MONTGOMERY — An early lead did not hold up Saturday as the Ewing High varsity girls’ basketball team fell to Rutgers Prep, 66-29, in the Montgomery Tip-Off. The Blue Devils opened a 17-13 lead in the first quarter, only to find themselves trailing, 27-23, by halftime. Ariana Wadley’s 12 points were high for Ewing. Ava Frith topped all scorers with 25 points for the Argonauts, and Ava LaMonica backed her with 18 points. RUTGERS PREP (66) LaMonica 6-6-18, Valdez 2-0-4, Benbow 0-0-0, McCoy 2-3-7, Duque 0-0-0, Frith 11-3-25, Georgiades 2-3-8, Gubbala 1-0-2, Squeri 1-0-2. Totals — 25-15-66. EWING (29) Durham 0-0-0, Miller 1-0-2, Alston 3-0-6, Brown-Upshur 0-0-0, TWilliams 0-4-4, Ellis 0-0-0, KSmith 0-0-0, Wadley 5-0-12, Bennett 2-0-4, Maldonado-Washington 0-1-1. Totals — 11-5-29. RutgersPrep(1-0)                   13    14    22    17    —    66 Ewing (0-1)                             17      6      2      4    —    29 3-point goals — Georgiades (RP), Wadley 2 (E). REGULAR SEASON HIGHTSTOWN 55, WW-P SOUTH 41 PRINCETON JCT. — The Rams used a 21-2, second-quarter rally to break open their game with the Pirates. Hayley DeKok’s 16 points paced three Hightstown players in double figures. Penelope Swarn followed with 14 points, while Caitlyn Nagle had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Ellie Black’s 11 points spearheaded a balanced attack for West Windsor-Plainsboro South, which outscored Hightstown, 24-19, over the final two quarters. HIGHTSTOWN (55) Nagle 2-5-10, Swarn 6-2-14, Weissenberger 2-0-4, ORoberts 3-0-9, YMoore 1-0-2, Wersching 0-0-0, Gulli 0-0-0, DeKok 7-0-16. Totals — 21-7-55. WW-P SOUTH (41) EBlack 3-2-11, Holden 3-0-7, Joseph 0-2-2, Srinivasan 1-0-2, Latif-Estafan 4-1-9, Hu 2-3-8, Borusu 1-0-2, Barbrow 0-0-0, Peng 0-0-0. Totals — 14-8-41. Hightstown (1-0)                        15    21      8    11    —    55 WW-P South (0-1)                     15      2    12    12    —    41 3-point goals — Nagle, ORoberts 3, DeKok 2 (H), EBlack 3, Holden, Hu (WWS). THRIVE CHARTER 55, HOPEWELL VALLEY 19 HOPEWELL TWP. — Heziah Kinston’s 26 points paced all players as the Titans pulled away from the Bulldogs in the second half. Tori Evans added 12 points for Thrive Charter, while Katherine Reinhart led Hopewell Valley with 15 points. THRIVE CHARTER (55) Evans 5-2-12, Whitfield 0-1-1, Hernandez 3-0-6, OMoore 1-2-4, Oppong 3-0-6, Kinston 12-1-26. Totals — 24-6-55. HOPEWELL VALLEY (19) Hollar 0-0-0, Reinhart 5-3-15, DRoss 0-2-2, Nunnally 0-0-0, Danieluk 0-0-0, Ritter 0-0-0, MacQueen 1-0-2. Totals — 6-5-19. Thrive Charter (1-0)              14    6    11    24    —    55 Hopewell Val. (0-1)                 4    6      6      3    —    19 3-point goals — Kinston (TC), Reinhart 2 (HV). BOUND BROOK 51, LAWRENCE 13 LAWRENCE TWP. — The Cardinals could not keep pace with the Crusaders. Bound Brook’s Ti’asjah Ferguson led the scoring with 13 points. Charlie Cohen’s five points topped Lawrence’s effort. BOUND BROOK (51) Baker 2-0-5, Polakiewicz 4-0-9, Campbell 2-1-5, Sipiran 2-1-5, Guzman-Hernandez 1-0-2, Desir 2-0-4, Ferguson 6-1-13, Julian 1-0-3, Cunha 1-0-3, Salacki 1-0-2. Totals — 22-3-51. LAWRENCE (13) Dobkin 0-0-0, McMahon 0-1-1, Orashen 1-1-3, Carter 0-0-0, Cohen 2-0-5, Walter 0-0-0, Madison 0-0-0, KWilliams 2-0-4, Swaroop 0-0-0. Totals — 5-2-13. Bound Brook (1-0)                   15    13    12    11    —    51 Lawrence (0-1)                          4      3      4      2    —    13 3-point goals — Baker, Polakiewicz, Julian, Cubha (BB), Cohen (L). KIMBERTON WALDORF 54, PEDDIE 42 HIGHTSTOWN — The Falcons were outscored by the Bulls, 31-15, over the second and third quarters in suffering their second setback in as many days to start the season. Saanvi Gudapati and Samantha Wetmore kept Peddie, which only trailed, 14-13, after one quarter, in the hunt by scoring 10 points apiece. KIMBERTON WALDORF (54) N/A. PEDDIE (42) Salapatas 2-1-5, Loughran 0-0-0, Naddelman 1-0-2, Muenzen 2-0-5, Gudapati 5-0-10, Forte 3-0-6, LIngram 0-0-0, EIngram 2-0-4, Wetmore 4-0-10. Totals — 19-1-42. KmbrtnWldrf(6-1)              14    17    14      9    —    54 Peddie (0-2)                      13      6      9    14    —    42 3-point goals — Muenzen, Wetmore 2 (P).