Author: almusky

Thursday sports report

Here are scores and highlights from Thursday’s Salem County sports calendar

BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove 81, Clayton 66
Schalick 39, Pitman 38
Salem 86, Pennsville 23
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Schalick 42, Pitman 32
Clayton 39, Penns Grove 28
Pennsville 70, Salem 34
SWIMMING
Woodstown 119, Pitman 49
Schalick vs. Salem at GCIT
BOWLING
Salem Tech in NJTAC, Lucky Strike North Brunswick

Boys basketball

PENNS GROVE 81, CLAYTON 66: Clayton’s James Fritz scored a game-high 23 points, but the Red Devils offset it by placing five scorers in double figures.

Roman Gipson led Penns Grove with 16 points, six rebounds and eight assists. Luis Colon had a career-high 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Jameel Horace went for 13 and eight. Geonni Conrad had 12 points and five steals, Will Roy had 10 points.

CLAYTON (5-8): Jackson Venuto 3 0-0 6, James Fritz 10 3-8 23, Nasir Carter 2 1-4 5, Trevor Rehm 3 0-0 8, King Mosley 0 0-0 0, Michael Bull 2 3-4 7, Justin Delaney 1 0-0 3, Kevin Mosley 2 2-2 8, Enok Figeruoa 1 0-0 2, Isaiah Aviles 2 0-0 4, Anthony Taylor 0 0-0 0, Dominic Lemon 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 9-18 66.
PENNS GROVE (10-6): Roman Gipson 8-0-16, Carson Pearsall 4-0-9, Benoni Conrad 5-2-12, Will Roy 5-0-10, Mishawn Brantley 2-0-4, Luis Colon 7-0-14, Jameel Horace 6-0-13, Ahkeen Edwards 0-0-0, Jeremy Costacamps 0-0-0. Totals 37-2-78.

Clayton (5-8)12242010-66
Penns Grove (10-6)19172022-78
3-point goals: Clayton 5 (Rehm 2, Delaney, Mosley 2); Penns Grove 2 (Pearsall, Horace). Rebounds: Clayton 26 (Fritz 6); Penns Grove 42 (Horace 8, Colon 7).

SCHALICK 39, PITMAN 38: Dylan Sheehan hit the go-ahead free throw with six seconds left and the Cougars defended Pitman’s final layup to seal the victory and snap a three-game losing streak.

Justin Iacona converted a pass from Sheehan into a layup to tie the game with less than a minute to play. Julian Dickerson and Jase Volovar then trapped the ball at midcourt creating a steal by Sheehan, who was fouled driving to the basket. He made the second free throw to break the tie.

The Cougars battled back from a 19-6 first-quarter deficit to get the win.

“We talked all week about how physical Pitman is and how well they shoot the ball,” Schalick coach James Turner said. “Defensively we made too many mistakes in the first quarter. We made adjustments in the second quarter and our guys really responded.

“They played their asses off, made the necessary changes, and executed when it mattered most.:

Dickerson led the Cougars’ offense with 15 points, including 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Volovar made his first start of the season and scored five of the first six points of the game. He finished with 10.

PITMAN (6-9): Lucas Razze 4 3-4 15, Parker DeChristopher 3 3-5 11, Jake Bowen-Ashwin 0 3-4 3, Jay Craig 1 1-2 3, Micah Frost 1 1-4 3, Kiernan Clark 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 11-19 38.
SCHALICK (6-7): Julian Dickerson 3 8-8 15, Kade Macom 2 1-2 6, Dylan Sheehan 1 1-3 3, Jase Volovar 4 0-4 10, Justin Iacona 2 0-0 5. Totals 12 10-17 39.

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Schalick613155-39

3-point goals: Pitman 7 (Razze 4, DeChristopher 2, Clark); Schalick 5 (Dickerson, Macom, Volovar 2, Iacona).

SALEM 86, PENNSVILLE 23: Salem’s Tymear Lecator filled the box score with 26 points, six rebounds and seven assists. Darrell Johnson had 11 points and Fatah Paige had 10 points and six rebounds. Marshall Stephens had six points and seven rebounds, grabbing his 100th career rebound in the process, blocked three shots. Deshaan Williams grabbed eight boards.

1000-Point Watch

PLAYERTODAYTOTAL
Blake Bialecki, WoodstownDNP926
Tymear Lecator, Salem26 vs. Pennsville814

Girls games

SCHALICK 42, PITMAN 32: Nevaeh Robinson scored eight of her game-high 20 points in the second quarter as the Cougars erased a one-point deficit and took control of the game. It was their third straight win.

SCHALICK (8-3): Cali Fisler 0 0-2 0, Ava Scurry 4 0-0 8, Nevaeh Robinson 10 0-6 20, Willow Davis 1 1-2 4, Olivia Vanacker 4 1-2 10, Emmalyn Weir 0 0-0 0, Vicky Basich 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 2-12 42.
PITMAN (3-10): Colette Rollins 1 1-2 3, Jocelyn O’Brien 1 0-0 2, Marlee Adams 1 0-0 2, Kendall Bennett 1 2-2 4, Emery Sharpnack 3 0-0 7, Audrey Duffield 5 1-2 12, Bella Pramov 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 4-6 32.

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Pitman 12668-32

3-point goals: Schalick 2 (Davis, Vanacker); Pitman 2 (Sharpnack, Duffield). Fouled out: Adams. Total fouls: Schalick 9, Pitman 13.

PENNSVILLE 70, SALEM 34: Taylor Bass hit a career-tying six 3-pointers and erupted for a career-high 31 points, leading three Eagles in double figures. Marley Wood hit all four of her 3s in q 16-point first half and finished with 19. Addie Johnston had 11 points. The Eagles hit 14 3-pointers in the game. Madison Dixon led Salem’s offense with 10 points. Dyaira Anderson grabbed 17 rebounds.

PENNSVILLE (8-5): Taylor Bass 11 3-5 31, Marley Wood 6 3-6 19, Addie Johnston 4 0-0 11, Izzy Saulin 0 0-0 0, Jaida Burns 1 0-0 2, Kylie Harris 0 0-0 0, Kylie Weist 0 0-0 0, Polina Wright 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 6-11 70.
SALEM (5-6): Madison Dixon 4 0-4 10, Carlysia Pierce 1 1-2 3, Dyaira Anderson 1-6 7, Jaryn Weathers 3 1-4 7, Samiyah Moore 0 0-0 0, Timmiyah Simmons 3 1-1 9, Triscia Wilson 1 0-0 2, Kaliyah Taylor 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 4-17 34.

Pennsville (8-5)1726234-70
Salem (5-6)10996-38

3-point goals: Pennsville 14 (Bass 6, Wood 4, Johnston 3, Wilson); Salem 4 (Dixon 2, Simmons 2). Total fouls: Pennsville 12, Salem 13.

The Wright Stuff

Nasseem Wright one-ups his coach with triple-double as No. 1 Salem CC remains undefeated; women postpone another game, vow to complete season

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CARNEYS POINT — Nasseem Wright did something Thursday night not even his head coach did when he was in college, and Mike Green played Division I basketball.

Wright sent everyone scrambling for the archives after going for the first triple-double of the Green Era, leading the undefeated top-ranked Mighty Oaks past Atlantic Cape for the second time this season, 101-88.

Wright scored 14 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished 10 assists. He had eight, nine and five in the second half. He also had three steals and four blocked shots, coming that close to a 5-by-5.

It’s the Mighty Oaks’ first triple-double since Lamar Woody went for 39 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in a 93-58 win over Sussex on Feb. 8, 2020.

“I was knowing (he was close),” Wright said. “I wasn’t counting individual assists, points or rebounds, but I knew I was aggressive on the rebounds and finding my open teammates. I ain’t going to lie, the second half especially, I felt like I had a lot of assists, so I was kind of knowing in my head. But I already was having a high rebounding game so I kind of had a thought (it might happen).”

Green came close to a triple-double “a lot of times” during his decorated college career that spanned Towson and top-ten Butler, but he never completed the feat. He went for 19, 6 and 12 against Notre Dame his second game at Butler and had lines of 11/12/9 (Detroit Mercy), 24/13/8 (Milwaukee) and 16/8/10 (Youngstown State) in 2008.

“Yeah, that’s crazy,” Wright said. “That’s definitely bragging rights.

“Me and Coach MG, we have like a funny bond off the court, so it’s definitely a one-up on him. I’m definitely going to talk to him about that one.”

Green wasn’t jealous at all. In fact, he was genuinely happy for his freshman guard.

“We’ve got to get him a graphic drawn up; that’s a big deal, not normal,” Green said. “It’s a testament to his work, his skill set. He’s very versatile. And it came in a game that was needed. It was no game he was hunting for it; he really did all those things within the game. It’s a testament to him.

“I’m not jealous, heck no. We needed it. We needed it. When I got close, I got close, but we needed it. He did his job and we needed everything he did. Every rebound, every pass, we needed it, and he delivered.”

Wright never had a triple-double in high school, but he twice came within one assist of pulling it off this season — against Thaddeus Stevens Dec. 4 and Ocean Dec. 18. He’s now averaging 17.4 mpg, a team-high 8.2 rig and 4.2 assists.

His teammates were just as excited about the feat as he was.

“I’m proud of ‘Seem,” freshman Idris Rines said. “Last year for me in high school I got my school’s first-ever triple-double. Seem’s a hard worker. Seem’s been talking about it. And Seem’s been on pace for a lot of them this year. Even the first game time we played Atlantic Cape he almost got a triple-double with eight blocks. I’m proud of ‘Seem. I’m going to text him later, but it’s well deserved. He brings our energy. That’s why he’s our captain.”

