Category: BASKETBALL

Rams on the run

Monday basketball: Motivated Salem outruns Clayton in second half to win; includes all 10 games involving Salem County teams

GIRLS GAMESBOYS GAMES
Clayton 62, Salem 27Salem 82, Clayton 69
Woodstown 79, Overbrook 28Overbrook 57, Woodstown 48
Pennsville 63, Schalick 20Schalick 61, Pennsville 38
Penns Grove 44, Glassboro 39Glassboro 65, Penns Grove 59
Wildwood 77, Salem Tech 23Wildwood 77, Salem Tech 32

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CLAYTON — Anthony Farmer called time out with four minutes left in the third quarter. He was looking for some leaders.

His Salem basketball team was clinging to a one-point lead in a game that really was that tight against a team capable of scoring 100 in any game it played – it already had twice against Salem County teams this year – and the coach wanted somebody to step up and take charge.

Azhone Burden answered the call. The 6-5 senior transfer, playing in only his fourth game since regaining his eligibility, had 14 points and nine rebounds in the second half to help the Rams pull away from Clayton 82-69.

“Azhone spoke up and kind of rallied the troops,” Farmer said. “He got the guys together, started getting a little more vocal once he got his head together, and I think that was kind of the turning point for us.”

The Rams led 41-40 at halftime and were up 45-44 when Farmer called his decisive time out, which, incidentally, left him with only one for the rest of the game. They went on a 18-4 run that carried into the fourth quarter and maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the game.

Burden had 10 points in the third quarter, more than the Clippers did as a team, and 12 after the key time out.

“It’s just the fire coming out,” said the senior they call A-Magic. “I’ve been waiting on the bench this whole time, all the fire has been building up. It’s just coming out now.”

In his four game since satisfying his senior transfer requirement, Burden has scored 51 points and grabbed 41 rebounds with two double-doubles.

The Rams, who’d prefer playing at a pace somewhere between Clayton’s break-neck approach and the half-court game they purposely played against LEAP, held their own against the Clippers once they got adjusted to what was coming. As a result, four players enjoyed double-doubles. 

Tymear Lecator had a triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Burden finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds and came within two assists of joining Lecator with a triple-double. Deshaan Williams was big for the Rams in the first half and finished with 17 points and 12 boards. And Antwaun Rogers had 10 points and 10 boards.

The Rams were playing only hours after learning they had to forfeit four wins due to an ineligible player, a penalty that knocked them all the way to No. 17 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings. The win moved them all the way to No. 13.

Lecator wouldn’t speak on the issue preferring just to focus on playing basketball but said he did come into the game with “a real chip on my shoulder.”

“It’s in the back of our head,” Farmer said. “We know what what’s going on. We know what happened to us. It’s just a little motivation, that’s all. We take it game by game anyway, but the worst thing you can do in Group I South is give us a little motivation.”

SALEM 82, CLAYTON 69
SALEM (4-7): Donovan Weathers 1 0-2 2, Xavier McGriff 4 0-0 8, Neziah Spence 3 0-0 8, Tymear Lecator 7 0-1 16, Deshaan Williams 8 1-2 17, Antwan Rogers 5 0-0 10, Joe Tunis 2 1-2 5, Azhone Burden 8 0-0 16, Giovanni Tuvale 0 0-0 0. Totals 38 2-7 82.
CLAYTON (4-5): Jackson Venuto 1 1-2 4, Princeton Sackor 11 1-1 24, Nazir Davis 4 4-5 13, Demetris Williams 3 0-0 6, Anthony Taylor 0 0-0 0, Nasir Carter 4 1-2 11, Isaiah Aviles 0 0-0 0, Rodney Robinson 0 0-0 0, Anthony Archer 0 0-0 0, Trevor Rehm 0 0-0 0, King Mosley 0 0-0 0, James Fritz 4 1-2 11. Totals 27 8-12 69.

Salem 23181724-82
Clayton2318920-69
3-point goals: Salem 4 (Spence 2, Lecator 2); Clayton 7 (Venuto, Sackor, Davis, Carter 2, Fritz 2). Rebounds: Salem 67 (Burden 13, Williams 12, Rogers 10, Lecator 10). Total fouls: Salem 14, Clayton 12.

SCHALICK 61, PENNSVILLE 38: Reggie Allen hit four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Cougars to their third win in a row. It’s their longest winning streak since the last three games of the 2019-20 season. Allen’s previous career best was 22 his freshman year against Clayton.
SCHALICK (4-7): Reggie Allen 10 5-6 29, Nylan Sutton 6 5-8 17, Sherrod Jones 2 2-2 6, Justin Iacona 1 0-0 2, Jamari Whitley 3 2-4 8. Totals 22 14-20 62.
PENNSVILLE (1-8): Jovanni Rios 3-1-7, Cole Johnston 2-0-4, Shiloh Jefferson 3-0-6, Logan Hill 1-0-2, C.J. McDevitt 4-4-12, Daniel Knight 1-1-3, Arturus Franz 1-2-4, Perry Meranti 0-0-0. Totals 15-8-38.

