TCA looks sharp in rout of Trinity Hall
HAMILTON >> The Trenton Catholic Academy girls basketball team tightened its defense and sharpened its offense in its week between games, which was bad news for visiting Trinity Hall in the opening round of the ESCIT.
The Mikes went on to win 7818 and advance to Sunday’s 4 p.m. championship game at the Iron Palace against Franklin, a 67-32 winner over Mater Dei in the other game.
Maniya Custis led five TCA players in double figures with 16 points. Giana Hernandez-Boulden followed with 13 points. Zoe Brooks had 12, while Wisdom Maddox and Aalyah Del Rosario chipped in 11 points apiece.
TRINITY HALL (18)
Dora 2-1-5, Wingertzahn 2-2-7, Bradley 1-0-3, CKelly 1-0-2, Keane 0-1-1.
Totals — 6-4-18.
TCA (78)
Hernandez-Boulden 5-0-13, Maddox 4-2-11, Aromando 2-0-4, Custis 7-0-16, Bailey 2-0-4, Boyd 3-0-7, Del Rosario 4-3-11, Brooks 5-1-12.
Totals — 32-6-78.
TrinityHall(1-2) 5 2 8 3 — 18
TCA (2-0) 26 24 14 14 — 78
3-point goals: Wingertzahn, Bradley (TH), Hernandez-Boulden 3, Maddox, Custis 2, Boyd, Brooks (TCA).
MOORE CATHOLIC 66, ND 63 BAYONNE >> Erika Porter scored a game-high 26 points, and Madison McCauley backed her with 15 points, but the Irish could not rally past the Mavericks despite outscoring their New York foe, 18-7, in the final quarter at the Marist Holiday Classic.
MOORE CATHOLIC (66)
Elhamalway 1-0-3, THospodarek 2-0-4, Bilewu 0-0-0, Polemeni 4-0-10, Welle 2-3-7, Abusbein 9-2-21, Bosco 0-0-0, Koppie 1-0-3, HHospodarek 8-2-18. Totals — 27-7-66.
NOTRE DAME (63)
Porter 11-4-26, Morgan 0-0-0, O’Donnell 1-0-2, Rende 4-0-8, McCauley 6-3-15, Villalta-Barrantes 3-2-9, Jakim 0-2-2, Besler 0-1-1.
Totals — 25-12-63. MooreCatholic(3-1) 19 20 20 7 — 66
Notre Dame (0-2) 12 12 21 18 — 63
3-point goals: Elhamalway, Polemeni 2, Abusbein, Koppie (MC), Villalta-Barrantes (ND).
HIGHTSTOWN 56, BERNARDS 41 METUCHEN >> The Rams used a 15-3 first quarter to get past Bernards in the opening round of the Metuchen Holiday Tournament.
Kyla Glasser-Hyman led all scorers with 26 points and Isabella Benitez supplied 10 points to send
Hightstown on to play the host Bulldogs in Saturday’s 2 p.m. final. Metuchen defeated Calvary Christian, 63-34, yesterday.
BERNARDS (41)
Infusino 2-0-4, Simpson 3-1-7, Diaz-Gomez 1-0-2, Incarnato 3-3-11, Harzula 1-0-2, Dolan 3-1-7, DeMarrais 1-5-8.
Totals — 14-10-41
HIGHTSTOWN (56)
Pineda 2-0-4, AMcDonough 4-1-9, McKenna 1-1-3, Benitez 2-6-10, Glasser-Hyman 10-6-26, Caylo 1-0-2, Poulter 1-0-2.
Totals — 21-14-56.
Bernards (0-2) 3 9 13 16 — 41
Hightstown (2-0) 15 9 18 14 — 56
3-point goals: Incarnato 2, DeMarrais (B).
WESTAMPTON 61, ALLENTOWN 55 MONTGOMERY >> The Redbirds used 20 points from Maddie McCrea and 12 more from Brianna Schweitzer to close the gap against the Panthers before falling in the Cougar Classic.
WESTAMPTON TECH (61)
Brannon 4-1-9, Price 3-1-7, Burrell 9-5-24, McNair 1-0-3, Briggs 3-0-8, Kolliegbo 2-0-5, NWilliams 2-0-5. Totals — 24-7-61.
ALLENTOWN (55)
Conti 2-2-6, Leach 1-0-2, MMcCrea 6-8-20, Dona 1-5-7, Schweitzer 4-2-12, KMcCrea 1-0-2, Layman 2-0-4, O’Keefe 1-0-2.
Totals — 18-17-55. WestamptonTech(1-1) 20 18 12 11 — 61 Allentown (0-2) 11 16 21 7 — 55
3-point goals: Burrell, McNair, Briggs 2, Kolliegbo, NWilliams (WT), Schweitzer 2 (A).
