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While the girls basketball season gets under way on Wednesday, Darien won't play its first game until Friday when it visits Fairfield Ludlowe in a 7 p.m. tip.
The Blue Wave is coming off a solid 11-9 season in which they qualified for the FCIAC playoffs. However, Darien was upset by Wilton, the team it beat out for the final FCIAC playoff spot, in the first round of the Class L state tournament.
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Darien returns two of its leading scorers in center Meg Marren and guard-forward Katie Bushell, who both started as sophomores last season.
Marren led the team in scoring at 16.6 points per game and Bushell was third at 9.8.
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The Blue Wave will miss team leader and sparkplug Nicole Buch, who contributed 12.6 points per outing last season.
Here is a scrimmage schedule for the Darien boys hockey team:
Boys basketball
Tuesday -- vs. Immaculate, 4 p.m.
Boys hockey
Saturday -- FCIAC Jamboree, 6:30 p.m., at Terry Conners Rink
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Girls basketball
Darien at Fairfield Ludlowe, 7 p.m.
Girls hockey
Darien at Glastonbury, 8:40 p.m.
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 0-0 0-0 Staples 0-0 0-0 Bridgeport Central 0-0 0-0 Danbury 0-0 0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0-0Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 0-0 0-0 Brien McMahon 0-0 0-0 Stamford 0-0 0-0 Harding 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-0 0-0 Norwalk 0-0 0-0East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 0-0 0-0 Bassick 0-0 0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Warde 0-0 0-0 New Canaan 0-0 0-0 Darien 0-0 0-0 Wilton 0-00-0
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Trumbull 0-0 0-0 Danbury 0-0 0-0 Westhill 0-0 0-0 Staples 0-0 0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0-0 Bridgeport Central 0-0 0-0Central Division
Ridgefield 0-0 0-0 Norwalk 0-0 0-0 Stamford 0-0 0-0 Brien McMahon 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-0 0-0 Harding 0-0 0-0East Division
New Canaan 0-0 0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0-0 St. Joseph 0-0 0-0 Darien 0-0 0-0 Wilton 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Warde 0-0 0-0 Bassick 0-00-0
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record New Canaan 0-0 0 0-0-0 Ridgefield 0-0 0 0-0-0 St. Joseph 0-0 0 0-0-0 Darien 0-0 0 0-0-0 Wilton 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 0-0-0 Stamford 0-0 0 0-0-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Staples 0-0 0 0-0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0 0-0-0 Westhill 0-0 0 0-0-0 Fairfield co-op 0-0 0 0-0-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-0 0 0-0-0