Two Salem County teams, Woodstown and Pennsville, advance to the second round of tournament
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Haddon Twp. 56, (8) Schalick 13
Glassboro 51, Penns Grove 37
Audubon 58, Cape May Tech 20
Woodstown 52, Gateway 24
Wildwood 77, Riverside 5
Pennsville 70, Woodbury 56
Clayton 43, Burlington City 27
Palmyra 40, New Egypt 35
SATURDAY’S QUARTERFINALS
(9) Glassboro at (1) Haddon Twp.
(5) Audubon vs. (4) Woodstown
(6) Pennsville at (3) Wildwood
(7) Clayton at (2) Palmyra
WOODSTOWN 52, GATEWAY 24: The Gators knocked Woodstown back on its heels early with two big shots some smart, aggressive man defense, but the Wolverines shook it off, started playing their brand of basketball and steadily pulled away.
“Great defense led to open layups and shots,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “
Talia Battavio led on both ends of the floor, scoring a team-high 13 points and recording eight of the Wolverines’ 24 steals. Megan Donelson had 11 points, four rebounds and five steals. Kyia Leyman had 10 points, four boards and three steals.
Actually, every player who got in the game made some type of contribution.
“I’m really proud of the effort that we showed today,” Smart said. “Everyone played as hard as possible when they were on the court.”
The Wolverines (18-6) now host fifth-seeded Audubon Saturday.
| Gateway (10-15) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12- | 24 |
| Woodstown (18-6) | 15 | 18 | 11 | 8- | 52 |
PENNSVILLE 70, WOODBURY 56: Taylor Bass led five Pennsville scorers in double figures with 22 points despite missing all of the second quarter with early foul trouble and the Eagles used a big second half to push past Woodbury.
Nora Ausland and Addie Johnston both scored 13 points, Jaida Burns had a career-high 12 and Marley Wood 10 for all the Eagles’ scoring. Johnston hit three 3s in their 23-point third quarter. Ausland grabbed 17 rebounds, while Burns had nine.
The Eagles (18-9) now travel to No.3 Wildwood for their quarterfinals game Saturday.
WOODBURY (7-20): Jenessa Robinson 2 2-6 7, Zoe Bell 3 1-2 8, Emerald Sills 4 8-9 16. Jabrielle Howell 1 0-1 2, Nyla Ivey 7 0-7 23, Dakota Sellers 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 17-25 56.
PENNSVILLE (18-9): Taylor Bass 10 2-2 22, Marley Wood 5 0-0 10, Nora Ausland 6 0-6 13, Addison Johnson5 0-0 13, Jaida Burns 5 2-4 12, Izzy Saulin 0 0-0 0, Ashlyn Fredo 0 0-0 0, Sofia Beeistes 0 0-0 0. Totals 31 4012 70.
| Woodbury | 15 | 17 | 11 | 13- | 56 |
| Pennsville | 15 | 15 | 23 | 17- | 70 |
GLASSBORO 51, PENNS GROVE 37: The teams played to a 19-19 halftime tie, but Glassboro pulled away in the second half. They outscored the Red Devils 19-9 in the third quarter to seize control. Kezia Brackett (14) and Tamia Smith (12) led the offense, while Kimora Miles and Lily Czubas each pulled down 10 rebounds.
| Glassboro (12-13) | 11 | 8 | 19 | 13- | 51 |
| Penns Grove (11-13) | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9- | 37 |
HADDON TWP. 56, SCHALICK 13: Kiersten Callahan led a balanced scoring attack with 11 points and the Hawks scored more points in the first quarter than Schalick scored the entire game. Twelve players scored from Township in the game.
Defense also was a key to the victory. The Hawks held the Cougars without a field goal in the first and fourth quarters and collected 16 steals. Alli Kamulda led the way with four steals, while Sammy Martin and Emory Shaw each had three.
| Schalick | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1- | 13 |
| Haddon Twp. | 15 | 21 | 10 | 10- | 56 |
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