DELVAL 43, WW-P SOUTH 34 LAMBERTVILLE >> A second-half rally came up short as the Pirates fell to the Terriers in the opening round of the Over The River Classic.
Shira Black had 14 points, and Meghana Tera scored 10 to lead West Windsor-Plainsboro South, which will play Bristol (Pa.) today. WW-P SOUTH (34)
Tera 3-4-10, Srivastava 0-0-0, Hu 0-0-0, Gartenberg 2-2-6, SBlack 6-1-14, Hanson 1-0-2, Dunn 0-0-0, Bernheisel 0-0-0, JAkman 0-0-0, LAkman 0-0-0, Karra 0-0-0, Yanagi 0-0-0, TBlack 1-0-2.
Totals — 13-7-34.
DELAWARE VALLEY (43)
Hirst 1-0-2, Pyatt 6-0-15, Daunton 0-1-1, Bredeson 2-5-10, O’Boyle 6-2-14, Norgard 0-1-1, Fawthrop 0-0-0.
Totals — 15-9-43.
WW-P South (1-1) 8 3 8 15 — 34 DelawareVal. (3-0) 15 7 10 11 — 43
3-point goals: SBlack (P), Pyatt 3, Bredeson (MSJ).
CHERRY HILL EAST 40, ROBBINSVILLE 38
NEW EGYPT >> A slow start ended up costing the Ravens versus the Cougars in the first round of the Warrior Holiday Classic.
Kailey Pacifico hit for 15 points with four 3-point field goals, and Evanjaline Sahaya scored 12 points to help R’ville get back in the game before ending up in Saturday’s noon consolation game versus host New Egypt.
CHERRY HILL EAST (40)
Wolf 2-0-4, Balderstone 4-1-11, Berlin 3-0-6, Winslow 2-1-5, Villegas 5-1-14.
Totals — 16-3-40.
ROBBINSVILLE (38)
MPerez 0-0-0, Sabol 2-2-7, Pacifico 4-3-15, Bonfanti 0-0-0, Sahaya 5-1-12, EReagan 2-0-4, Keating 0-0-0, Mauerman 0-0-0.
Totals — 13-6-38.
CherryHillE. (1-2) 16 6 12 6 — 40 Robbinsville (1-2) 7 12 10 9 — 38
3-point goals: Balderstone 2, Villegas 3 (CHE), Sabol, Pacifico 4, Sahaya (R).
RARITAN 32, NEW EGYPT 23 NEW EGYPT >> The Rockets pulled away from the Warriors in the second half despite a game-high 14 points from New Egypt 5-foot-11 senior forward Sarah Weber. RARITAN (32)
Alberici 4-3-11, O’Leary 0-2-2, Tarrazi 2-2-8, Casey 3-0-9, Petrignani 1-0-2, GSmith 0-0-0, Reasoner 0-0-0.
Totals — 10-7-32.
NEW EGYPT (23)
SWeber 5-4-14, Lombardo 0-0-0, Reuter 0-0-0, MaNormile 1-0-2, Winouski 3-0-7, Miraglia 0-0-0, MWeber 0-0-0, MeNormile 0-0-0, Arnold 0-0-0, Krum 0-0-0.
Totals — 9-4-23.
Raritan (1-1) 5 8 8 11 — 32 NewEgypt(1-2) 7 5 4 7 — 23
3-point goals: Tarrazi 2, Casey 3 (R), Winouski (NE).
FLORENCE 53, TRITON 38 BURLINGTON >> Gabrielle Loftin’s 20 points and 15 more from Olivia Smith carried the Flashes past the Mustangs in the Falcons Holiday Tournament.
Florence will return to play Burlington Township at noon Saturday in the championship game after the Falcons defeated Penns Grove, 6253, Friday.
TRITON (38)
Teti 0-0-0, Stover 0-0-0, Graham 1-0-2, Foster 2-7-12, Beecher 2-2-6, Shappell 1-3-5, Angelucci 6-0-13. Totals — 12-12-38.
FLORENCE (53)
SSmith 0-0-0, Dunphy 0-0-0, ToJones 4-0-9, OSmith 7-1-15, Nwagbaraji 1-0-2, LeVach 0-0-0, Carnival 0-0-0, Baldorossi 0-0-0, Loftin 8-3-20, ATaylor 2-3-7. Totals — 22-7-53.
Triton (0-2) 8 5 8 17 — 38
Florence (2-0) 15 17 11 10 — 53
3-point goals: Foster, Angelucci (T), ToJones, Loftin (F).