Schalick 15151121-61
Pennsville78149-38
3-point goals: Schalick 4 (Allen 4). Rebounds: Pennsville 21 (Meranti 7, Rios 5).

OVERBROOK 57, WOODSTOWN 48
WOODSTOWN (5-3): Blake Bialecki 2 1-2 5, Alejandro Vazquez 4 0-0 10, Elijah Caesar 2 2-4 6, Garry Leyman 3 1-2 7, Rocco String 4 1-3 9, M.J. Hall 4 2-3 11. Totals 19 7-14 48.
OVERBROOK (10-2): Lamar Little 6 2-2 17, Xavier Wright 5 4-5 14, Zair Green 3 8-10 14, Elvin Santiago 1 0-0 2, Bilal Robinson 3 0-0 8, J.R. Stanley 1 0-0 2, Rashon Jones 0 0-0 0, Jaden St. John 0 0-0 0, Cody Harris 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 14-17 57.
Woodstown 922413-48
Overbrook12111816-58
3-point goals: Woodstown 3 (Vazquez 2, M. Hall); Overbrook 5 (Little 3, Robinson 2).

GLASSBORO 65, PENNS GROVE 59
PENNS GROVE (2-7): Brandin Robbins 5, Roman Gipson 18, Karon Ceaser 15, Antoine Robinson 1, Haneef Frisbee 10, Jameel Horace 6, William Roy 4.
GLASSBORO (4-6): Xavier Sabb 12, Kenny Smith 28, Tashean Thomas 2, Davon Barr 4, Maurice Davis 5, Aiden Harris 14.

Penns Grove 16131416-59
Glassboro17161319-65

WILDWOOD 77, SALEM TECH 32
WILDWOOD (3-6): Brian Cunniff 15 5-6 40, Nolan Mawhinney 5 3-5 14, Trevor Troiano 3 0-0 8, Jordan Dozier 0 1-2 1, Jack Fullerton 1 0-0 2, R.J. Blanda 1 0-0 2, Gianni Troiano 1 0-0 2, Daniel Benichou 0 0-0 0, Sammy Santiago 1 4-5 6, Jeff Knight 1 0-0 2, Justice Santiago 0 0-2 0. Totals 28 13-20 77.
SALEM TECH (0-10): Ayden Myers 2 0-0 5, Joseph Hayes 1 0-0 3, Luke Kroll 3 0-0 8, Larry Pompper 1 0-0 2, Logan Pace 1 2-2 4, Chase Ayars 1 0-0 2, Chase Pompper 1 0-0 2, Aiden Bobo 2 0-0 5, Alex Thomas 0 0-2 0. Totals 12 2-4 29.

Wildwood 14152325-77
Salem Tech501212-32
3-point goals: Wildwood 8 (Cunniff 5, Mawhinney, Troiano 2); Salem Tech 5 (Myers, Hayes, Kroll 2, Bobo).

Girls Games

PENNSVILLE 63, SCHALICK 20: Nora Ausland returned to the lineup after a brief illness and posted a double-double (21 points, 12 rebounds) to lead the Eagles to their fifth straight win. The game moved Ausland over 900 points on her way to the 1,000-point plateau. Marley Wood, who’s also chasing the 1,000-point milestone, had 16 points and Taylor Bass had 15 points and eight steals.

PENNSVILLE (6-2): Marley Wood 6 2-6 16, Taylor Bass 4 4-4 15, Izzy Saulin 0 2-2 2, Nora Ausland 9 0-0 21, Jaida Burns 1 0-0 2, Addison Johnston 2 0-0 6, Calli Ausland 0 1-2 1, Sofia Belitsas 0 0-0 0, Ashlyn Fredo 0 0-0 0, Kylie Weist 0 0-0 0, Kylie Harris 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 9-14 63.
SCHALICK (2-5): Abby Willoughby 1 0-0 3, Cali Fisler 1 0-2 2, Naveah Robinson 2 0-0 6, Ava Scurry 1 0-0 2, Willow Davis 2 0-0 5, Emily Miller 0 0-0 0, Olivia Lunemann 0 2-2 2, Emma O’Neill 0 0-0 0, Carly Vicente 0 0-0 0, Olivia Vanacker 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 2-4 20.

Pennsville 17121420-63
Schalick07112-20
3-point goals: Pennsville 10 (Wood 2, Bass 3, N. Ausland 3, Johnston 2); Schalick 4 (Willoughby, Robinson 2, Davis). Total fouls: Pennsville 6, Schalick 11.

PENNS GROVE 44, GLASSBORO 39: RaNiyah Wilson scored 21 points and the Red Devils won the fourth quarter 16-11 to win the game.

“They played great in the fourth quarter — poised, together on both ends of the floor,” Penns Grove coach Jennifer Denby said. “I saluted them as a team today. The coaches are proud of them.”

PENNS GROVE (6-2): RaNiyah Wilson 9 1-2 21, Brianna Robbins 3 0-0 7, JaNiyah Cummings 4 5-9 13, Mikayla Washington 0 1-4 1, Keziah Patterson 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 7-15 44.
GLASSBORO (4-5): Sanaa Thomas 4 3-4 14, Tamia Smith 3 2-4 10, Kezia Brackett 1 3-4 5, Kimora Miles 1 1-2 3, Sianna Wedderburn 0 2-2 2, Lily Czubas 2 0-0 5. Totals 11 11-16 39.

