Salem’s Logan goes for triple-double in Senior Night victory that clinches a playoff spot; Penns Grove wins its fourth in a row, Pennsville pushing for a home game in playoffs
FRIDAY’S GIRLS SCORES
Penns Grove 52, Schalick 14
Salem 58, Pleasantville 12
Cape May Tech 35, Salem Tech 24
Pennsville 52, Millville 36
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SALEM – NaeNae Logan let everything go and turned it loose Friday night. The result was a game for the ages.
The Salem senior enjoyed her second triple-double of the season, going for 19 points, 25 rebounds and 13 blocked shots to lead the Rams to a 58-12 Senior Night victory over winless Pleasantville that snapped five-game losing streak and locked up a spot in the South Jersey Group I playoffs.
The Rams (8-14) came into the game holding the 16th and final SJ-I power points position and a 30-point cushion on No. 17 Schalick, which lost at Penns Grove. They gained a point overnight and are solidly at No. 16, projected to play at No. 1 Woodbury in the opening round.
“I’m just happy that my seniors get a fighting chance at doing something in their last year,” Rams coach Tiasia Tatem said. “Last year we didn’t have any seniors, so we always knew all the girls would be coming back where this year they’re actually going to fight for it.”
The spotlight Friday shined on all the Salem seniors in this game, but Logan projected the brightest light.
She had her first triple-double against Oakcrest on Dec. 27 (10 points, 11 rebounds, 15 blocked shots). She now has 96 blocked shots on the season.
“I feel like today was one of those days where you could see she had her confidence up,” Tatem said. “All season we’ve been on her to push her to her full potential. I told her before the game forget everything else, this night is for y’all, so just go out there and have fun and just play basketball.
“I think that took the pressure off of her and she was just relaxed and playing.”
All three sets of numbers were impressive, but the one that jumped out to Tatem were her points. She’d scored in double figures only one other time in her career – the triple-double game once this year – but had 10 or more rebounds in seven of her last eight games and had at least five blocked shots 10 times this season.
Over her last eight games she has 108 rebounds, 46 blocked shots and 45 points.
“Her rebounding and her blocking skills come natural,” Tatem said. “As her coach watching her throughout the season I know how hard she gets on herself. I tell her all the time your defense is phenomenal, it’s OK if you don’t always make all these points. So for her to have those 19 points today, I feel like she needed that.”
PLEASANTVILLE (0-17) – Janderlys Reyes 1 5-9 8, Keyana Osoria 0 1-2 1, Ivana Garcia 0 2-2 2, Nahkiyah Harris 0 1-2 1. Totals 1 9-15 12.
SALEM (8-14) – Ameriyona Hunter 2 0-1 5, Marjziah Bundy 1 0-2 2, Ryann Foote 0 2-4 2, Lyric Hayes 0 0-0 0, Dakirah Gray 1 0-0 2, Carlysia Pierce 1 2-6 4, Marissa Bower 2 2-2 6, Nevaeh Hickman 0 0-0 0, Zaniyah Freison 0 0-0 0, NaeNae Logan 9 1-2 25, Kaela Nichols 6 4-6 16, Ava Rodgers 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 11-23 58.
| Pleasantville | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 – | 12 |
| Salem | 19 | 17 | 13 | 9 – | 58 |
PENNS GROVE 52, SCHALICK 14: Arianna Dowe matched her career-high with 14 points and Meely Horace had 12 to lead the Red Devils to its second win over the Cougars in three days. Horace scored her 1,000th career point in the first meeting Tuesday.
Dowe scored all her points in the second half. Horace and RaNiyah Wilson scored nine points each in the first half as the Red Devils opened a 32-8 halftime lead.
SCHALICK (5-15) – Gianna Gaines 1 1-6 3, Ava Scurry 1 0-0 2, Taylor Sparks 0 0-0 0, Cali Fisler 1 0-0 2, Abby Willoughby 2 1-2 5, Carly Vicente 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 2-8 14.
PENNS GROVE (11-8) – RaNiyah Wilson 4 0-0 9, Meely Horace 5 1-2 12, Brianna Robbins 3 2-2 8, Zoey Caesar 1 1-2 3, Amani Taylor 0 0-0 0, JaNiyah Cummings 3 0-2 6, Arianna Dowe 6 0-0 14, Syanna Robbins 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 4-8 52.
| Schalick | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 – | 14 |
| Penns Grove | 17 | 15 | 13 | 7 – | 52 |
PENNSVILLE 52, MILLVILLE 36: The Eagles hit four of their five 3-pointers and five of their six free throws in the second half to pull away from a close game and pick up enough point to go into the cutoff day in a position to host a first-round playoff game.
It didn’t look good after their lost to Penns Grove the night before, but the Eagles moved into eighth place in the South Jersey Group I power point standings by the end of the day. The top eight seeds host first-round games.
“We know we are in the playoffs,” Pennsville coach Sam Trapp said. “We will play wherever we need to play.”
The Eagles spread the wealth in the second half. Taylor Bass hit both of her 3-pointers in the third quarter and scored all 10 of her points in the second half. Nora Ausland hit both of her 3s in the second half and finished with 11 points. Bella Farina scored nine of her 13 in the second half and Marley Woods had seven of her 12 in the half.
MILLVILLE (8-13) – Jaylynn Jones 0 0-0 0, Aubree Justin 1 0-0 2, Ayla Gomez 1 0-0 3, Marissa Stevens 3 0-2 7, Brooke Justin 8 5-6 24, Aphrea Robinson 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 5-8 36.
PENNSVILLE (11-12) – Calla Ausland 0 0-0 0, Nora Ausland 4 1-2 11, Taylor Bass 4 0-0 10, Sophia Belindas 0 0-0 0, Lily Edwards 0 0-0 0, Bella Farina 6 1-1 13, Izzy Saulin 3 0-0 6, Marley Wood 4 3-3 12. Totals 21 5-6 52.
| Millville | 5 | 13 | 11 | 7 – | 36 |
| Pennsville | 6 | 11 | 20 | 15 – | 52 |
CAPE MAY TECH 35, SALEM TECH 24: Emma Drumm scored 17 points and Anna Delaney had 10 to lead Cape May Tech.
| Cape May Tech (9-12) | 15 | 2 | 5 | 13 – | 35 |
| Salem Tech (1-18) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 – | 24 |
South Jersey Group 1
Top 16 Power Points
| (Through games of Feb. 9; state cutoff Saturday) | ||
| TEAM | RECORD | POINTS |
| Woodbury | 15-8 | 559 |
| Wildwood | 16-6 | 485 |
| Maple Shade | 17-5 | 457 |
| Woodstown | 16-4 | 455 |
| Palmyra | 14-6 | 408 |
| Audubon | 13-6 | 373 |
| Glassboro | 13-7 | 349 |
| Pennsville | 11-12 | 339 |
| Gateway | 14-9 | 337 |
| Burlington City | 14-8 | 319 |
| Clayton | 11-9 | 294 |
| Penns Grove | 10-8 | 272 |
| Cape May Tech | 9-12 | 271 |
| Pitman | 10-10 | 244 |
| Paulsboro | 7-12 | 234 |
| Salem | 8-14 | 222 |
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