H.S. Girls Basketball Wrap: Hamilton West wins fourth in a row
Jan 04, 2025
HAMILTON — The Hamilton High West varsity girls’ basketball team pulled away in the fourth quarter for their fourth consecutive win, defeating West Windsor-Plainsboro High North, 27-19, behind 11 points from senior Isabella Conte Friday in Colonial Valley Conference Valley Division play.
Conte tied for the game high with Northern Knights’ junior Annabelle Lee, who also scored 11 points.
WW-P NORTH (19)
JKelly 3-0-8, Vemuri 0-0-0, Kumar 0-0-0, Carrabba 0-0-0, ALee 5-0-11, Slater 0-0-0, Marda 0-0-0, Saitoh 0-0-0.
Totals — 8-0-19.
HAMILTON WEST (27)
Galloway 3-0-6, Conte 3-4-11, Celio 0-0-0, Scelza 0-0-0, Tran 2-0-6, Harlan 1-0-2, Vanselous 1-0-2.
Totals — 10-4-27.
WW-P North (2-5) 2 4 8 5 — 19
HamiltonWest(3-5) 7 3 7 10 — 27
3-point goals — JKelly 2, ALee (WWN), Conte, Tran 2 (HW).
ALLENTOWN 57, LAWRENCE 32
ALLENTOWN — Taylor Rette led three Redbirds in double figures with 15 points as A’town beat Lawrence.
Lily DeRose and Jillian Braun followed with 13 and 10 points, respectively, while Kimyah Carter paced the Cardinals with nine points.
LAWRENCE (32)
Dobkin 0-0-0, McMahon 1-0-2, Orashen 0-2-2, Carter 3-3-9, Cohen 1-2-5, Walter 1-0-3, Madison 0-0-0, Space 0-0-0, KWilliams 2-1-5, Swaroop 2-0-6.
Totals — 10-8-32.
ALLENTOWN (57)
Olhovsky 4-0-8, Patten 2-0-5, Braun 4-0-10, Rette 7-0-15, Rondinelli 1-0-2, DeRose 6-1-13, Sullivan 1-0-2, Barry 1-0-2.
Totals — 26-1-57.
Lawrence (1-5) 6 5 10 11 — 32
Allentown (4-2) 7 16 19 15 — 57
3-point goals — Cohen, Walter, Swaroop 2 (L), Patten, Braun 2, Rette (A).
HIGHTSTOWN 50, HOPEWELL VALLEY 26
HIGHTSTOWN — Hayley DeKok drained seven 3-point field goals on the way to a 26-point night which led the Rams past the Bulldogs.
Caitlyn Nagle and Penelope Swarn also scored 10 points for Hightstown. Katie Reinhart topped Hopewell’s effort with half her team’s points.
HOPEWELL VALLEY (26)
Hollar 0-0-0, Reinhart 5-2-13, DRoss 1-0-2, Nunnally 1-1-3, Ritter 2-2-6, MacQueen 1-0-2, Kurian 0-0-0, Pagnotta 0-0-0, Arora 0-0-0, Eugene 0-0-0, Ryan 0-0-0.
Totals — 10-5-26.
HIGHTSTOWN (50)
Nagle 4-1-10, Swarn 4-2-10, Weissenberger 2-0-4, ORoberts 0-0-0, YMoore 0-0-0, Frascella 0-0-0, Wersching 0-0-0, Mascoll 0-0-0, Gulli 0-0-0, DeKok 8-3-26.
Totals — 18-6-50.
HopewellVal(2-7) 2 7 8 9 — 26
Hightstown (4-4) 11 15 19 5 — 50
3-point goals — Reinhart (HV), Nagle, DeKok 7 (Hi).
PRINCETON 57, NOTTINGHAM 29
HAMILTON — Anna Winters’ game-high 16 points and 11 more from Katie Sharkey gave the Tigers a win over the Northstars.
Emma Wilke led Nottingham with 14 points.
PRINCETON (57)
Grippo 1-0-2, Winters 7-1-16, Sharkey 4-0-11, Romain 4-0-8, Bornstein 2-2-7, DePrince 1-0-2, Hunt 2-0-4, Cao 2-0-5, Afrifah 1-0-2.
Totals — 24-3-57.
NOTTINGHAM (29)
Hreiz 1-0-2, EWilke 6-1-14, KWilke 1-0-2, Gresavage 1-0-2, ZWilliams 3-0-6, Jacobs 0-1-1, Smolka 1-0-2.
Totals — 13-2-29.
Princeton (5-2) 17 13 13 14 — 57
Nottingham (2-5) 6 10 6 7 — 29
3-point goals — Winters, Sharkey 3, Bornstein, Cao (P), EWilke (N).