Penns Grove 515816-44
Glassboro6101211-39
3-point goals: Penns Grove 3 (Wilson 2, Robbins); Glassboro 6 (Thomas 3, Smith 2, Czubas).

WILDWOOD 77, SALEM TECH 23
SALEM TECH (2-6): Shelby Drummond 0 0-0 0, Kaylin Beardsley 2 0-0 5, Shelby Liber 3 0-0 6, Lavae Scott 1 0-0 2, Evening Amedee 2 0-0 4, Payton Fitzpatrick 3 0-0 6. Totals 11 0-0 23.
WILDWOOD (7-1): Macie McCracken 8 4-4 26, Angela Wilber 7 0-0 16, Rebecca Benichou 6 0-0 14, Cydnee Kilian 0 0-0 0, Kiana D’Antuono 1 0-0 3, Addison Troiano 3 0-0 6, Lily Atkinson 1 0-0 3, Talia Fathi 1 0-0 3, Julia Ennis 1 1-2 4, Janet Gonzalez 1 0-0 2. Totals 32 5-6 77.

Salem Tech5648-23
Wildwood 2328206-77
3-point goals: Salem Tech 4 (Beardsley, Fitzpatrick 3); Wildwood 10 (McCracken 2, Wilber 2, Benichou 2, D’Antuono, Atkinson, Fathi, Ennis). Rebounds: Wildwood 35 (Troiano 10, McCracken 7).

WOODSTOWN 79, OVERBROOK 28: Megan Donelson scored 13 points and Kendall Young and Lauren Hengel scored 11 points apiece to lead the Wolverines. For Young, a sophomore, it was a career high and came all in the second half. Hengel, a junior, grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds for her first career double-double.

“Kendall has worked her butt off this season,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “She has a high basketball IQ and watches a ton or film. Whenever I have to call on her she seems ready.

“My favorite part of Lauren’s game today wasn’t the scoring, it was the 14 rebounds. She’s a tough kid who will run through a brick wall if you asked her to do so. When she’s confident with the basketball she is dangerous.”

OVERBROOK (1-9): Leslies Rosario 1 0-0 3, Jael Pressley 5 3-7 13, Lelani Knight 1 2-2 4, Ahlani White 1 0-0 2, Kayla Reynolds 1 1-2 3, Lily LaFountain 0 0-0 0, Taija Wiggins 0 0-2 0, Rosetta Loibman 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 6-13 28.
WOODSTOWN (8-2): Megan Donelson 5-9 2-2 13, Talia Battavio 3-10 3-4 9, Gianna Maiorini 3-5 2-2 8, Lauren Hengel 4-7 3-5 11, Kyia Leyman 1-6 1-4 3, Emma Perry 2-2 0-0 4, Ryann Foote 1-4 3-6 5, Kendall Young 5-10 0-0 11, Jala Thomas 4-4 1-2 9, Talia Guardascione 1-2 0-0 2, Lizzy Daly 0-1 0-0 0, Brynley Ecret 0-1 0-0 0, Mia Waterman 0-0 0-0 0, Kailyn Kennedy 1-2 0-0 2, Ava White 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-64 15-25 79.
Overbrook74512-28
Woodstown16281520-79
3-point goals: Overbrook 2 (Rosario, Loibman); Woodstown 2-18 (Donelson 1-4, Young 1-4, Battavio 0-4, Hengel 0-3, Kennedy 0-1, Foote 0-2). Rebounds: Woodstown 47 (Hengel 14, Donelson 8, Daly 6). Total fouls: Overbrook 16, Woodstown 9. Officials: McGaffeny, Brown.


Active scorers watch

SALEM COUNTY SCORING LIST TODAYPOINTS
Talia Battavio, Woodstown 91371
Megan Donelson, Woodstown131340
1000-POINT WATCH
Nora Ausland, Pennsville
(Salem 462/Pennsville 448)		21910
Marley Wood, Pennsville16827
RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove
(Kingsway 251/PG 573)		21824

Through games of Jan. 13

Salem sanctioned

Ineligible player forces Salem to forfeit four victories, record drops to 3-7 but Rams remain eligible for the playoffs

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

SALEM – The Salem boys basketball program learned earlier today it would have to forfeit four pre-2025 wins because of an ineligible player.

The Rams were informed of the penalty by the NJSIAA after it was ruled junior Darrelle Johnson was in violation of the student transfer rule.

“They said there was inaccurate information on (Johnson) coming from his technical school, so the state gave us the wrong information back and we played him and lost four games,” Rams coach Anthony Farmer said. “It’s a huge shock because it seemed like an error on their end because we only did what the state allowed us to do and they approved him.”

Johnson played for Vineland as a freshman enrolled at Cumberland Tech, which does not offer basketball, and played for Millville last year before transferring to Salem to join his cousin, Rams’ leading scorer Tymear Lecator.

Students who attend tech schools that do not offer a particular sport can play that sport at their home district public school. They cannot play at the public school if their tech school sponsors the sport.