Nayeem Johnson led the Mighty Oaks (22-0) in scoring with 20 points in 29 minutes off the bench. He was 7-of-12 from the floor and also had four rebounds and two assists. Jarrell Little had 18 points, 12 in the second half; Saaid Lee had 16, Zyaire Gibson 12 on four 3-pointers, and Rines had 11.

Johnson scored six points in a 17-2 Salem run over the final 3:13 of the first half, holding the Buccaneers (7-11) to just two free throws, to erase a four-point deficit and take a 52-41 halftime lead. Before the outburst there were eight ties and four lead changes in the half.

“I know when I come in the game I just have to either pick up the slack or keep up what they’re doing; I’ve got to produce,” he said. “It was just another night for me to help the team as much as I can.”

The Bucs wouldn’t go away and cut it to 78-77 with 7:14 to play, then the Mighty Oaks hit four 3-pointers over the next four minutes and moved back comfortably ahead. Rines hit two of them, one with 6:20 left to make it 81-77 and the other with 3:56 to break an 81-81 tie and touch off a 13-2 that put the Mighty Oaks on top for good.

“I think MG just trusts me, my teammates just trust me,” said Rines, who hit a pair of big 3s against the Bucs in the season opener that started the Mighty Oaks on this trek. “I was on the bench when their big like changed his gameplan to stop guarding the 3-point line and I just tried to take advantage of my shooting ability and what he was giving me.”

SALEM CC 101, ATLANTIC CAPE 88
ATLANTIC CAPE (7-11): Logan Sparks 4-8 4-6 12, Quinn Baumann 0-0 0-0 0, Corey Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Amin Hines 5-12 0-0 13, Olin Knox 8-14 2-6 18, Jaleel Clark 1-3 0-0 3, Jayden Lopez 1-2 0-0 2, Sahmir Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Carlos Rodriguez 7-17 6-8 22, Justin Moore 1-4 0-0 2, Salou Hane 1-4 0-0 3, Christian Ferguson 4-8 1-1 11. Totals 33-74 13-21 88.
SALEM CC (22-0): Jarrell Little 4-16 8-10 18, Saaid Lee 5-12 4-6 16, Zaire Gibson 4-7 0-0 12, Nasseem Wright 6-8 2-5 14, Stefan Phillips 1-4 0-0 3, Jahseir Sayles 0-0 1-2 1, Jaiayre Wright 1-3 4-4 6, Nayeem Johnson 7-12 4-6 20, Idris Rines 4-7 1-2 11, Mike Goodwin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-69 24-35 101.

Atlantic Cape4147-88
Salem CC5249-101

3-point goals: Atlantic Cape 9-18 (Hines 3-6, Clark 1-1, Lopez 0-1, Rodriguez 2-4, Hane 1-4, Ferguson 2-2); Salem CC 13-28 (Little 2-8, Lee 2-3, Gibson 4-6, Phillips 1-4, Johnson 2-3, Rines 2-4). Rebounds: Atlantic Cape 35 (Knox 13, Sparks 8). Salem CC 37 (N. Wright 13). Total fouls: Atlantic Cape 21, Salem CC 19.

Region XIX Standings

DIVISION IIIR19ALLGSAC
SALEM CC (1)9-022-017-0
Northampton (6)11-117-2
Union (5)12-216-511-2
Montgomery (12)9-212-3
Brookdale13-314-69-4
Camden8-211-77-6
Ocean10-412-78-5
Bergen11-712-105-9
RCSJ-Cumberland6-77-116-8
Atlantic Cape6-87-115-9
RCSJ-Gloucester5-117-151-11
Thaddeus Stevens3-87-11
Sussex4-127-154-10
Passaic4-144-163-11
Harrisburg Area2-83-14
Philadelphia2-107-10
Delaware County2-103-15
Luzerne1-94-15

Number in parenthesis is JUCO Division III national ranking

THURSDAY’S GAMES
Salem 101, Atlantic Cape 88
Monroe 109, Essex 69
Bergen 86, RCSJ-Cumberland 66
Northampton 85, Harrisburg Area 53
Rockland 87, Union 62
Ulster at Raritan Valley
Bucks 76, Delaware County 74
Ocean 104, Sussex 78
Mercer at Morris
Misericordia JV at Thaddeus Stevens
Brookdale 60, Camden 49
Baltimore City CC 71, Delaware Tech 60
Montgomery 91, Philadelphia 79
Lackawanna 93, Orange 74
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Luzerne at Thaddeus Stevens
Union at RCSJ-Cumberland
Northampton at Monroe-Bronx
Sussex at Philadelphia
Mercer at Orange 
Harrisburg Area at Delaware County
Delaware Tech at Middlesex
Monroe at Harcum
Montgomery at Passaic
Camden at Atlantic Cape
Raritan Valley at Westchester
Morris at Essex

Women’s game ppd.

CARNEYS POINT — The Salem CC women postponed the third of their last four games due to a limited roster, but multiple officials in the program said the Mighty Oaks are committed to playing a complete season.

The Mighty Oaks were scheduled to play RCSJ-Gloucester at DuPont Fieldhouse, but the game was moved to a date when the team would have a deeper roster. They played Tuesday’s region counter against Mercer with six players and finished with four on the floor.

They are planning to play at Lackawanna Saturday and hope to have seven, possibly eight, players available.

They have been hit by a spate of injuries that has decimated an already shorthanded roster. They had four players hurt during the game against Hagerstown and postponed the next two games against Harcum and Middlesex that followed. 

Both coach Brian Marsh and athletics director Bob Hughes said Thursday the program was committed to playing out the year. Three teams in JUCO Region 19 – Delaware County, Bucks, RCSJ-Cumberland — already have given up the ghost.

“I thought we were getting close to that decision, but I told my players and I told Bob, our AD, I want to play,” Marsh said. “We are shorthanded and a lot of teams that we’ve played this year wouldn’t play Mercer, No. 17 in the country, but I said no, we want to play it

“We’re the type of program that wants to play anyone, anywhere, anytime, so if we keep saying it we’ve got to live by it … They want to finish the season; I want to finish the season. Until it gets to a point where we can’t do anything, I’m going to continue to push this thing and play. We’re going to play this thing as long as we can.

“I don’t want to be a program, unless we absolutely have to, that packs it in. That’s our last option. I don’t want that to be our first option. I told (the players) we’re doing everything we can to save this season.”

All three of the postponed games have been rescheduled for later in the season – Harcum next Thursday and Middlesex and RCSJ-Gloucester in February.

The Mighty Oaks are currently 2-12, 1-6 in Region 19.

Marsh said he wants to get 12 players on the roster for next season. He already has a player from Texas committed and is recruiting South Jersey like never before.

“We’re definitely gonna be here next year,” he said. “I expect a big class.”

Region XIX Women’s Standings

DIVISION IIR19ALLGSAC
Harcum (4)8-016-1
Union (11)9-117-27-0
Mercer (15)7-213-33-1
Essex7-313-45-2
Delaware Tech4-57-12
Lackawanna4-65-10
Raritan Valley3-66-123-4
Middlesex2-77-141-4
SALEM CC1-62-120-3
Morris0-80-80-4

Number in parenthesis is JUCO Division II national ranking

THURSDAY’S GAMES
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, ppd.
Camden 80, Brookdale 42
Monroe 107, Raritan Valley 15
Delaware Tech 84, Baltimore City CC 54
Ocean 75, Sussex 61
Philadelphia at Montgomery
RCSJ-Cumberland at Bergen
Lackawanna 52, Orange 43
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Salem CC at Lackawanna
Camden at Atlantic Cape
Mercer at Orange
Montgomery at Passaic
Sussex at Philadelphia
Delaware Tech at Middlesex
Union at Harcum
Raritan Valley at Westchester
Morris at Essex

Wednesday sports report

Here are scores and details from Wednesday night’s Salem County sports calendar; includes track, basketball, wrestling and bowling

INDOOR TRACK
PHILADELPHIA — Schalick’s Salvatore Longo and Penns Grove’s JaKai Ingram placed sixth in their respective events Wednesday night o post the highest finishes among Salem County athletes competing in the Nike Elite Indoor Meet at Penn’s Ott Center.

Longo was sixth in the boys pole vault at 11-6. He made three attempts at 12-0, a height that reduced the field to the final three. Ingram placed sixth in the boys shot with a PR of 45-0.25. It came on his final throw of the night.

Among the other Salem County athletes at the meet …

Kylee Goodson (Penns Grove) was ninth in the boys 400 with a PR of 50.66 that is the 34th fastest time in the state this year.

Arianna Dowe (Penns Grove) was ninth in the girls triple jump (32-11.75). Teammate Zoey Ceasar was tenth in the girls shot put (30-1.5)

Ahmad Tucker (Salem) was 13th in the boys long jump with a PR of 19-11.5.

Steve Chomo (Schalick) was 14th in the boys 800 with a season-best 2:04.25. He was sixth in his heat.

BOYS BASKETBALL
Wildwood 68, Salem Tech 30: Trevor Troiano hit five of the Warriors’ 11 3-pointers and scored a game-high 17 points. Nolan Mawhinney added 13. Chase Pompper led the Chargers with 12 points. Wildwood (7-6) visits Salem Friday for first place in the TCC Classic Division.

