a double-double each night. His defense is improving each and every night, and he’s finding the open guy. … It’s fun to watch. Sometimes I watch instead of coach.” — Warde coach Ryan Swaller on Conway

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WARDE 83, ST. JOSEPH 63

WARDE (4-2)

Dan Fitzpatrick 4 1-1 12 Jeff Seganos Jr. 2 2-2 8 Joseph Gulbin 1 0-0 2 Matt Becker 7 0-0 16 Sean Conway 9 6-6 27 Matt Houghton 4 0-1 11 Nick Crescione 1 0-0 3 Brendan McMahon 2 0-0 4. Totals 30 9-10 83.

ST. JOSEPH (0-6)

Ace Luzietti 1 0-0 3 Jared Grindrod 4 2-2 11 Dan Tobin 4 7-7 15 Paul Fabbri 4 2-2 11 Brendan Kade 1 1-2 3 Ian Argento 1 1-2 3 Gavin Greene 5 2-2 12 Brian Dineen 2 0-0 4 Tyler Dubose 0 1-2 1. Totals 22 16-19 63.

WARDE 23 25 18 17 — 83

ST. JOSEPH 8 18 15 22 — 63

3-pointers: W — Fitzpatrick 3, Conway 3, Houghton 3, Seganos Jr. 2, Becker 2, Crescione; SJ — Luzietti, Grindrod, Fabbri.