Senior transfers are required to sit out the lesser of 22 days from the first game or 1/3 the maximum number of games to regain their eligibility. Underclassmen transfers don’t have that requirement, but all student-athletes who transfer to a second school must sit out the lesser of 30 days or half the maximum number of games, but Johnson didn’t do that.

The Rams say they were only working with information they were given.

“When I put him in the portal I just put the school of record, which was Cumberland County Tech, not realizing they didn’t have sports and he played at Millville,” Salem athletics director Darryl Roberts said. “I didn’t have any idea Cumberland County Tech didn’t have sport because of my experience most of the tech schools we deal with right now have sports and I didn’t know anything about Cumberland County Tech.

“So I was unaware he played elsewhere, so when I put him in the portal I sent the information to Cumberland County Tech. It’s not really their responsibility to let you know if he played somewhere else.”

Roberts attempted to plead their case further Monday, but was told by state officials there was no further appeal.

The Rams were forced to forfeit their first two wins against Woodbury and Woodstown that opened the season and their two wins at the Boardwalk Classic over Oakcrest and Millville. They now have a record of 3-7 and are No. 17 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings.

Johnson, a 6-3 junior guard, had 11 points and five rebounds against Woodbury, six points and 10 rebounds against Woodstown and 12 points, 10 boards and five assists against Oakcrest. He played six minutes against Millville without scoring. He had scored in six of the Rams’ 10 games, averaging 6.5 points and 7.2 rebounds.

The Rams were made aware of an issue after playing Millville.

They remain eligible for the playoffs and Johnson will be eligible to return Feb. 8.

“It’s nothing we tried to do because we had five transfers,” Farmer said. “We played the ones we could play. We followed all the rules with everything, it’s just the technical school didn’t clear him and we ended up getting jammed up.

“Now we’re going to be a nightmare for somebody at an 11 or 12 spot (in the seedings). Wherever we end up at, we’re just going to be a nightmare for Group I.”

The sanction also put a dent in Farmer’s record. With the adjustment, he now needs 12 more victories to reach 100 for his coaching career.

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Jan. 13-18

JAN. 13
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Salem
Overbrook at Woodstown
Pennsville at Schalick
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Wildwood
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Salem at Clayton
Schalick at Pennsville
Wildwood at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Overbrook
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Schalick at Vineland YMCA, 3:15 p.m.
TRACK
Pennsville, Woodstown at Ocean Breeze, Staten Island

JAN. 14
WRESTLING
Cumberland at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Pitman, 6:30 p.m.
Salem at Cedar Creek
Schalick at St. Joe (Hamm.)
BOWLING
Salem vs. Gloucester City at Wood Lanes
Salem Tech vs. Clayton
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m.
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Harcum at Salem CC, 5 p.m.

JAN. 15
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown
BOYS BASKETBALL
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 7 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Pitman at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Schalick
BOWLING
Salem vs. West Deptford, Bolero Deptford Lanes
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester City at Westbrook Lanes
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Haddon Heights at Camden County Tech
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Middle Twp.

JAN. 16
WRESTLING
Clayton at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Schalick, 6 p.m.
Timber Creek at Woodstown, 6 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 5:45 p.m.
Schalick vs. Pitman at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
Salem vs. Deptford at GCIT, 8:15 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Salem Tech at Wood Lanes
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Atlantic Cape, 6 p.m.
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Anne Arundel CC, 5 p.m.

JAN. 17
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Camden County Tech at Salem Tech
Pennsville at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester City
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennisville at Woodstown
Haddon Twp. at Schalick
Salem Tech at GCIT
TRACK
NJSIAA Relays, Bennett Center, Toms River

JAN. 18
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem at Lenape, 1 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville Collingswood, Sterling at Vineland
Penns Grove, Salem, Overbrook at Pitman
Deptford, Haddon Twp., Pemberton at Schalick, 9 a.m.
Buena, Haddon Heights, Pennsauken at Woodstown
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Passaic County CC at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Essex County, noon

Another milestone

Salem CC men eclipse last year’s win total by getting past RCSJ-Gloucester; women fall at Middlesex

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

DEPTFORD – The Salem CC basketball team reached another milestone in what is quickly becoming an historic season.

The Mighty Oaks came from behind Saturday to beat RCSJ-Gloucester 94-75 for its third win in a row. More significantly, it was their 12th win of the season (12-4), eclipsing their win total of the entire 2023-24 season (11-14), and moving them within two wins of qualifying for postseason play.

“I’m not downplaying that, it’s definitely significant, but the job’s not finished,” coach Mike Green said. “That was never our goal to win more games than last year. Our goal is to compete for something at the end of the year, compete for a championship, compete for a trophy, all that stuff. And we’re in a good position to do so, so far.”

Their best season since reviving the program was 18-10 in 2021-22, but that team didn’t get its 12th win that season until Feb. 1.

It took the Mighty Oaks a while to get going in this one. They fell behind by 11 six minutes into the game and trailed by nine with nine minutes left in the half. But that’s where they started to turn it around.

They put together a 22-4 run to take the lead before halftime and then opened the second half with an 18-2 run to put it away.

