H.S. Girls Basketball Wrap: Lawrence comes up short in quest for John Molinelli Holiday Classic title
Dec 28, 2024
LAWRENCE TWP. — The Hunterdon Central High varsity girls’ basketball team held Lawrence High scoreless in the first quarter on the way to a 58-20 victory Saturday in the championship game of the 20th annual John Molinelli Holiday Classic.
Bethany Ramos led all scorers with 16 points for the Red Devils.
Kayla Madison’s seven points were the most for the Cardinals.
HUNTERDON CENTRAL (58)
Costantini 2-0-5, Coplan 2-1-5, O’Leary 0-0-0, Hess 1-0-2, Schwartz 6-0-12, Dvoor 2-0-4, Ramos 8-0-16, Duran 2-0-5, Kellogg 1-1-3, Saus 3-0-6.
Totals — 27-2-58.
LAWRENCE (20)
Dobkin 0-0-0, McMahon 1-2-4, Orashen 1-0-2, Carter 1-1-3, Walter 0-0-0, Madison 2-3-7, Space 0-0-0, KWilliams 2-0-4, Swaroop 0-0-0.
Totals — 7-6-20.
HunterdonCent(2-3) 11 15 22 10 — 58
Lawrence (1-4) 0 4 8 8 — 20
3-point goals — Costantini, Duran (HC).
HOPEWELL VALLEY 53, PEMBERTON 27
LAWRENCE TWP. — Katie Reinhart’s 18 points and Delainey Ross’ 16 points, 12 rebounds and six steals led the Bulldogs past the Hornets in the consolation game of the John Molinelli Holiday Classic.
Pemberton (0-5) 5 7 7 8 — 27
HopewellVal(2-5) 15 14 13 11 — 53
NORTHERN BURLINGTON 60, BORDENTOWN 30
BORDENTOWN — Maleeya Brammer’s 17 points led three Greyhounds in double figures as Northern Burlington defeated the host school in the Bordentown Holiday Hoops championship game.
Jill Watson and Karina Harrison followed with 15 and 11 points, respectively, for Northern, while Ciara Knight’s 11 points led the Scotties.
NORTHERN BURLINGTON (60)
Watson 7-0-15, Harrison 4-0-11, Fryc 0-0-0, Mixon 1-0-2, Farraj 0-0-0, Ramaswamy 1-0-2, MkBrammer 2-0-4, MlBrammer 7-3-17, Rosario 2-0-6, DWilliams 1-0-3, ZJones 0-0-0.
Totals — 25-3-60.
BORDENTOWN (30)
Wylie 3-2-8, Morton 0-0-0, Crowell 1-1-3, Reed 0-0-0, ABrown 1-0-2, Knight 4-3-11, LKelly 0-0-0, Wade 0-0-0, CArnold 1-2-4, Maloney 0-0-0, Taylor 0-0-0, Madeya 0-2-2
Totals — 10-10-30.
No.Burlington(3-2) 19 12 16 13 — 60
Bordentown (2-1) 7 7 11 5 — 30
3-point goals — Watson, Harrison 3, Rosario 2, DWilliams (NB).
NOTTINGHAM 50, LINDENWOLD 23
BORDENTOWN — The Northstars broke the game open with a 22-2 spurt in the second quarter on the way to defeating the Lions in the Bordentown Holiday Hoops consolation game.
Emma Wilke had a game-high 22 points with four 3-point field goals. Brooke Hreiz backed her with 10 points.
LINDENWOLD (23)
Beeks 0-0-0, Mack 0-0-0, Young 0-0-0, Barker 0-0-0, Ruggiano 4-0-11, Clarke 3-1-9, Ali-Dunn 1-0-3.
Totals — 8-1-23.
NOTTINGHAM (50)
Hreiz 5-0-10, EWilke 8-2-22, KWilke 0-0-0, Gresavage 3-0-7, ZWilliams 0-0-0, Jacobs 4-0-9, Smolka 1-0-2.
Totals — 21-2-50.
Lindenwold (0-4) 12 2 9 0 — 23
Nottingham (2-4) 15 22 9 4 — 50
3-point goals — Ruggiano 3, Clarke 2, Ali-Dunn (L), EWilke 4, Gresavage, Jacobs (N).
HAMILTON WEST 40, WW-P NORTH 33
PRINCETON JCT. — Behind 24 points from Zairra Galloway, the Hornets got their first win in a non-conference game at the West Windsor-Plainsboro Holiday Classic.
Saanvi Kumar’s 10 points were high for WW-P North.
WW-P NORTH (33)
JKelly 1-5-8, Vemuri 0-0-0, Kumar 5-0-10, Carrabba 0-0-0, ALee 2-2-6, Slater 2-0-4, Marda 2-0-5, Saitoh 0-0-0.
Totals — 12-7-33.
HAMILTON WEST (40)
Galloway 9-6-24, Conte 0-5-5, Celio 1-0-2, Scelza 0-0-0, Tran 2-2-7, Harlan 0-0-0, Vanselous 1-0-2.
Totals — 13-13-40.
WW-P North (1-4) 5 2 13 13 — 33
HamiltonWest(1-5) 10 12 5 13 — 40
3-point goals — JKelly, Marda (WWN), Tran (HW).
