Darien High defeated St. Joseph, 48-43, in an FCIAC girls basketball game in Trumbull on Monday.

The rivals battled to a drew in each of the first three quarters, before the Blue Wave won the final period 15-10.

Chrissie Fiore scored 16 points and Gwen Dolce had 10 for Darien (1-2, 1-0 FCIAC).

Rahmia Johnston scored 11 points and Veronica Lubas and Emma Elrod each scored eight points for St. Joseph (0-3, 0-1 FCIAC).

The Cadets’ Kaitlin Capobianco had seven assists and three steals.

Elrod had eight rebounds and three steals.

Darien

Gwen Dolce 2 5-7 10  Lindsay Dimoneckas  1 0-0 2  Caroline Krugar  2 0-0 4  Chrissie Fiore  6 4-6 16  Rachel Stobbie  0 0-2 0  Hayley King  1 0-2 3 Katie Ramsay  2 3-4 7  Kelly Richter  0 0-0 0  Hassana Arbukar 3 0-0 6

Totals  17  12-21  48

St Joseph

Veronica Lubas 3 0-0 8   Kathryn Zito 0 2-4 2  Kaitlin Capobianco 1 2-2 4. Tessie Hynes 2 1-2 6 5  Sarah Johnson 0 0-0 0 Rahmia Johnston 4 2-2 11    Elena Ball 1 1-2 4  Maddie Johnson 0 0-0 0  Emma Elrod 2 4-6 8

Totals - 13  12-18  43

Darien      -  12  12  9  15 - 48

St Joseph -  12  12  9  10 - 43

3 pt FG

Darien - Dolce - 1,  King - 1

St Joseph - Veronica Lubas -2,  Rahmia Johnston - 1, Elena Ball -1 Tessie Hynes - 1