CINNAMINSON 57, THRIVE CHARTER 30
HAMILTON — The Titans could not keep pace with the Pirates in Burlington County Scholastic League Liberty Division action despite 13 points from Adris Oppong and 10 more from Tori Evans.
CINNAMINSON (57)
ASztenderowicz 4-0-9, Zarnawski 1-1-3, Quinn 8-2-18, SMoore 7-0-14, MSztenderowicz 1-2-5, Cichonski 1-0-2, Harvey 3-0-6.
Totals — 25-5-57.
THRIVE CHARTER (30)
Evans 4-0-10, Whitfield 0-0-0, Hernandez 1-0-2, OMoore 0-1-1, Daudin 0-0-0, Oppong 6-1-13, Kinston 1-0-2, Wilson 1-0-2.
Totals — 13-2-30.
Cinnaminson (6-2) 21 10 13 13 — 57
Thrive Charter (4-2) 9 9 5 7 — 30
3-point goals — ASztenderowicz, MSztenderowicz (C), Evans 2 (TC).
PALMYRA 41, BORDENTOWN 34
PALMYRA — A big second half carried the Panthers over the Scotties in BCSL Freedom Division play.
Maddie Wylie topped all scorers with 15 points for B’town.
BORDENTOWN (34)
Wylie 7-1-15, Morton 0-0-0, Knight 2-5-9, LKelly 1-0-3, Wade 0-1-1, CArnold 3-0-6.
Totals — 13-7-34.
PALMYRA (41)
Sims 4-0-9, Hines 6-2-14, Coefield-Elie 0-0-0, Paszkiewicz 2-0-5, DiMeo 2-2-7, Gilmore 3-0-6, Cannuli 0-0-0.
Totals — 17-4-41.
Bordentown(2-2) 6 10 11 7 — 34
Palmyra (4-1) 7 6 17 11 — 41
3-point goals — LKelly (B), Sims, Paszkiewicz, DiMeo (P).
NORTHERN BURLINGTON 59, MEDFORD TECH 12
PRINCETON — Jill Watson had 15 points and Shakthi Ramaswamy had 10 points as the Greyhounds ran past the Jaguars in BCSL Patriot Division action.
MEDFORD TECH (12)
Coleman 2-0-4, Bodine 1-0-2, Kai 1-1-3, Knox 1-0-3, Rock 0-0-0, Johnson 0-0-0, Middleton 0-0-0.
Totals — 5-1-12.
NORTHERN BURLINGTON (59)
Watson 6-1-15, Harrison 3-0-9, Fryc 0-0-0, Mixon 0-0-0, Farraj 0-0-0, Ramaswamy 4-2-10, MkBrammer 2-1-5, MlBrammer 3-1-7, Rosario 4-0-9, DWilliams 1-0-2, ZJones 1-0-2.
Totals — 24-5-59.
Medford Tech (0-5) 1 8 3 0 — 12
No. Burlington (4-3) 13 17 21 8 — 59
3-point goals — Knox (MT), Watson 2, Harrison 3, Rosario (NB).
FLORENCE 57, KIPP COOPER NORCROSS ACADEMY 33
CAMDEN — Amanda Cech and Jayla Long each put up 12 points to lead the Flashes past the Titans. Nadia Jones added 10 points for Florence.
FLORENCE (57)
Bakkamanthala 1-0-2, Cech 6-0-12, SArnold 2-0-4, Wainwright 0-0-0, Montigue 2-0-4, CHaas 1-0-2, Arecchi 1-0-2, RSmith 3-0-7, Mathis 0-0-0, Long 5-1-12, NJones 5-0-10, Gravener 1-0-2.
Totals — 27-1-57.
KIPP COOPER NORCROSS ACADEMY (33)
N/A
Florence (3-2) 18 11 20 8 — 57
KIPP CN (0-6) 7 2 8 16 — 33
3-point goals — RSmith, Long (F).
DOANE ACADEMY 41, STEMCIVICS CHARTER 31
EWING — The Spartans held on despite a better second half by the Purple Lightning.
Pate Riffle scored 19 points with three 3-pointers for Doane Academy.
DOANE ACADEMY (41)
Riffle 6-3-19, Derhofer 1-0-2, Perry 3-0-6, Glass 4-1-9, Szymanski 2-1-5.
Totals — 16-5-41.
STEMCIVICS CHARTER (31)
N/A
Doane Academy (3-2) 10 9 16 6 — 41
STEMCivicsChrtr(0-4) 0 5 12 14 — 31
3-point goals — Riffle 4 (DA).
SCHEDULE CHANGE
West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Valley Division game at Princeton Day School was switched to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17.