WILDWOOD (7-6): Owen Bannon 3 2-2 8, Eric Jordan 2 0-4 4, Nolan Mawhinney 6 1-2 13, Gianni Troiano 2 3-4 9, Daniel Benichou 2 0-0 5, Trevor Troiano 6 0-0 17, Justice Santiago 1 0-0 3, Louis Sewell 1 0-0 3, Michael McWade 1 0-0 3, Vinny Sweeney 0 1-2 1, Jeff Knight 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 7-15 68.
SALEM TECH (2-9): Chase Popper 4 4-5 12, Brody Kroll 2 0-0 4, Ayden Myers 0 2-2 2, Aiden Bobo 1 0-1 2, Avery Reed 0 2-2 2, Luke Kroll 1 0-0 3, Raphael Busch 1 1-2 3, Sterling Lewis 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 9-12 30.

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Salem Tech12648-30
3-point goals: Wildwood 11 (G. Troiano 2, Benichou, T. Troiano 5, Santiago, Sewell, McWade); Salem Tech 1 (L. Kroll).

GIRLS BASKETBALL
OVERBROOK 65, SALEM TECH 37
Gianna Simon and Leigha Muff both went for 23 points as the Rams (2-12) won for the first time since their season opener. Muff hit five 3-pointers. Shelby Liber hit five 3-pointers and led the Chargers (2-9) with 18 points. Amora Delaine was credited with 21 rebounds.

OVERBROOK (2-12): Gianna Simon 10 1-4 23, Alexis Washington 2 0-0 5, Heaven Williams 1 0-0 2, Rosetta Loibman 0 1-2 1, Annalise Bosco 0 0-2 0, Jamiyah Nolton 1 0-0 2, Leigha Muff 9 0-2 23. Totals 23 2-10 56.
SALEM TECH (2-9): Evening Amedee 0 2-6 2, Tiara Bazemore 0 0-0 0, Shelby Drummond 3 2-6 9, Shelby Liber 6 1-3 18, Amora Delaine 1 1-2 3, Rylee Doerr 0 0-2 0, Carmen Mott 2 0-2 4, Maddie Miller 0 0-0 0, Olivia Lydon 0 0-0 0, Rachel Reed 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 6-21 36.

Overbrook14161312-55
Salem Tech91379-37
3-point goals: Overbrook 8 (Simon 2, Washington, Muff 5); Salem Tech 6 (Drummond, Liber 5).

WRESTLING
PENNSVILLE 49, TIMBER CREEK 30
106: Brett Land (P) pinned Lincoln Mitchell, 1:05
113: Jimmy Boone (T) pinned Jariel Colon, 1:42
120: Earl Wynn (P) tech fall over Dyllan Blotz, 19-3
126: Mehki Dicks (P) won by forfeit
132: Maximos Efelis (P) won by forfeit
138: Chase Baker (P) won by forfeit
144: Nathaniel Mason (P) tech fall over Jaire Williams, 24-8
150: Travis Hagan (P) won by forfeit
157: Matt Cordova (T) won by forfeit
165: Robbie McDade (P) pinned Nathaniel Collazo, 2:38
175: Ian Chandler (T) pinned Cristian Blyler, 3:07
190: Elijah Green (T) pinned Stephen Pangle, 0:49
215: Julian McCray (T) pinned Hunter Coulbourn, 2:34
285: Jacob Hand (P) dec. Roland Green, 4-1

WINSLOW 53, SALEM 21
106: Jason Green (WI) won by forfeit
113: Christopher Steed (WI) won by forfeit
120: Aaden King (WI) tech fall over Zachary Tortilla, 15-0 (1:30)
126: Alverse Cannon (WI) pinned Hayden Stauble, 1:00
132: Guilherme Quintanilha (S) pinned Nathan Downey, 3:35
138: Angel Berrios (WI) pinned Brodie Parker, 0:40
144: Noah Young (WI) pinned Joseph Goetaski, 2:21
150: Nathan Smalls (WI) pinned Christian VanTonder, 2:50
157: Zion Moore (S) dec. Joshua Martinez, 10-7
165: Luke Vigorito (WI) pinned Jordan Brown, 3:50
175: Jaivion Sydnor (S) pinned London Brown, 1:34
190: Caleb Walderrama (WI) pinned Kaleb Ewald, 1:40
215: Abdur Jenkins (S) dec. Kameriin Walters, 5-2
285: Abdullah Jenkins (S) dec. Izuchukwu Ugwuzor, 9-3

Clayton at Schalick

BOWLING
Deptford 3, Salem 1: Edward Tokley rolled games of 247, 276 and 277 for an 800 series to lead Deptford (9-0) in the battle of Tri-County Conference division leaders. Troy Carey rolled the high game (254) and high series (633) for the Rams (8-2), who had an eight-match winning streak stopped. Deptford won the girls match, 4-0.

Salem Tech vs. Collingswood at Westbrook Lanes

Salem CC women fall

By Riverview Sports News

CARNEYS POINT — The Salem CC women were shorthanded to begin with and finished the game less than full strength and fell to Mercer CC 94-54 Tuesday night.

The Mighty Oaks (2-11), who postponed their previous two games due to a limited roster, started the game with six players and ended the game with four on the floor. They played the last 5:39 with four.

Salem’s offense was led by Tanijya Shaw (21) and Paula Wilson (career-high 20). Shaw was 10-of-17 from the field. Wilson hit five 3-pointers.

Qui-Mia Wilkins gave 15th-ranked Mercer (13-3) a triple-double (game-high 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals). Mercer forced the Mighty Oaks into 34 turnovers, off which they scored 47 points.

MERCER 94, SALEM CC 54
MERCER (13-3): Evangelina Fransisco 5-15 0-0 13, Mayah Alford 4-11 1-2 9, Zaakirah Edwards 3-6 2-2 8, Gabriella Smith 7-15 2-6 16, Qui-Mia Wilkins 11-20 6-8 29, Alexandra Galan-Garcia 4-15 0-1 8, Patricia Monroe 2-6 2-4 6, Emma Wilke 2-7 1-2 5. Totals 38-95 14-25 94.
SALEM CC (2-12): Paula Wilson 7-14 1-4 20, Dani Gustin 1-1 1-2 3, RayNescia King 2-5 1-3 6, Tanijya Shaw 10-17 1-3 21, Kasey Oliver 1-4 2-2 4, Breanne Ruhl 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-41 6-15 54.

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Salem CC18111015-54
3-point goals: Mercer 4-28 (Francisco 3-12, Edwards 0-2, Smith 0-6, Wilkins 1-3, Galan-Garcia 0-4, Monroe 0-1); Salem CC 6-15 (Wilson 5-11, King 1-1, Shaw 0-3). Rebounds: Mercer 48 (Monroe 11, Wilkins 10, Smith 8); Salem CC 23 (Gustin 7). Technical fouls: Gustin, Oliver, Wilson. Fouled out: King, Oliver. Total fouls: Mercer 8, Salem CC 18.

Region XIX Women’s Standings

DIVISION IIR19ALLGSAC
Harcum (4)8-016-1
Union (11)9-117-27-0
Mercer (15)7-213-33-1
Essex7-313-45-2
Delaware Tech4-56-12
Raritan Valley3-66-113-4
Lackawanna3-64-10
Middlesex2-77-141-4
SALEM CC1-62-120-3
Morris0-0-80-4

Number in parenthesis is JUCO Division II national ranking

TUESDAY’S GAMES
Mercer 94, Salem CC 54
Passaic 79, Sussex 45
Essex 68, Westchester CC 64
Northampton 61, Philadelphia 39
Atlantic Cape 75, Bergen 38
Harcum 85, Middlesex 33
Union 95, Raritan Valley 39
Lackawanna 63, Morris 45
Camden 78, Ocean 46

TUESDAY’S MENS SCORES
Passaic 75, Luzerne 67
Montgomery 66, Union 59
Harcum 70, Middlesex 63
Bergen 80, Atlantic Cape 70
Camden 75, Ocean 53
Lancaster Bible JV at Thaddeus Stevens
Essex 87, Westchester CC 79
Harrisburg Area 90, Sussex 86
Northampton 77, Philadelphia 43
Lackawanna at Morris

Tuesday basketball

Penns Grove uses energy, defense to win on back-to-back days; Hengel gives courageous effort in Woodstown girls’ win; and more

BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove 63, Woodstown 52
Glassboro 56, Pennsville 17
Overbrook 64, Schalick 18
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown 60, Penns Grove 28
Schalick 37, Overbrook 28
Glassboro 54, Pennsville 32
Salem 64, Salem Tech 36

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – Some basketball teams, especially young ones that want to play at a fast pace, might be worried about playing on back-to-back days. Penns Grove coach Damian Ware welcomes the challenge.

Says it builds character.

The Red Devils have played on back-to-back days at least three times in each of Ware’s 13 years as head coach. They’ve already done it three times this season, but Tuesday was the first time they had won on consecutive days after turning back rival Woodstown 63-52.

It came a day after they beat Burlington City team in an intense MLK Day matinee decided by defense in the final 15 seconds.

“The difference between today’s game and yesterday’s game (was) yesterday in the fourth quarter we let Burlington City back into the game,” Ware said. “They took the lead on us at one point and we squeezed it out for the win.

“Today we stretched the lead out. It was a different game because we learned how to finish today. That was the difference between yesterday and today. It’s always good to finish a game and not have to worry about, shoot, we’ve got to make the last second shot to win the game, so that was good for us today.”

The Red Devils’ history has been pretty good on the second day of back-to-back games during Ware’s tenure. They were real good there for a while – 16-3 from 2017-2021 – and have a two years of struggle they’re starting to get the hang of it again.

