HS Girls Basketball Wrap: Trenton stays on a roll with win over Neptune

TRENTON >> The Trenton High girls basketball team continued to roll Saturday when it defeated Neptune, 43-36, at Rivera Middle School to improve to 10-9.

The Tornadoes’ fifth consecutive win put coach Khaliq Lewis-El’s squad above .500 for the first time this season. N’Dia Stepps led the charge with 18 points, while Maliajah Robinson scored 11.

NEPTUNE (36)

Brown 0-0-0, Gardner 7-6-23, Kendall 0-2-2, Andrews 3-1-7, Brackett 0-1-1, O’Neil 1-0-3.

Totals — 11-10-36.

TRENTON (43)

JWhite 0-2-2, Stepps 8-2-18, MRobinson 3-3-11, Watkins 1-0-2, Hunter 4-1-9, Velazquez 0-1-1.

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Totals — 16-9-43.

Neptune (10-8) 13 6 3 14 — 36 Trenton (10-9) 11 13 6 13 — 43

3-point goals — Gardner 3, O’Neil (N), MRobinson 2 (T).

ND 60, HOPEWELL 39

LAWRENCE >> The Irish limited the Bulldogs to single-digit scoring in each of the first three quarters on the way to their 14th victory.

Hopewell (8-9) 7 6 6 20 — 39 NotrDame(14-4) 17 17 19 7 — 60

PALMYRA 40, HAMILTOn 4

PALMYRA >> The Panthers held the Hornets scoreless in the second half.

HAMILTON (4)

Cooper 1-0-2, May 1-0-2, Slack 0-0-0, Adigun 0-0-0, Guerra 0-0-0, Buckalew 0-0-0, Obiukwu 0-0-0, Savage 0-0-0, Venceller 0-0-0, Kelly 0-0-0.

Totals — 2-0-4.

PALMYRA (40)

Belton 0-0-0, Blatz 0-0-0, Conroy 2-0-4, Falicki 3-0-7, Hawkins 2-0-4, Livingstone 0-0-0, Mackafee 3-0-7, Shover 7-0-14, Singleton 0-0-0, ATaylor 1-2-4.

Totals — 18-2-40.

Hamilton (0-15) 2 2 0 0 — 4 Palmyra (12-5) 11 14 9 6 — 40

3-point goals — Falicki, Mackafee (P).

ABINGTON FR. 58, PEDDIE 56

ABINGTON, PA. >> Zaniyyah Ross-Barnes put back a rebound with 18 seconds left to put the Kangaroos in the lead to stay, then a steal by Kendall Hodges with six seconds left kept the Falcons from a road win.

PEDDIE (56)

Stralkus 3-3-10, Rodgers 1-0-3, KRodriguez 3-3-9, JBrown 8-2-19, Gorajek 0-0-0, Favours 5-3-15, Ademilola 0-0-0, Owunna 0-0-0.

Totals — 20-11-56.

ABINGTON FRIENDS (58)

Ross-Barnes 3-1-7, Hodges 5-0-13, Hayes 5-2-13, JSmith 5-1-11, Mott 4-2-11, Camarou 1-0-2, Van-Otoo 0-1-1.

Totals — 23-7-58.

Peddie (4-14) 13 14 13 16 — 56 AbingtnFr(19-5) 15 13 14 16 — 58

3-point goals — Stralkus, Rodgers, JBrown, Favours 2 (P), Hodges 3, Hayes, Mott (AF).

HOLY CROSS 54, FLORENCE 23

FLORENCE >> Sierra Barrett’s team-high eight points were not enough to keep the Flashes from loss No. 16 against the Lancers.

HOLY CROSS (54)

Kuzy 7-2-16, Evans 3-2-8, ATaylor 3-0-7, McHugh 1-2-4, Watson 2-0-4, CaKiefner 2-0-4, CiKiefner 2-0-4, Stankiewicz 1-0-2, Donachie 1-0-2, Byrne 1-0-2, Sciortino 0-1-1.

Totals — 23-7-54.

FLORENCE (23)

Cartier 2-1-5, Foehr 0-0-0, Daly 2-0-4, Barrett 3-0-8, Loftin 2-0-4, SSmith 1-0-2.

Totals — 10-1-23.

HolyCross(11-5) 14 9 10 21 — 54 Florence (0-16) 10 2 4 7 — 23

3-point goals — ATaylor (HC), Barrett 2 (F).

RIVERSIDE 59,

BORDENTOWN 50 (OT)

RIVERSIDE >> Jill Jackman scored 19 to lead Bordentown, but the Scotties saw Riverside beat them in overtime after ending regulation knotted at 46.

BORDENTOWn (50)

DFitzpatrick 1-0-3, Jackman 8-3-19, Appleby 4-0-9, Walker 1-1-3, Oguonu 3-0-6, Luyber 1-0-2, Drew 1-0-2, Reeves 1-0-2, Conover 1-1-4.

Totals — 21-5-50.

RIVERSIDE (59)

HaiRussell 6-19-31, HanRussell 1-5-7, Starke 3-0-6, Fritz 2-0-5, Defabis 1-1-3, Dospoy 0-2-2, Gogliuzza 0-2-2, Spruell 0-2-2, Wojciechowski 0-1-1.

Totals — 13-32-59.

Bordntwn(8-10) 10 12 10 14 4 — 50 Riverside(10-6) 8 10 12 16 13 — 59

3-point goals — DFitzpatrick, Appleby, Conover (B), Fritz (R).

New EGYPT 44,

MEDFORD TECH 36

NEW EGYPT >> The Warriors had just enough to hold off the Jaguars.

MedfordT(8-8) 9 9 9 9 — 36 NewEgypt(5-12) 11 11 11 11 — 44

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