WEST WINDSOR — The Princeton Day School varsity girls’ basketball team handed a surprise to Ewing High Saturday in the Mercer County Community College Holiday Classic when it defeated the Colonial Valley Conference Colonial Division power, 56-48. Sophia Rae Barber’s game-high 17 points with fi ve 3-point field goals led the way as head coach Patrick Reddington’s Panthers surprised head coach Dan Montferrat’s Blue Devils. Alana Williams and Juliana Hartman added 15 and 11 points, respectively, for PDS. Ewing also saw three of its players reach double figures with Ariana Wadley scoring 16, Analis Maldonado putting up 12 points and London Bennett adding 10 points. EWING (48) Alston 1-1-3, TWilliams 3-1-7, Wadley 7-0-16, Bennett 4-1-10, SWhite 0-0-0, Maldonado 4-0-12. Totals — 19-3-48. PDS (56) Barber 5-2-17, Hartman 4-3-11, NMartin 2-0-5, Lesaca 0-0-0, Braswell 2-1-6, AWilliams 5-5-15, Malin 1-0-2. Totals — 19-11-56. Ewing (3-2)                      12    12    12    12    —    48 PDS (3-2)                          7    17    15    17    —    56 3-point goals — Wadley 2, Bennett, Maldonado 4 (E), Barber 5, NMartin, Braswell (PDS). MONROE 59, TRENTON 38 WEST WINDSOR — Angelie Pacheco’s 19 points kept the Tornadoes in the hunt before the Falcons (with 21 points from Kiera Longa) held on in the Mercer County Community College Holiday Classic. TRENTON (38) Pacheco 7-5-19, Phelps 0-0-0, AJackson 1-1-3, ASingletary 0-0-0, Presha 3-2-9, Herbert-Wheeler 0-0-0, Pomales 0-0-0, Darden 3-1-7. Totals — 14-9-38. MONROE (59) Wilcher 2-0-5, Rivas 5-4-14, Francisco 3-1-8, Marabuto 1-0-2, Longo 6-6-21, Tanjutco 1-0-2, Dang 2-1-5, Dominguez 1-0-2. Totals — 21-12-59. Trenton (2-2)                                 8    10    10    10    —    38 Monroe (2-2)                               16    15    16    12    —    59 3-point goals — Presha (T), Wilcher, Francisco, Longo 3 (M). CAMDEN CATHOLIC 67, PRINCETON 32 WEST WINDSOR — Katie Sharkey’s game-high 16 points and three 3-point goals could not keep the Tigers close to the Irish in the Mercer County Community College Holiday Classic. CAMDEN CATHOLIC (67) Pela 4-0-10, CBrennan 6-2-14, MBrennan 4-3-13, Cureton 2-1-6, Lipscomb 3-0-6, Bowman 0-0-0, AWilliams 1-0-2, Hill 2-0-6, Green 4-0-9, Rainey 0-1-1, Freeland 0-0-0. Totals — 26-7-67. PRINCETON (32) Winters 2-1-6, Sharkey 6-1-16, Bornstein 0-0-0, Romain 4-0-8, Hunt 0-2-2, Afrifah 0-0-0, Knierim 0-0-0, Harman 0-0-0. Totals — 12-4-32. CamdenCatholic(3-1)                   20    18    19    10    —    67 Princeton (3-2)                             10    10      3      9    —    32 3-point goals — Pela 2, MBrennan 2, Cureton, Hill 2, Green (CC), Winters, Sharkey 3 (P). HILLSBOROUGH 67, THRIVE CHARTER 52 WEST WINDSOR — A 26-9, third-quarter burst pushed the Raiders past the Titans in the Mercer County Community College Holiday Classic. Heziah Kinston’s game-high 17 points, plus 14 points from SondJane Daudin and 10 more from Olivia Moore, were not enough to lift Thrive Charter to the win. HILLSBOROUGH (67) Bice 1-0-2, Loniewski 2-0-4, Cebedo 8-3-19, Liedl 5-0-14, Gaspar 5-0-10, Ruh 7-1-16, Rollan 1-0-2. Totals — 29-4-67. THRIVE CHARTER (52) OMoore 4-0-10, Daudin 6-2-14, Powell 1-0-2, Oppong 2-0-4, Farrior 1-0-2, Kinston 5-4-17, Spaulding 0-3-3. Totals — 19-9-52. Hillsborough (4-1)                          16    18    26      7    —    67 ThriveCharter(1-4)                         18    12      9    13    —    52 3-point goals — Liedl 4, Ruh (H), OMoore 2, Kinston 3 (TC). CHEROKEE 48, NORTHERN BURLINGTON 13 MEDFORD — Priscilla Kowalczyk’s nine points were not enough to get the Greyhounds past the Chiefs in the South Jersey Invitational Basketball Tournament Holiday Showcase at Lenape High. NORTHERN BURLINGTON (13) Ramaswamy 0-0-0, Nezezon 0-0-0, Powell 0-0-0, Nazario 0-0-0, DWilliams 1-0-2, ZJones 0-0-0, Malik 0-0-0, Kamara 1-0-2, Franklin 0-0-0, Wasilewski 0-0-0, Kowalczyk 2-4-9. Totals — 4-4-13. CHEROKEE (48) BAlaba 4-2-11, Ball 6-0-12, Weiner 2-0-4, NAlaba 3-0-6, Bertolino 1-4-6, Gallagher 1-2-4, O’Donnell 1-0-3, Urban 1-0-2, Bethea 0-0-0. Totals — 19-8-48. No.Burlington(0-5)                           2    0      6      5    —    13 Cherokee (4-0)                              18    6    14    10    —    48 3-point goals — Kowalczyk (NB), BAlaba, O’Donnell (C). ...read more read less