They’re 32-24 in the second game of those sets, 20-12 after winning the first game. Their game Tuesday was their fourth in five days, sixth in nine.

The key to holding up in back-to-back games is having energy and Geonni Conrad said the Red Devils brought it from the start.

“Every time we come out with energy we do good, we can win back-to-back games,” the junior guard said. “If we don’t start the game with energy or a high tempo we most likely are losing to that team. I feel we like we did bring the energy early. I feel like we pushed it and tempo’d up the floor, played good defense and did what we needed to do.”

The second quality is stamina, and Ware has never worried about that.

“It’s very good for our conditioning,” he said. “We work very hard on practice on it. . We have good conditioning. I always say in the fourth quarter our conditioning should take over because we should be in better shape and we should be able to work harder from the first quarter to the fourth quarter and by the time we get to the fourth quarter we should have that team worn down. And I think that’s what happened today.”

The Red Devils got 17 points apiece from Conrad and Roman Gipson. Conrad opened the second half with two 3-pointers to help them start pulling away. There were four ties and eight lead changes in the first half.

“They were good looks,” Conrad said. “My teammates found me on the open wing and I tried to knock it down for them.”

They also got a double-double from 6-4 sophomore Mishawn Brantley. He had 10 points and 11 rebounds, with seven points and five boards coming in the fourth quarter when the Red Devils pushed the lead to 16.

“I came into this game looking forward to be dominating,” Brantley said. “I came into this game knowing we would win, knowing we were coming here and take home the win.”

“That was a break out game for him,” Ware said. “He’s only a sophomore and he hasn’t really played at a high level of varsity before, but now he’s starting to get to the point where he really understands it and he’s feeling more confident in himself. He’s coming out of his shell.”

The Wolverines were led by Blake Bialecki. The senior scored 16 points to push his career total to 916 and he hit two 3-pointers to break the boys’ school record for career 3s. Bialecki now has 167. The all-time school record is 186 by Talia Battavio.

“It’s cool,” he said of the record. “I work really hard shooting a lot of 3s training. I just want to win games.”

If Bialecki maintains his 14.3 ppg season scoring average he’s projected to hit the 1,000 mark at Overbrook Feb. 5, the end of a five-game road stretch. Failing that, the Wolverines’ three games after that are all against Salem County teams.

PENNS GROVE 63, WOODSTOWN 52
PENNS GROVE (9-6): Will Roy 4 0-0 9, Roman Gipson 7 1-1 17, Geonni Conrad 6 3-4 17, Carson Pearsall 0 3-6 3, Luis Colon 1 1-2 3, Mishawn Brantley 4 2-4 10, Jameel Horace 1 0-0 2, Ahkeem Edwards 1 0-0 2, Zane Thomas 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 10-17 63.
WOODSTOWN (8-6): Eli Caesar 4 0-0 10, Jalen Markward 3 1-2 7, Blake Bialecki 5 4-5 16, Alejandro Vazquez 2 0-0 5, John Hood-McGinley 1 0-0 3, Josh King 0 0-0 0, Andrew White 3 3-4 9, Lucas Fulmer 1 0-0 2, Totals 19 8-11 52.

Penns Grove15141420-63
Woodstown13131115-52
3-point goals: Penns Grove 5 (Gipson 2, Roy, Conrad 2); Woodstown 6 (Bialecki 2, Caesar 2, Vazquez, Hood-McGinley). Rebounds: Penns Grove 37 (Brantley 11, Conrad 6, Pearsall 7); Woodstown 24 (Markward 5, Vazquez 6, White 5). Technical fouls: Pearsall. Fouled out: Caesar. Total fouls: Penns Grove 15, Woodstown 19. Officials: Konyak, Thomas.

OVERBROOK 64, SCHALICK 18: The Rams jumped out to a 17-6 lead in the first quarter, then held the Cougars scoreless in the second and the third en route to its 23rd straight Diamond Division win.

Bilal Robinson led three Rams in double figures and all scorers with 15 points. Lamar Little had 14 and JR Stanley 12. Robinson also had six rebounds, two assists and four blocked shots.

SCHALICK (5-7): Orion Baldwin 2-0-4, Julian Dickerson 1-0-2, Dylan Sheehan 2-0-4, Cooper Willoughby 0-3-3, Jacob Schalick 1-0-2, Will Sieminski 1-0-3. Totals 7-3-18.
OVERBROOK (11-3): Lamar Little 6-1-14, JR Stanley 5-0-12, Jaden St. John 3-0-6, Rashon Jones 2-0-4, Josh Schoeb 1-0-3, Jayden Wilkerson 1-0-3, Bilal Robinson 6-0-15, Gavin Cajuste 0-0-0, Josh Lewis 0-0-0, Jason Boyd 1-2-5, Damere Vennie 1-0-2. Totals 26-3-64.
Schalick9009-18
Overbrook17221411-64
3-point goals: Schalick 1 (Sieminski); Overbrook 9 (Little, Stanley 2, School, Wilkerson, Robinson 3, Boyd). Rebounds: Overbrook 33 (St. John 6, Robinson 6).

GLASSBORO 56, PENNSVILLE 17: The Bulldogs raced out to a 27-0 lead in the first quarter and coasted past the Eagles. Xavier Sabb had 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Maurice Davis had 14 points and seven boards. Aidan Clark had eight points for the Eagles, who are still missing top scorer Mason O’Brien.

GLASSBORO (3-9): William Goggans 8, Xavier Sabb 16, Mekhi Parker 3, Aiden Harris 9, Maurice Davis 14, Jack O;Connell 3, Derreck Robinson 3.
PENNSVILLE (1-12): Jake Layfield 1, Gavin Spears 2, Danny Knight 5, Jacob Farina 1, Aidan Clark 8.

Glassboro 2711126-56
Pennsville0557-17

1000-Point Watch

PLAYERTODAYTOTAL
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown16 vs. Penns Grove926
Tymear Lecator, SalemDNP788

Girls games

PENNS GROVE — Woodstown’s Lauren Hengel gave one of the most courageous performances in the state Tuesday night.

The senior point guard lost her aunt and uncle in a Mullica Hill car crash over the weekend, but she played Tuesday night and led the Wolverines to a 60-28 victory over Penns Grove. She scored 24 points, hit four 3-pointers and pulled down 15 rebounds – all career highs. She also had four assists and five steals.

“Lauren was great tonight,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “It was an emotional game for a lot of reasons, coming off an emotional loss last week and dealing with everything that she’s dealing with. At the end of the day she just wanted to be with her friends.

“She came out and played and was a leader on the court. Lauren is a fantastic player but at the end of the day she’s an even a better human being and I know the entire Woodstown community, family, our team, especially me, we all care about her.”

Hengel hit two 3-pointers in the first quarter as the Wolverines (7-8) jumped out to a 16-10 lead. She scored 14 points in the second half when they pulled away.

In between, she handled the ball, made several sharp passes that helped her teammates score, drove hard to the basket and held her own defensive guarding a big. She also helped bring players along who were getting some extended minutes.

“We’ve put her in a different role than she has been in the past three years,” Smart said. “There are ups and downs with that. Sometimes she can’t be that scorer that we need, but she distributes the ball. It’s a difficult year for her on the court dealing with that transition but she’s taken it in stride. She never complains about anything. She only asks how to get better.”

Emma Perry added 12 points and held Penns Grove top scorer Kezia Patterson to one field goal and seven points. JaNiyah Cummings led the Red Devils with 11 points.

Meanwhile, Kailyn Kennedy added eight points to the Wolverines’ attack, while Kendall Young and Talia Guardascione had seven points each.

Lauren’s uncle Thomas Hengel coached multiple sports at Clearview High School for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

WOODSTOWN 60, PENNS GROVE 28
WOODSTOWN (7-8): Lauren Hengel 9 2-4 24, Emma Perry 6 0-0 12, Kendall Young 2 3-4 7, Talia Guardascione 2 3-5 7, Kailyn Kennedy 3 2-2 8, Jaelyn McDonald 0 0-2 0, Gina Murray 1 0-0 2, Autumn Paleschic 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 10-17 60
PENNS GROVE (1-12): Mikayla Washington 3 2-6 8, JaNiyah Cummings 5 0-2 11, Kaziah Patterson 1 4-6 7, NyAsia Numan 0 0-0 0, ArManai Blackston 0 0-0 0, Yeichelyn Rodriguez 1 0-0 2, Domari Torres 0 0-2 0. Totals 10 6-16 28.

Woodstown1681422-60
Penns Grove 10693-28
3-point goals: Woodstown 4 (Hengel 4); Penns Grove 2 (Cummings, Patterson). Rebounds: Woodstown 40 (Hengel 15). Fouled out: Patterson. Total fouls: Woodstown 14, Penns Grove 14.

SCHALICK 37, OVERBROOK 28
OVERBROOK (1-12): Leslies Rosario 0 0-0 0, Gianna Simon 6 1-4 16, Kiya Townsend 0 0-0 0, Alexis Washington 0 0-0 0, Heaven Williams 0 0-0 0, Rosetta Loibman 0 0-0 0, Annalise Bosco 1 0-0 3, Janiyah Nilton 1 0-0 2, Leigha Muff 2 0-0 6, Talia Wiggins 1 0-0 2, Nahla Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 1-4 28.
SCHALICK (7-3): Cali Fisler 1 0-0 2, Ava Scurry 1 0-2 2, Nevaeh Robinson 8 4-6 24, Willow Davis 1 5-6 7, Olivia Vanacker 0 0-0 0, Emmalyn Weir 0 0-0 0, Vicky Vasich 1 0-0 2, Jaelynn Jarmon 0 0-0 0, Emma O’Neill 0 0-0 0, Bailey Wentz 0 0-0 0, Paige Sparks 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 9-14 37.
Overbrook 42517-28
Schalick111466-37
3-point goals: Overbrook 5 (Simon 3, Bosco, Muff); Schalick 4 (Robinson 4). Total fouls: Overbrook 14, Schalick 7.