“We want to wear teams out,” Green said. “Teams that play six and seven people, we want to wear them out. I feel like we wore them down with our first unit, then our second unit came in and wore them down. It worked out well that way.

“And we guarded better. The first half they shot a high percentage – it looked like they barely hardly missed. The second half we did a better job guarding them in the half court and got out and got some runs.”

Everybody contributed. Jaheim Spencer had a game-high 19 points, but six players scored in double figures. Akeem Taylor and Josh Ramos each had 12, Tamir Powell and Tyrese Fortune each had 11, and Tajee Jordan had 10.

Powell had nine straight points in the middle of the first-half flurry, including a 3-pointer with 4:54 left in the half that gave the Mighty Oaks the lead for good 

After Saturday’s high-scoring win, the Mighty Oaks are 14th in JUCO Division III in scoring. They’re in the top 10 in 3s made per game and free throw percentage and the top 20 in rebounding.

With a plus-7 turnaround through 16 games over last season, might it be time for the Mighty Oaks to start getting attention in the Division III poll. After all, one of their most recent wins was over one of the teams also receiving votes in the most recent poll. 

“How does that work?” Green asked. “I think we’ve done enough to at least get some votes, but that’s on the coaches. Can’t really control that. If somebody thinks we’re a force to be reckoned with, then cool. If not, then we’ll be showing them.”

Top photo: Salem CC’s Jaheim Spencer (32) races to bring the ball up the floor against RCSJ-Gloucester Saturday. (Photo courtesy Gus Ostrum, RCSJ-Gloucester)

SALEM CC 94, RCSJ-GLOUCESTER 75
SALEM CC (12-4) – Jyheim Spencer 9-16 1-3 19, Akeem Taylor 4-7 3-5 12, Josh Ramos 4-8 0-0 12, Tamir Powell 5-9 0-0 11, Tyrese Fortune 5-8 0-1 11, Tajee Jordan 5-7 0-0 10, Xavier Brewington 3-6 0-0 8, A.J. Jones 3-3 0-0 6, Tivon Woolford 2-5 0-0 5, Dontarius Jones 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 40-73 4-9 94.
RCSJ-GLOUCESTER (6-10) – Hajir Davis 5 4-6 16, Titus Bacon 5 2-4 14, Ace Cassiter 3 2-3 9, Aiden Cranmer 2 0-2 5, Fred Orock 7 2-6 16, Kendell McCray 3 1-1 7, Chance Kershaw 0 0-0 0, Daniel Mendez 5 0-3 10, Jon Guzman 0 0-0 0, Amara Sacko 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 11-25 75.

Salem CC4549-94
RCSJ-Gloucester4134-75
3-point goals: Salem CC 10-26 (Taylor 1-2, Ramos 4-7, Powell 1-3, Fortune 1-3, Brewington 2-3, Woolford 1-4, D. Jones 0-4); RCSJ-Gloucester 4 (Davis 2, Cassiter, Cranmer). Rebounds: Salem CC 32 (Spencer 9, Jordan 6, Brewington 5). Total fouls: Salem 23, RCSJ-Gloucester 13.

Women’s game

EDISON – It was a game, comparatively speaking, the Salem CC women should have brought back to Carneys Point as a win.

The Mighty Oaks drilled Delaware Tech by 24 when the teams played earlier this year. Middlesex barely beat them at the buzzer when they played recently.

But that’s the danger of comparing scores. The Mighty Oaks struggled in the second half on the road and Middlesex sent them home with a 63-40 setback.

Salem scored only 14 points in the second half. Middlesex’ Genilah Singleton had nine of her game-high 15 in the third quarter.

“There was no energy, no execution,” Mighty Oaks coach Brian Marsh said. “And on the road that’s not a good combination.”

Maggie St. Clair was Salem’s leading scorer with 10 points. The Colts (7-8) had three scorers in double figures.

The Mighty Oaks (6-7) return to action Tuesday at home against Harcum (11-4), No. 19 in the last JUCO Division II poll dated Dec. 16.

MIDDLESEX 63, SALEM CC 40
SALEM CC (6-7) – RayNescia King 0 2-2 2, Nyaijah Jackson 2 1-2 5, Caroline Zullo 2 0-0 5, Maggie St. Clair 4 0-0 10, Dani Gustin 0 0-3 0, Kathryn Laurence 1 0-0 2, Jakayla Jenkins 4 1-1 9, Akira Chambers 3 1-2 7, Alexa Hopkins 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 5-10 40. 
MIDDLESEX (7-8) – Yasmen Zafar 1 7-10 9, Genilah Singleton 6 2-6 15, Julianne Reyes 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Rice 5 0-0 10, Abria Durham 0 0-2 0, Amya Green 4 0-0 8, Reema Azouzi 0 0-0 0, Jalena Santiago 0 0-0 0, Taijaney McCollum 1 0-0 2, Kezia Feaster 4 2-5 11, Angelia Peralta-Almonte 3 0-2 6. Totals 25 11-25 63.

Salem CC141268-40
Middlesex17171514-63
3-point goals: Salem CC 3 (Zullo, St. Clair 2); Middlesex 2 (Singleton, Feaster). Total fouls: Salem CC 20, Middlesex 13.