WW-P SOUTH 41, SOUTH HUNTERDON 22
PRINCETON JCT. — The Pirates doubled up the Eagles in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Holiday Classic.
Eliana Black’s 14 points with four 3-pointers topped all scorers for WW-P South.
WW-P SOUTH (31)
EBlack 5-0-14, Holden 0-2-2, RJoseph 2-0-4, Srinivasan 0-0-0, Latif-Estafan 3-2-8, Hu 1-0-3, Borusu 0-0-0, Barbrow 0-0-0, Peng 0-0-0, Sirmans 0-0-0.
Totals — 11-4-31.
SOUTH HUNTERDON (22)
Fleming 4-4-15, Spreen 2-0-5, Dewald 1-0-2, Hinman 0-0-0, Vavrence 0-0-0, Vasquez 0-0-0.
Totals — 7-4-22.
WW-P South (2-3) 10 3 10 8 — 41
SouthHunterdon(3-2) 2 5 5 10 — 22
3-point goals — EBlack 4, Hu (WWS), Fleming 3, Spreen (SH).
DELAWARE VALLEY 50, PRINCETON 47
PRINCETON JCT. — A second-half comeback came up a little short as the Tigers suffered their first loss at the hands of the undefeated Terriers in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Holiday Classic.
Princeton’s Anna Winters led all scorers in the game with 14 points.
DELAWARE VALLEY (50)
Burke 2-0-4, Simpson 3-6-12, Messenger 1-1-3, Ditmar 1-0-3, Falkenstein 4-4-13, Favereaux 2-0-4, KWhite 3-3-11.
Totals — 16-14-50.
PRINCETON (47)
Grippo 0-0-0, Winters 5-2-14, Sharkey 3-0-7, Romain 2-4-8, Gallagher 0-0-0, Bornstein 2-0-4, Hunt 3-0-7, Cao 3-0-7.
Totals — 18-6-47.
DelawareVal(5-0) 20 11 9 10 — 50
Princeton (4-1) 10 13 14 10 — 47
3-point goals — Ditmar, Falkenstein, KWhite 2 (DV), Winters 2, Sharkey, Hunt, Cao (P).
HADDONFIELD 49, PENNINGTON 40
HADDONFIELD — The Bulldawgs outscored the Red Hawks, 23-6, in the third quarter to flip the script in the Haddons Invitational at Haddonfield High.
Izzy Augustine had 21 points to lead Pennington, which led, 18-15, at intermission.
PENNINGTON (40)
Augustine 6-7-21, O’Connell 2-0-5, Surtz 1-0-2, Wingfield 1-0-2, Davis 3-0-6, Ashiavor 2-0-4.
Totals — 15-7-40.
HADDONFIELD (49)
Walters 10-7-29, Benjamin 2-0-5, Kadar 3-0-6, Fasolo 1-1-3, Rusc 1-0-2, Sinnes 2-0-4.
Totals — 19-8-49.
Pennington (4-4) 9 9 6 16 — 40
Haddonfield (3-2) 8 7 23 11 — 49
3-point goals — Augustine 2, O’Connell (P), Walters 2, Benjamin (H).
ROBBINSVILLE 40, ALLENTOWN 38 (OT)
ROBBINSVILLE — The Ravens used overtime to get past the Redbirds in the championship game of the Robbinsville Winter Classic.
Ava Aldarelli topped all scorers with 16 points for R’ville, while Bianca Godwin backed her with 14 points. Bailey Patten kept A’town’s hopes alive with 13 points.
ROBBINSVILLE (40)
GBottoni 0-0-0, Aldarelli 8-0-16, Pierini 2-0-4, Klinger 0-0-0, Godwin 5-1-14, Griffin 2-0-6.
Totals — 17-1-40.
ALLENTOWN (38)
Patten 4-3-13, Braun 4-0-9, Rette 1-0-3, Rondinelli 1-1-4, DeRose 1-0-3, Sullivan 1-4-6.
Totals — 12-8-38.
Robbinsville(4-1) 2 11 14 9 4 — 40
Allentown (3-2) 5 9 11 11 2 — 38
3-point goals — Godwin 3, Griffin 2 (R), Patten 2, Braun, Rette, Rondinelli, DeRose (A).
MORRISTOWN 63, TRENTON 12
PATERSON — Nawel Ibazatene Lefebvre poured in a game-high 23 points as the Colonials cruised past the Tornadoes in the JFK-Paterson Holiday Hoopfest.
TRENTON (12)
GSmith 1-1-3, Glanton 1-0-2, Harrison 0-0-0, ASmith 2-0-4, Ellerbe 0-0-0, Pacheco 0-0-0, Brown-Johnson 0-1-1, Clark 1-0-2, Herbert-Wheeler 0-0-0.
Totals — 5-2-12.
MORRISTOWN (63)
Bush 3-0-6, Watson 1-0-2, Condon 1-1-3, Ibazatene Lefebvre 10-3-23, Balzano 1-1-3, Oberding 5-0-10, Barron 1-0-3, Cole 2-1-6, Collins 1-0-2, McGinley 1-2-5.
Totals — 26-8-63.
Trenton (2-3) 2 7 2 1 — 12
Morristown (5-1) 10 20 17 16 — 63
3-point goals — Barron, Cole, McGinley (M).