GLASSBORO 54, PENNSVILLE 32: Kezia Brackett scored a career-high 36 points, grabbed eight rebounds and recorded five steals as the Bulldogs pulled into a tie with the Eagles for first place in the Tri-County Diamond Division.

Glassboro split with Pennsville in the season series and has a win over Woodstown. Pennsville has a one-point win over Woodstown. Woodstown plays Glassboro and Pennsville in the next two Tuesdays that could really jam up the division.

Marley Wood led the Eagles with 14 points. Taylor Bass had 12.

PENNSVILLE (7-5): Taylor Bass 4 2-2 12, Marley Wood 6 1-2 14, Addie Johnston 1 0-0 3, Jaiden Wilson 0 2-2 2, Izzy Saulin 0 1-2 1, Jaida Burns 0 0-2 0. Totals 11 6-10 32.
GLASSBORO (10-4): Sanaa Thomas 1 0-0 4, Kezia Brackett 15 3-3 36, Lily Cubas 2 3-6 7, Sianna Wedderburn 1 0-1 2, Grace Moore 2 0-0 5, Tatiana Concepcion 0 0-0 0, Layla Anderson 0 0-0 0, Marissa Pasquarello 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 6-10 54.
Pennsville51197-32
Glassboro9181413-54
3-point goals: Pennsville 4 (Bass 2, Wood, Johnston); Glassboro 4 (Brackett 3, Moore). Rebounds: Glassboro 47 (Czubas 13, Wedderburn 11, Thomas 10).

SALEM 64, SALEM TECH 36: Dyaira Anderson enjoyed her fifth double-double of the season and fourth in the last five games to help the Rams snap a three-game losing streak and get back to .500 (5-5).

Anderson had 16 points and 15 rebounds. She has had at least 10 rebounds in each of the last five games and averaged 17.8 points and 14.6 rebounds during the run.

Carlysia Pierce had 17 points, six rebounds and five steals, and Madison Dixon had 11 points.. Shelby Drummond led the Chargers with 10 points. Rylee Doerr had eight points, 15 rebounds and blocked four shots. Amora Delaine had eight points and 12 boards.

SALEM (5-5): Samiyah Moore 3 0-0 6, Timmiyah Simmons 3 1-2 8, Madison Dixon 4 2-4 11, Dyaira Anderson 8 0-0 16, Carlysia Pierce 7 2-2 17, Jaryn Weathers 2 0-0 4, Tricia Wilson 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 5-8 64.
SALEM TECH (2-8): Shelby Liber 3 0-0 7, Shelby Drummond 4 1-2 10, Evening Amedee 1 1-4 3, Amora Delaine 2 4-5 8, Rylee Doerr 3 2-4 8, Rachel Reed 0 0-0 0, Tiara Bazemore 0 0-0 0, Olivia Lyon 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 8-15 36.

Salem2615176-64
Salem Tech 751112-36
3-point goals: Salem 3 (Simmons, Dixon, Pierce); Salem Tech 2 (Liber, Drummond).

Defense rules

Defense plays big role in Penns Grove win, Salem loss

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODBURY – One thing has been true about the Penns Grove basketball team no matter the year. If you’re going to play for Damien Ware, you’d better play defense.

The Red Devils have hung their hats on the way they get after the ball. And that’s what got them a 47-46 win over Burlington City in the MLK Day Showcase at Woodbury.

Will Roy got a deflection and then got it to Gianni Conrad for a layup that put the Red Devils (8-6) up 47-46 with 12 seconds to play. Then Roy made the stop they had to have, forcing the guard bringing the ball up the floor into a turnover with two seconds left, to seal the victory.

“There were 12 seconds left and we needed one stop; I’ll take that bet,” Ware said. “I think we can get one stop any time.

“We played full-court, man-to-man, they’ve got 12 seconds and we had a foul to give. We told them to play aggressive defense and make it hard for them to get the ball up the floor. Everybody plays defense for me. If you can’t play defense, you can’t play for me. Will was the one who came up with two big plays today.”

It didn’t have to be that close, but the Blue Devils (6-7) just wouldn’t go away. Penns Grove would go up by eight, Burlington City would come back. The Red Devils led by nine in the fourth quarter and hit a wall. BC outscored the Red Devils 13-5 in the fourth quarter.

“That’s part of my team because we’re young and kind of inexperienced in games like that so this is a big game for us to come out and win a game like that,” Ware said. “Two weeks ago we probalby would’ve lost that game.

“We’ve got a little more game experience, played more tougher opponents. We’re back to playing Group I teams, not that they’re any easier, but more on a par with where we’re at. We just found a way to win at the end.”

Conrad, a 6-foot junior guard, led all scorers with 16 points on the heels of a career-high 19-point game at Eastern. Roy and Roman Gipson each had eight.

BURLINGTON CITY (6-7) – Jamie Lambing 4-0-11, Rashad Newkirk 5-0-11, Jarrett James 2-0-4, Corey Degree 3-2-9, Theo Ellerbe 5-1-11. Totals 19-3-46.
PENNS GROVE (8-6) – Roman Gipson 3-1-8, Carson Pearsall 2-1-6, Will Roy 3-1-8, Mishawn Brantley 2-0-4, Geonni Conrad 5-5-16, Luis Colon 1-1-3, Ahkeen Edwards 1-0-2, Jeremy Costacamps 0-0-0. Totals 17-9-47.

Burlington City 10121113-46
Penns Grove1316135-47

3-point goals: Burlington City 5 (Lambing 3, Newkirk, Degree); Penns Grove 4 (Gipson, Pearsall, Roy, Conrad).

ATLANTIC CITY 59, SALEM 53: Anthony Farmer spent the two-hour bus ride back from the boardwalk conflicted. Couldn’t really blame him.

His Group I Salem Rams played defense as well as it had all year, especially in the first half, and had their chances to make a statement against Group 4 Atlantic City, but in the end they just had too many turnovers to win.

Don-Taye Thompson scored seven of his game-high 23 points in overtime, including a thunderous dunk with 55 seconds left, and Salem committed seven of its 25 turnovers in the extra period to snap the Rams’ eight-game winning streak.

“It was a statement opportunity for South Jersey, for the state, for us as a program,” Farmer said. “I thought we matched up pretty well with them and I felt like even on the road this was one we possibly could get.

“I’m proud of what we did on the road. Being able to take the game into overtime with 25 turnovers at the end of night and you lose by five is amazing. How do you turn it over 25 times and lose by five? We competed like hell.”

Most of the turnovers came from moving too fast against the Vikings’ pressure instead of taking a beat and reading the floor. The turnovers never gave them a chance in overtime.

It was a defensive battle early, with the teams combining for 30 points in the first half. The Rams trailed by seven with two minutes left in the half, but Neziah Spence’s 3-pointer with 1:00 to go drew them to within 16-14 at halftime.

The Rams never could get the lead. Spence’s layup with 55 seconds left in regulation made it 47-45 and Deshaan Williams’ bucket with 33 seconds left tied it at 47.

The Vikings had the final possession in regulation. Tymear Lecator fouled Tamir Rex on consecutive inbounds plays and Thompson missed a runner in the lane at the buzzer to send the game to overtime.

Williams led Salem with his fifth double-double of the season (17 points, 13 rebounds). Lecator had 14 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals before fouling out. Fatah Paige and Marshall Stephens both grabbed 10 rebounds, but they only combined for seven points. Stephens also had five blocked shots.

“We had opportunities,” Farmer said. “I thought we did a really good job with the game plan that we put together. We watched them, we had our eyes on them, we knew what they were and we knew what we knew what we were trying to do. We did that. We’ve just got take care of the ball and make a few shots.”

SALEM (10-2): Tymear Lecator 14, Deshaan Williams 17, Fatah Paige 3, Neziah Spence 7, Xavier McGriff 1, BJ Robbins 5, Marshall Stephens 4, Darrelle Johnson 2. Totals 18 14-23 53.
ATLANTIC CITY (8-5): DonTaye Thompson 23, Jacob Lane 5, Tamir Rex 11, Jalil Daniels 5, Exclusive Dublin 15, Hanif Rios 0.

Salem5915186-53
Atlantic City106161512-59
Rebounds: Salem 49 (Williams 13, Paige 10, Stephens 10); Atlantic City 18 (Dublin 11).

Wrestling

PAULSBORO GIRLS TOURNAMENT
138: Pennsville’s Summer Sassi lost a 20-8 major decision to Madisyn Paden of Clayton/Glassboro in the championship match. Sassi pinned the first two opponents she faced.

145: Pennsville’s Yerlian Charon pinned Grier Williams of North Star Academy in 36 seconds in the third-place match. Charon was pinned in the semifinals by weight class winner Deja Cofield of Gateway.