Saturday sports

Here are the results of Saturday’s basketball and wrestling events involving Salem County teams

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown 44, Delsea 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
Camden Catholic 88, Woodstown 42
St. Joseph 50, Penns Grove 43
Schalick at Collingswood

By Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – The Woodstown girls put forth one of their best defensive efforts of the season, holding their opponent to one field goal in the second half and scoreless in the fourth quarter, in beating Delsea 44-19 Saturday for their third straight win.

It was the second opponent the Wolverines held to fewer than 20 points and shutout in a quarter they season. They held Salem scoreless in the third quarter of their 61-16 win in the season opener.

“The fourth quarter was phenomenal,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “In the beginning of the game we were allowing too many cuts, not boxing out and not playing good help defense. We were able to talk at halftime and focus on doing the little things right.

“Our team had a very open conversation at halftime about what was working for us and what we needed to improve. That’s the great thing about having a team with a high basketball IQ. They can clearly explain things that they are seeing on the court and we can make adjustments.”

Megan Donelson and Talia Battavio led the Wolverines’ offense with 19 and 18, points, respectively. They combined for all 17 of Woodstown’s points in the first quarter.

Gianna Maiorini had 12 rebounds, while Donelson and Hengel had eight each. As a team, the Wolverines had 12 steals and blocked six shots. 

WOODSTOWN 44, DELSEA 19
DELSEA (2-8) – Nicole Morris 1 1-2 3, Angelina Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, Kayleigh Barnett 1 0-0 3, Kaiah Braxton 0 0-0 0, Peyton Parker 0 0-0 0, Juliana Baez 2 0-0 5, Ayress Maitland 2 2-5 6, Maura Madden 0 0-0 0, Zoe Shangle 1 0-0 2, Emma Natalie 0 0-0 0, Mel DiBona 0 0-0 0, Britt Horn 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 3-7 19.
WOODSTOWN (7-2) – Talia Battavio 8-22 2-3 18, Megan Donelson 7-14 2-3 19, Gianna Maiorini 1-5 0-0 2, Kyia Leyman 1-3 0-0 2, Lauren Hengel 0-4 0-0 0, Emma Perry 1-4 0-0 2, Kendall Young 0-1 0-0 0, Foote 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-2 1-2 1, Daly 0-0 0-0 0, Talia Guardascione 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-55 5-8 44.

Delsea8740-19
Woodstown1751111-44
3-point goals: Delsea 2 (Barnett, Baez); Woodstown 3-18 (Battavio 0-9, Donelson 3-7, Hengel 0-1, Young 0-1). Rebounds: Woodstown 41 (Maiorini 12, Donelson 8, Hengel 8). Total fouls: Delsea 12, Woodstown 11.

BOYS GAMES
CAMDEN CATHOLIC 88, WOODSTOWN 42
WOODSTOWN (4-3) – Elijah Caesar 2, Alejandro Vazquez 5, Garrett Leyman 0, Andrew White 1, Rocco String 10, Connor Miller 9, Blake Bialecki 6, M.J. Hall 7, Joshua King 0, John Hood-McGinley 0, Sid Leevy 0.
CAMDEN CATHOLIC (8-1) – Nymir Daily 2, Shane Congleton 7, Seamus Bieg, Charlie Neal 3, Luke Kennevan 23, Sean Welde 2, Chase Langrehr 5, Bryce Clark 10, Azyris Richmond 6, Mel Jones 4, Zach Winkler 4, Nick Tartamosa 2.

Woodstown7141110-42
Camden Catholic23221726-88
3-point goals: Woodstown 6 (Vazquez, Miller 3, Bialecki 2); Camden Catholic NA. Rebounds: Woodstown 31 (String 12). NOTE: String also had four blocked shots, giving him 140 for his career.

ST. JOSEPH (HAMM.) 50, PENNS GROVE 43
ST. JOSEPH (9-1) – Will Spross 2 6-8 10, Jameer Gordon 8 3-4 19, Edwin Drummond 4 2-4 10, Cayden Banks 1 1-4 3, Donny Spross 3 0-0 8, Chris Hill 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 12-20 50.
PENNS GROVE (2-6) – Brandin Robbins 3-1-8, Roman Gipson 5-1-11, Karon Ceaser 1-0-2, Antoine Robinson 2-0-4, Haneef Frisbee 2-0-4, Jameel Horace 2-0-4, William Roy 2-1-5, Luis Colon 2-1-5. Totals 19-4-43.

St. Joseph991219-50
Penns Grove109819-43
3-point goals: St. Joseph 2 (D, Spross 2); Penns Grove 1 (Robbins).