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports calendar for the week of Jan 19-24

MONDAY, JAN. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove vs. Burlington City at Woodbury, 11 a.m.
Salem at Atlantic City, 2 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Salem at Paulsboro Girls Tournament, 9 a.m.
Schalick girls at Buena, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Deptford, 10 a.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Salem at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Mercer at Salem CC, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21
BOYS BASKETBALL
Wildwood at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Overbrook at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Overbrook
Clayton at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Winslow at Salem, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Timber Creek, 6 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Nike Elite Meet, Ott Center, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Collingswood, Westbrook Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Deptford at Brunswick Zone, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, JAN. 22
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Schalick at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Pitman at GCIT, 5:45 p.m.
Schalick vs. Salem at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech in NJTAC, Lucky Strike North Brunswick, 1 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Atlantic Cape at Salem CC, 5 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23
BOYS BASKETBALL
Collingswood at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Gateway at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem at Buena, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Haddon Heights, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Paulsboro, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick at Pitman, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kingsway at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Haddon Heights, Middle Twp., Timber Creek at Salem, 9 a.m.
Woodstown, Haddonfield, Millville at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
Holy Spirit, Toms River North, Vineland at Schalick, 10 a.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Schalick, Woodstown at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
SWIMMING
SJISA Championships A, GCIT, 10 a.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Manchester Twp., 30 Strikes, 9:30 a.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Lackawanna, 1 p.m.

They all like Mike

Goodwin may not play major minutes, but his role is not downplayed by Mighty Oaks’ coaches, players

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CARNEYS POINT – Mike Goodwin hasn’t gotten a lot of minutes for the Salem CC basketball team this season and the minutes he does get usually come in the closing minutes of a game whose outcome has long been decided.

But the first-year forward is just as important to the Mighty Oaks’ process as any of the other 10 players ahead of him in the box score. And, some say, without his often unseen contributions some of what they are enjoying this year as the No. 1 team in the country might not be possible.

Goodwin is the epitome of a deep reserve. He walked on this year with Penns Grove roots, by way of Kingsway and Lake Nona, Fla., keeps his head down, his nose clean and competes with his teammates every day in practice. His work ethic has been rewarded with late-game minutes in the post.

He’s Mike Green’s kind of player.

“Love him, love him,” the coach said after the Mighty Oaks’ latest win, a 124-70 rout of Passaic Saturday. “He comes to practice, he works, he celebrates his teammates the whole game. And he’s getting better. He’s improved big time. When we got him the glass was empty, now we’re about three-quarters full. It doesn’t show on the court because we’re kind of 5-6 guys at his one position, but he comes to practice every day and competes.

“He works hard. When I recruit I’m not just recruiting everybody I think can score the ball or do something. You need to recruit guys who give you extra numbers in practice, go hard in practice, that’s good on the scout team, guys who want to get better get in the gym, guys when you’re down they can pull you up out of it. Everybody here loves Mike. They respect him. He’s a great asset to our team.”

The 6-foot-4 forward has played in 12 of the Mighty Oaks’ first 21 games for a total of 53 minutes. He has eight points, 14 rebounds and blocked five shots. 

He got five minutes in Saturday’s game and although he didn’t score and felt he could’ve done more than he showed he did well enough on the floor to keep the pieces moving for the Mighty Oaks to set the program’s revival-era single-game scoring record.

“I tried to go out there and work on what I worked on with my coaches,” Goodwin said. “I had the chance to be aggressive and give it my all because I know my teammates are going to give it their all every time.

“I wasn’t looking at the clock. I was more worried about the scoring record and going out there and getting my teammates open so we could get that scoring record.”

Of course, he’d like to play more, but it’s the work that drives him.

There’s something to be said for being on the No. 1 team in the country that has real thoughts of winning it all.

“I’ve got that passion to get better every day,” Goodwin said. “Having that passion and pushing hard every day in practice, it pushes everybody else to be better. Nobody wants to be left behind, so me pushing myself I’m also pushing my peers. I’m just blessed to be on this team and be able to experience this with these guys.

“Obviously, from a selfish perspective, I wonder if I’m gonna get in. Sometimes I want to get in, but I’m in the role I am right now. I don’t feel ashamed, because all these other guys are great. It’s competitive. Being competitive obviously I want to play sometimes, but I’m in the role right now it drives me to get better and me getting better my teammates can get better.”

The players appreciate his effort. They pull hard for him because he works so hard for them.

“One thing about Mike, he’s the first person in the gym every day,” said freshman guard Nasseem Wright, the Mighty Oaks’ second-leading scorer and leading rebounder and shot blocker. “Any of the guys know he’s there for us. He’s a workaholic. He brings the energy. Every game we meet at half-court Mike has the most energy; he’s yelling and screaming. On the bench he’s yelling defense first. Mike is kind of like the energy guy for us and gives us that push and motivation in games like this so we can get him out there.

“On this team we all look at each as equal. None of us look lower at Mike because of his play time. From the guys who play the most minutes to Mike, to us everybody’s equal. It’s important to have guys like that because he knows his role, he knows what he has to do to benefit the team. Without Mike some of this might not be possible.”

Saturday sports report

Here are results and details from Saturday’s events on the Salem County sports schedule

BOYS BASKETBALL
Eastern 58, Penns Grove 38: Eastern jumped out to a 23-7 lead in the first quarter and got balanced scoring throughout the lineup to win its fifth in a row. Penns Grove’s Geonni Conrad led all scorers with a career-high 19 points.

PENNS GROVE (7-6): Carson Gipson 0-0-0, Carson Pearsall 2-2-6, Haneef Frisby 0-0-0, Will Roy 0-0-0, Mishawn Brantley 1-4-6, Geonni Conrad 8-0-19, Luis Colon 0-0-0, Jeremy Costacamps 1-0-2, Ahkeen Edwards 2-1-5, Messiah Allah 0-0-0. Totals 14-7-38.
EASTERN (13-2): Sean Karbach 6-0-13, Jake Tubman 1-0-2, Alex Grossman 1-1-3, Ashton Fedora 2-2-6, Landon Bethea 2-0-5, Edy Amankwaah 3-2-9, Evan Cardamone 4-0-8, Micah Fox 4-0-9, Lorenzo Locascio 0-0-0, Kyle Tulman 0-0-0, Brandon Gold 1-0-3. Totals 24-5-58.

Penns Grove712910-38
Eastern2311915-58
3-point goals: Penns Grove 3 (Conrad 3); Eastern 5 (Karbach, Bethea, Amankwaah, Fox, Gold). Rebounds: Eastern 32 (Karbach 9).

Haddon Twp. 70, Schalick 23: Axel Mohr had 19 points and eight rebounds and three other Hawks scored in double figures. Sean Crawford had 12 points, six rebounds and six assists. Julian Dickerson led Schalick with 10.

SCHALICK (5-6): Julian Dickerson 4-2-10, Dylan Sheehan 2-0-4, Orion Baldwin 1-0-2, Kade Macom 1-0-2, Sherrod Jones 1-0-2, Jacob Schalick 0-1-1, Will Sieminski 1-0-2. Totals 10-3-23.
HADDON TWP. (11-2): Axel Mohr 6-6-19, Chase Perrone 6-0-14, Sean Crawford 5-0-12, Nate Keating 5-0-10, Eamonn Sheehan 3-1-7, Peter Black 1-1-3, RJ Miller 1-0-3, Ryan Gallagher 1-0-2. Totals 28-8-70.

Schalick44105-23
Haddon Twp.19192012-70
3-point goals: Haddon Twp. 6 (Mohr, Perrone 2, Crawford 2, Miller). Rebounds: Haddon Twp. 26 (Mohr 8, Crawford 6).

Cedar Creek 78, Woodstown 61: Blake Bialecki scored a career-high 31 points to move within 90 of 1,000 for his career, but the Wolverines couldn’t overcome four Pirates in double figures. Bialecki hit five of the Wolverines’ 11 3-pointers.

WOODSTOWN (8-5): Jalen Markward 1 0-0 2, Andrew White 1 0-0 2, Blake Bialecki 11 4-4 31, Alejandro Vazquez 4 1-3 11, Jack Hood-McGinley 1 1-2 4, Josh King 1 0-0 2, Lucas Fulmer 3 0-0 9. Totals 22 6-9 61.
CEDAR CREEK (8-3): DyShamir Clegg-Campos 8 1-1 19, Jayden Henry 0 5-8 5, Markus Dillard 0 2-2 2, Sandy Thomas 4 0-0 4, Damien Morales 1 0-0 2, Nazir Thornton 7 0-1 15, Markus Polite 7 2-3 17, Frenchmon Bethea 5 3-4 14. Totals 30 13-19 78.

Woodstown1381030-61
Cedar Creek10173120-78
3-point goals: Woodstown 11 (Bialecki 5, Vazquez 2, Hood-McGinley, Fulmer 3); Cedar Creek 5 (Clegg-Campos 2, Thornton, Polite, Bethea).

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Delsea 39, Woodstown 35: Ayres Maitland scored 14 points and Madi Barndt 10 to lead Delsea. Kendall Young and Lauren Hengel led Woodstown with 12 and 10, respectively.

WOODSTOWN (6-8): Lauren Hengel 4 0-0 10, Emma Perry 0 2-2 2, Talia Guardascione 3 2-4 9, Gina Murray 1 0-0 2, Kendall Young 6 0-0 12. Totals 14 4-6 35.
DELSEA (6-7): Ayres Maitland 6 2-5 14, Madi Barndt 3 2-6 10, Kaiah Braxton 2 0-0 4, Peyton Parker 1 4-8 6, Melania DiBona 0 2-2 2, Rayleigh Madden 1 1-2 3. Totals 13 11-23 39.

Woodstown751112-35
Delsea 7101111-39
3-point goals: Woodstown 4 (Hengel 3, Guardascione); Delsea 2 (Barndt 2).

Wrestling

BUENA QUAD
WOODSTOWN 49, PENNSAUKEN 24
106: Angel Escobar Erazo (P) pinned TJ Conto, 1:58
113: Jadon Middlemiss (WO) dec. Jeremy Slim, 10-4
120: Carson Bradway (WO) dec. Zachary Slime, 8-2
126: Walker Battavio (WO) tech fall over Anghel Juarez, 15-0 (2:04)
132: Barry Coverly (WO) won by forfeit
138: Caleb Smith (P) won by forfeit
144: Peter Lam (P) pinned Jacob Tocco, 0:35
150: Nehemiah Carter (WO) dec. Travis Ngeth, 7-3
157: Mathyias Ellis (WO) pinned Nathan Perez, 1:40
165: Ricky Watts (WO) tech fall over Kevin Terreros, 15-0 (3:26)
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Daymon Rodgers, 1:12
190: Kameron Hoskins (P) pinned Asher Fitzpatrick, 3:08
215: Bradley Snitcher (WO) pinned Jayden Shockley, 1:20
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Ronell Muns Grullon, 1:17

Woodstown vs. Buena
Woodstown vs. Haddon Heights

DEPTFORD QUAD
SCHALICK 50, PEMBERTON 28
120: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Kayden Valasquez, 1:07
126: Diego Loeza Castillo (P) tech fall over Terry Both, 16-1 (2:12)
132: Jacob Potts (S) pinned Jariel Diaz, 0:26
138: Colin Bittle (S) won by forfeit
144: Michael Baisch (S) pinned Demitri Donald, 1:11
150: Mason Hollywood (S) won by forfeit
157: Ayden Jenkins (S) tech fall over Eddie Keenan, 18-0 (2:26)
165: Ryan Lambert (P) pinned Ayden Hubbard, 0:50
175: Mayrick Willits (P) pinned Anthony Deaver, 1:14
190: Ricky Watt (S) won by forfeit
215: Gerardo Felipe (S) dec. Josh Dixon, 7-4
285: JaZeer Oliver (P) pinned Ezequiel Garcia-Cruz, 0:32
106: Harley Donald (P) tech fall over Victor Fenske, 17-1 (0:56)
113: Nicholas Latona (S) won by forfeit

SCHALICK 38, HADDON TWP. 33
106: Connor Rowan (H) pinned Victor Fenske, 5:04
113: Patrick Campise (H) pinned Nicholas Latona, 3:44
120: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Jon Rodriguez, 0:36
126: Finn Boucher (H) tech fall over Terry Both, 21-3 (4:20)
132: Jacob Potts (S) pinned Blake Thoder, 3:00
138: Colin Bittle (S) pinned Michael Coyle, 0:30
144: Gabe Slafman (H) maj. dec. Michael Baisch, 21-9
150: Thomas Andrews (H) pinned Mason Hollywood, 1:49
157: Ayden Jenkins (S) dec. Brady Monoid, 6-2
165: Anthony Deaver (S) dec. Jude Martin, 12-5
175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall over Jaden Curtis, 16-1 (3:41)
190: Gerardo Felipe (S) won by forfeit
215: Ethan Quiles (S) dec. Granger Revier, 11-4
285: Brennan Berger (H) pinned Ezequiel Garcia-Cruz, 1:30

SCHALICK 50, DEPTFORD 24
113: John Gigante (D) pinned Nicholas Latona, 4:22
120: Corey Hoffman (D) tech fall over Terry Both, 15-0 (4:03)
126: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Aiden Speigel, 1:21
132: Eion Curran (D) pinned Jacob Potts, 1:13
138: Amir Barnes (D) maj. dec. Colin Bittle, 14-2
144: Quentin Boyce (D) dec. Michael Baisch, 9-4
150: Mason Hollywood (S) pinned Shawn McFriff Dixon, 0:57
157: Ayden Jenkins (S) tech fall over Odess Myers, 25-10 (5:47)
165: Anthony Deaver (S) pinned Andrew Tracy, 1:40
175: Auden Hubbard (S) won by forfeit
190: Ricky Watt (S) won by forfeit
215: Gerardo Felipe (S) dec. Dayne McDermott, 8-1
285: Jeff Edmonds (S) won by forfeit
106: Victor Fenske (S) pinned Braeden Hutchins, 1:16

SALEM QUAD
PENNS GROVE 39, OVERBROOK 33
113: Doel Torres (P) won by forfeit
120: Jackob Sole (O) won by forfeit
126: Adan Gonzales (P) dec. Alan Marcos, 14-13
132: Nyhla West (P) won by forfeit
138: Double forfeit
144: Matt Kamara (O) won by forfeit
150: Karter Reed (O) pinned Angel Ocasio, 3:16
157: AbdulMuta Alie IbyAbdulHailmTart (P) won by forfeit
165: Payton Seamster (P) won by forfeit
175: Xyon Marshall (O) pinned Richard Simmons, 0:34
190: Randall Ringstaff (O) won by forfeit
215: Shyer Scarborough (O) dec. Cameron Vile, 7-3
285: Antonio Cooper (P) pinned Giovanni Carbanaro
106: Jose Santiago (P) won by forfeit

SALEM 51, PENNS GROVE 30
106: Jose Santiago (P) won by forfeit
113: Doel Torres (P) won by forfeit
120: Zachary Tortella (S) won by forfeit
126: Adan Gonzales (P) pinned Hayden Stauble, 1:55
132: Guilherme Quintaniha (S) won by forfeit
138: Brodie Parker (S) dec. Nyhla West, 20-16
144: Joseph Goetaski (S) won by forfeit
150: Angel Ocasio (P) pinned Christian VanTonder, 1:22
157: AbdulMuta Alie IbyAbdulHailmTart (P) pinned Ziyon Moore, 1:22
165: Jordan Brown (S) won by forfeit
175: Jaivion Sydney (S) pinned Richard Simmons, 1:46
190: Kaleb Ewald (S) won by forfeit
215: Abdur Jenkins (S) pinned Zaviyon Veney, 1:46
285: Abdullah Jenkins (S) pinned Antonio Cooper, 2:32

PITMAN 53, PENNS GROVE 21
120: King Iglesia (P) won by forfeit
126: Grady Datz (P) tech fall over Adan Gonzales, 16-1 (1:43)
132: John Wisniewski (P) won by forfeit
138: Donte Iannella (P) pinned Nyla West, 0:29
144: Dominick Green (P) won by forfeit
150: Aidan Upham (P) pinned Angel Ocasio, 1:06
157: AbdulMuta Alie IbyAbdulHailmTart (PG) dec. Chris McIntyre, 7-5
165: Alex Simone (P) won by forfeit
175: Anthony Cappello (P) won by forfeit
190: Aiden Millward (P) won by forfeit
215: Zaviyon Veney (PG) pinned Nicolas Horner, 4:34
285: Antonio Cooper (PG) pinned Christian Southard, 0:38
106: Jose Santiago (PG) won by forfeit
113: Doel Torres (PG) won by forfeit

SALEM 60, OVERBROOK 18
120: Zachary Tortella (S) won by forfeit
126: Hayden Stauble (S) pinned Alan Marcos, 1:15
132: Guilherme Quintaniha (S) won by forfeit
138: Brodie Parker (S) won by forfeit
144: Joseph Goetaski (S) pinned Matt Camara, 1:35
150: Karter Reed (O) pinned Christian VanTonder, 1:59
157: Ziyon Moore (S) won by forfeit
165: Jordan Brown (S) won by forfeit
175: Xyon Marshall (O) pinned Jaivion Sydnor, 0:50
190: Kaleb Ewald (S) won by forfeit
215: Abdur Jenkins (S) pinned Syhir Scarborough, 0:57
285: Abdullah Jenkins (S) pinned Giovanni Carbarnaro, 0:58
106: Double forfeit
113: Jackob Sole (O) won by forfeit

PITMAN 35, SALEM 34
113: Double forfeit
120: Grady Datz (P) maj. dec. Zachary Tortella, 15-4
126: King Iglesia (P) pinned Hayden Stauble, 2:30
132: Guylherme Quintanilha (S) pinned Nick Wenzke, 0:07
138: John Wiśniewski (P) pinned Brodie Parker, 1:19
144: Joseph Goetaski (S) pinned Dominick Green, 1:02
150: Aidan Upham (P) pinned Christian VanTonder, 1:11
157: Chris McIntyre (P) pinned Ziyon Moore, 2:57
165: Jordan Brown (S) pinned Alex Simone, 0:58
175: Jaivion Sydnor (S) maj. dec. Anthony Cappello, 16-2
190: Aiden Milward (P) pinned Kaleb Ewald, 0:50
215: Abdur Jenkins (S) pinned Nicolas Horner, 0:31
285: Abdullah Jenkins (S) pinned Ashton Maggioncalda, 1:18
106: Double forfeit
x-Pitman wins on criteria

STERLING QUAD
COLLINGSWOOD 59, PENNSVILLE 18
113: James Jiles (CO) dec. Erick Davalos, 7-4
120: Kenny Olsen (CO) pinned Earl Wynn, 1:40
132: Chase Wright (CO) pinned Chase Baker, 3:37
138: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Iasah Cruz, 4:34
144: Mason Mesciano (CO) pinned Vincent Grether, 2:48
150: Lino Bataloni (CO) tech fall over Travis Hagan, 21-5 (5:50)
157: Avante Santos (CO) won by forfeit
165: Zachary Akers (CO) maj. dec. Robbie McDade, 14-4
175: Cristian Blyler (P) pinned Julian Jones, 1:24
190: Josiah Evans (CO) pinned Stephen Pangle, 3:14
215: Tim Rambo (CO) pinned Hunter Coulbourn, 1:22
285: Jacob Hand (P) pinned Jadiel Santos, 3:20
106: Robbie Penman (CO) pinned Brett Land, 3:25

Pennsville vs. Vineland
Pennsville vs. Sterling

Record smasher

No. 1 Salem CC puts up 124 points, most in the Mike Green Era, 77 in second half, en route to rout of Passaic

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CARNEYS POINT – Nasseem Wright had one eye on the scoreboard and one eye on history.