Active scorers watch

SALEM COUNTY SCORING LISTTODAYPOINTS
Talia Battavio, Woodstown181362
Megan Donelson, Woodstown191327
1000-POINT WATCH
Nora Ausland, Pennsville
(Salem 462/Pennsville 427)		DNP889
Marley Wood, PennsvilleDNP811
RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove
(Kingsway 251/Penns Grove 552)		DNP803
Games through Jan. 11

Wrestling

Millville Quad

PENNSVILLE 48, OAKCREST 30
113: Erick Davalos (P) won by forfeit
120: Joey Sanchez (O( pinned Jacob Hand, 4:00
126: Vincent Ciccantelli (P) won by forfeit
132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Kevin Longo, 2:00
138: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned Erick Montas-Arias, 2:00
144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned George Swoyer, 2:00
150: Ryan Monroe (O) won by forfeit
157: Aiden Xayaphachan (O) won by forfeit
165: Adienn Aponte (O) pinned Juan Velasquez, 4:00
175: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Juan Anaya, 2:00
190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Malik Hughes
215: Jose Anaya (O) won by forfeit
285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Jeremiah Lopez, 2:00
106: Double forfeit

PENNSVILLE 37, OVERBROOK 36
(x-Pennsville wins on criteria)
106: Jacob Sole (O) pinned John Sassi, 1:35
113: Brett Land (P) pinned Kayden Branco, 3:57
120: Michael Mahon (O) pinned Mehki Dicks, 2:53
126: Kevin Reed (O) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 5:34
132: Nathaniel Mason (P) dec. Damiano Redrow, 9-8
138: Alan Marcos (O) dec. Telvin Duk, 8-5
144: Gabe Supernavage (P) pinned Isaiah Natal, 1:36
150: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Jaevon Mitchell, 2:24
157: Karter Reed (O) won by forfeit
165: Juan Velasquez (P) pinned Randall Ringstaff, 1:04
175: Joseph Halstead (P) dec. Oscar Calderon, 9-3
190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Xyon Marshall, 4:18
215: Cooper Himes (O) won by forfeit
285: Tomas Sanchez (O) dec. Trevor Waddington, 2-0

MILLVILLE 46, PENNSVILLE 33
120: Ruben Cruz (M) maj. dec. Mekhi Dicks, 14-3
126: Joshua Roman (M) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 0:26
132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Caleb Rhoads, 5:24
138: Patrick Tull (M) pinned Gabe Supernavage, 3:24
144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Alexander Mendez, 2:13
150: Jared Hoffman (M) won by forfeit
157: Ryan Tepper (M) won by forfeit
165: MarQuis Allen (M) pinned Juan Velasquez, 1:35
175: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Trystan Brooks, 1:59
190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Tyshawn English, 2:32
215: Jayden Jones (M) won by forfeit
285: Trevor Waddington (P) dec. Keani Speights, 1-0
106: Karter Parker (M) pinned John Sassi, 0:46
113: Brett Land (P) won by forfeit

Deptford Quad

DEPTFORD 66, PENNS GROVE 12
106: Corey Hoffman (D) pinned Jose Santiago
113: Avery Curriden (P) pinned Julian Colon
120: Dylan Smith (D) won by forfeit
126:  Amir Barnes (D) maj. dec. Devine Arce, 12-1
132: Ethan Christmas (D) tech fall Adan Gonzales, 16-1
138: Jaylen Huertes (D) pinned AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart
144: Quentin Boyce (D) won by forfeit
150:  Odess Myers (D) won by forfeit
157:  Devin Trotter (D) won by forfeit
165: Gavyn Henderson (D) won by forfeit
175: Mel Maguire (D) dec. Clinton Bobo, 7-6
190: Shawn McLaughlin (D) pinned Julian Espino
215: John Griffith (D) pinned Antonio Cooper
285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Daniel Maguire

PENNS GROVE 54, ST. JOSEPH (HAMM.) 24
113: Avery Curriden (P) won by forfeit
120: Double forfeit
126: Devine Arce (P) pinned Naheem Davis, 0:16
132: Adan Gonzales (P) won by forfeit
138: AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart (P) won by forfeit
144: Mason Hollywood (SJ) won by forfeit
150: Paul Lacy (SJ) won by forfeit
157:  Tre Brown (P) won by forfeit
165: Colin Steiner (SJ) won by forfeit
175: Clinton Bobo (P) won by forfeit
190: Julian Espino (P) won by forfeit
215: Antonio Cooper (P) won by forfeit
285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Cayden Banks, 1:27
106: Damien Spera (SJ) pinned Jose Santiago, 1:04

COLLINGSWOOD 64, PENNS GROVE 18
106: James Jiles (C) pinned Jose Santiago, 2:24
113: Kenny Olsen (C) pinned Avery Curriden, 1:12 
120: Rufus Burris (C) won by forfeit 
126: Devine Arce (P) pinned Sean Byrd, 2:30
132: Oscar Reyes (C) pinned Adam Gonzales, 0:55
138: Avange Santos (C) pinned AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart, 2:26
144: Stewart Chang (C) won by forfeit
150: Christopher Sanchez-Chavez (C) won by forfeit
157: Matt Malinowski (C) tech fall Tre Brown, 21-5
165: Caden Luby (C) won by forfeit
175: Clinton Bobo (P) pinned Julian Maxwell, 3:38
190: Josiah Evans (C) pinned Julian Espino, 1:12
215: Nyeim Bennett (C) tech fall Antonio Cooper, 19-4
285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Derek Fleming, 1:13