In a season where this year’s Salem CC basketball team has been checking off all kinds of boxes in an effort to gain an identity of its own, Saturday was the historical high point.

As if they were ever in it to begin with, this Mighty Oaks team may have finally stepped out of the shadow of last year’s historic group, scoring the most points since they revived the program – and likely all-time – in a 124-70 pounding of undermanned Passaic.

It’s the 14th time they have hit 100 in Mike Green’s 73 games as head coach and the eighth time this year — twice as many as last season in 34 games. Their 94.8 ppg scoring average ranks fourth in Division III. They had 100 Saturday with 7:41 to play.

Their previous single-game high in the Green Era was 119 against RCSJ-Cumberland on Jan. 14, 2025. 

“It’s a new group of guys,” Wright said. “The majority of us are freshmen. We’ve already been making history all year so we just want to keep checking those boxes off the list.

“Last year’s team scored 119 points. Once we got into the second half and saw we had like 79 points and there was like nine or 10 minutes left, I’m telling the guys we’ve got a chance to do this, so let’s come out and keep the same energy, respect our opponent and keep playing hard.

“I pay a lot of attention to last year’s team. They set the bar high by winning the regionals and going to the nationals, but I don’t think they won the conference. Coming into the season I wanted to key in on all of those things that they didn’t accomplish and where they went wrong at and then work from there. That’s kind of been the motivation for me personally for this team this year.”

Green understood where his flashy freshman from Philly was coming from.“Nasseem wanted to obliterate everything that last year’s team did, so he had that fire in him,” Green said. “He respects that last year’s team, but he’s just got that fire to him. I don’t want to say that’s what he’s chasing, but he’s kind of chasing it. That’s type of kid he is. He respects those guys, but he wants his team to be on top.”

The Mighty Oaks (21-0) have been on top of the JUCO Division III world since the Week 6 poll Dec. 15 and it doesn’t look like they’re slowing down any time soon. They may have started Saturday’s noon start slow coming off the late night that was Thursday’s win at No. 5 Northampton, but once they kicked it into gear the only thing you could say was wow.

They led 47-37 at halftime, then erupted for 77 points in the second half. In case you glanced past that detail, it’s more points in one half than the Panthers scored the entire game.

The Mighty Oaks shot 68 percent from the field in the second half (32-of-47) and hit 7 of 8 from 3-point range. They collected 20 of their record 33 assists in the half. Over the last 27 minutes of the game they were 46-of-66 from the floor.

“We put together 11 guys playing like we need them to play,” Green said. “Usually we go up and we have fall off because guys think it’s garbage time (with a big lead). This time we didn’t have no fall off. Zero fall off.”

The finish was a huge contrast to the way they started, but, then, this has always been a second half team. There were seven lead changes and three ties in the first 13 minutes until Zyaire Gibson’s 3-pointer with 7:00 left in the half gave the Mighty Oaks the lead for good. 

They hit four of their first 10 shots to grab an early 9-2 lead, but then missed nine straight and 12 of their next 15 and the Panthers (3-16) took a four-point lead with 8:17 left in the half. The Mighty Oaks then made five shots in a row and never trailed again.

Everybody contributed. Salem put six scorers in double figures. Jarrell Little had a game-high 23 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Wright had 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists, five steals and two blocks. Gibson had 15 points with four 3-pointers. Saaid Lee had 12 points and 10 assists.

The bench scored 50 points. Nayeem Johnson had 13 points and eight rebounds in 12 minutes (all in the second half) and Jaiayre Wright had 12 points and six boards in 15 minutes. Three other non-starters had at least eight points. Nobody who scored had less than seven. 

“The second half, remember we always talk about that second unit, they’re just as strong as most teams in our league, and they came out and played … like they were supposed to play, so that was a big boost for us,” Green said.

SALEM CC 124, PASSAIC 70
PASSAIC (3-16): Tyler Williams 1-3 0-0 3, Josiah Etienne 8-20 0-0 19, Ajuwan Tiggs 8-21 4-4 20, Jaquis Davis 3-17 8-13 15, Aidan Secka 0-1 0-0 0, Diego Munoz 0-2 0-0 0, Joshua Renta 5-15 1-1 13. Totals 25-79 13-18 70.
SALEM CC (21-0): Jarrell Little 9-14 0-1 23, Saaid Lee 6-10 0-0 12, Zyaire Gibson 4-9 3-3 15, Nasseem Wright 8-14 1-2 17, Stefan Phillips 3-6 1-1 7, Jahseir Sayles 4-6 0-0 9, Jaiayre Wright 6-10 0-0 12, Qua Smith 4-6 0-0 8, Nayeem Johnson 5-9 2-2 13, Idris Rines 3-7 1-2 8, Michael Goodwin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 52-91 8-11 124.

Passaic3436-70
Salem4777-124
3-point goals: Passaic 7-23 (Williams 1-2, Etienne 3-8, Tiggs 0-1, Davis 1-5, Munoz 0-2, Renta 2-5); Salem CC 12-28 (Little 5-9, Lee 0-1, Gibson 4-9, N. Wright 0-1, Phillips 0-1, Sayles 1-2, J. Wright 0-1, Johnson 1-3, Rines 1-1). Rebounds: Passaic 34 (Williams 9, Seyka 9); Salem CC 53 (Phillips 9, Little 8, Johnson 8, N. Wright 7). Assists: Passaic 10 (Williams 4); Salem CC 33 (Lee 10, Little 8). Total fouls: Passaic 7, Salem CC 17.

Region XIX Standings

DIVISION IIIR19ALLGSAC
SALEM CC (1)8-021-015-0
Union (8)11-115-311-2
Northampton (5)9-115-2
Brookdale13-313-68-4
Montgomery (9)7-210-3
Camden7-210-66-5
Ocean9-311-67-4
Bergen10-710-103-9
Atlantic Cape6-67-95-7
RCSJ-Cumberland6-77-106-7
RCSJ-Gloucester5-117-151-11
Thaddeus Stevens3-76-10
Sussex4-107-134-9
Philadelphia2-87-8
Passaic3-143-163-11
Delaware County2-103-14
Harrisburg Area1-72-13
Luzerne1-84-14

Number in parenthesis is JUCO Division III national ranking

SATURDAY’S GAMES
Salem 124, Passaic 70
Union at Thaddeus Stevens
Philadelphia 71, Luzerne 47
RCSJ-Gloucester 99, Delaware County 68
Essex 80, Delaware Tech 74
Montgomery 90, Ocean 86
Allegany (Md.) 89, Harcum 81
Sussex at Camden
Atlantic Cape 75, Brookdale 72
Lackawanna 81, Baltimore City CC 67
Mercer at Ulster
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Passaic at Luzerne
Union at Montgomery
Harcum at Middlesex
Bergen at Atlantic Cape
Camden at Ocean
Lancaster Bible JV at Thaddeus Stevens
Westchester CC at Essex
Sussex at Harrisburg Area
Philadelphia at Northampton
Lackawanna at Morris
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Atlantic Cape at Salem
Monroe at Essex
RCSJ-Cumberland at Bergen
Northampton at Harrisburg Area
Union at Rockland
Ulster at Raritan Valley
Bucks at Delaware County
Ocean at Sussex
Mercer at Morris
Misericordia JV at Thaddeus Stevens
Camden at Brookdale
Delaware Tech at Baltimore City CC
Philadelphia at Montgomery
Orange at Lackawanna
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
Luzerne at Thaddeus Stevens
Union at RCSJ-Cumberland
Northampton at Monroe-Bronx
Sussex at Philadelphia
Mercer at Orange
Harrisburg Area at Delaware County
Delaware Tech at Middlesex
Monroe at Harcum
Montgomery at Passaic
Camden at Atlantic Cape
Raritan Valley at Westchester
Morris at Essex

SATURDAY’S WOMEN’S GAMES
Middlesex at Salem CC, ppd.
Sussex at Camden
Atlantic Cape 58, Brookdale 40
Essex 79, Delaware Tech 64
Montgomery 61, Ocean 44
Lackawanna 67, Baltimore City 28
Northampton 71, Raritan Valley 58
Passaic 71, Philadelphia 50
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Mercer at Salem CC
Sussex at Passaic
Westchester CC at Essex
Philadelphia at Northampton
Bergen at Atlantic Cape
Harcum at Middlesex
Union at Raritan Valley
Lackawanna at Morris
Camden at Ocean
THURSDAY’S GAMES
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem
Mercer at Morris
Camden at Brookdale
Raritan Valley at Monroe
Delaware Tech at Baltimore City CC
Ocean at Sussex
Philadelphia at Montgomery
RCSJ-Cumberland at Bergen
Orange at Lackawanna
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
Salem at Lackawanna
Camden at Atlantic Cape
Mercer at Orange
Montgomery at Passaic
Sussex at Philadelphia
Delaware Tech at Middlesex
Union at Harcum
Raritan Valley at Westchester
Morris at Essex