Buena Quad

SCHALICK 65, BUENA 12
126: Luke Silva (S) pinned Zach Cohen, 1:10
132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Thomas Hann, 5:04
138: Gionni Sharkey (B) pinned Colin Bittle, 4:30
144: Ayden Jenkins (S) won by forfeit
150: Lucas Gellura (B) dec. Koen Martin, 8-4
157: Riley Papiano (S) pinned Donato Vai, 1:20
165: Eric Sulik (S) won by forfeit
175: Ricky Watt (S) won by forfeit
190: Evan Elliott (S) won by forfeit
215: Brian Passamante (B) dec. Gerardo Felipe, UTB 3-2
285: Julian Reid (S) won by forfeit
106: Emma Cain (S) tech fall Gianna Edwards, 19-3
113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Aubrey Raum, 0:40
120: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Jack Mazzoni, 1:10

SCHALICK 52, CUMBERLAND 20
132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Killian McGraw, 1:15
138: Chase Williams (CU) dec. Colin Bittle, 8-7
144: Daniel Lloyd (CU) tech fall Ayden Jenkins, 17-2
150: Michael Carastro (CU) dec. Koen Martin, 7-3
157: Riley Papiano (S) dec Gary Albert, SV-1 6:31
165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Gabriel Rodriguez, 3:09
175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall David Seeger, 17-1
190: Evan Elliott (S) tech fall Sebron Hall-Jones, 16-1
215: Gerardo Felipe (S) over Noval Jenkins, DQ
285: Julian Reid (S) pinned Gavin Hayes, 1:22
106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit
113: DeAnthony Harden (CU) dec. Caleb Jenkins, 7-1
120: Kolton Sheppard (CU) pinned E’Shion Underwood, 1:34
126: Luke Silva (S) pinned Logan Smith, 3:39

SCHALICK 49, TIMBER CREEK 27
120: E’Shion Underwood (S) tech fall Dominic Speakman, 19-3 (3:44)
126: Luke Silva (S) tech fall Ayden Zarnosky, 18-2 (2:23)
132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Josh Wolfenden, 3:10
138: Colin Bittle (S) won by forfeit
144: Ayden Jenkins (S) pinned Eric Rambaran, 3:00
150: Joey Walker (TC) pinned Koen Martin, 2:54
157: Riley Papiano (S) won by forfeit
165: Ryan Kuriger (TC) pinned Eric Sulik, 0:27
175: Ricky Watt (S) dec. Zyeir Green, 8-6
190: Amir Reason-Dallas (TC) pinned Evan Elliott, 3:49
215: Elijah Green (TC) dec. Gerardo Felipe, 11-4
285: Roland Green (TC) pinned Julian Reid, 3:53
106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit
113: Caleb Jenkins (S) won by forfeit

Cinnaminson Duals

WALL 47, WOODSTOWN 24
113: Omar Carrillo-Solano (WA) tech fall Luke Woronicak, 15-0 (3:59)
120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Charles Mahoney, 0:40
126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Nicholas Traina, 0:17
132: Ben Waitzel (WA) pinned Louie Scholl, 1:39
138: Mason DiStefano (WA) pinned Ryan Polk, 1:31
144: Joseph Matri (WA) won by forfeit
150: Michael Boulard (WA) pinned Thomas Lacy, 3:08
157: Parker Quinn (WA) pinned Brett Rowand, 5:12
165: Joe Donofrio (WA) dec. Laitton Roberts, 4-1
175: Jeremy Marsella (WA) dec. Greyson Hyland, 6-5
190: Paul Banff (WO) dec. Sean Cosme, 3-0
215: Walter Carter (WO) dec. Eric Clauburg, 9-3
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) won by forfeit
106: Bryson Jarosz (WA) pinned Hunter Allen, 2:33

WOODSTOWN 60, HADDON TWP. 24
120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Andrew Marshall, 0:29
126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Owen Ziegler, 1:31
132: Blake Thoder (H) pinned Louie Scholl, 3:43
138: Thomas Andrews (H) pinned Ryan Polk, 1:50
144: Brady Mokoid (H) won by forfeit
150: Justin Capri (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 2:37
157: Brett Rowand (WO) won by forfeit
165: Laitton Roberts (WO) pinned Ryan Henry, 1:27
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Antonio Reyes, 2:48
190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Joseph Sum, 0:49
215: Walter Carter (WO) pinned Elijah Borowicz, 2:18
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Sean Weikel, 1:11
106: Hunter Allen (WO) pinned Sok Hoy, 2:23
113: Luke Woronicak (WO) pinned Jon Rodriquez, 1:32

HADDONFIELD 41, WOODSTOWN 28
126: Walker Battavio (WO) dec. Alexander Frey, 9-3
132: Pierce Hoffman (H) dec. Travis Balbeck, 8-5
138: William Dietz (H) won by forfeit
144: Chase Degillo (H) maj. dec. Ryan Polk, 11-1
150: William Barker (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 4:45
157: Hutch Rhyne (H) pinned Brett Rowand, 3:07
165: Aidan Rhea (H) dec. Laitton Roberts, 9-3    
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) tech fall Parker Bawidamann, 20-3 (5:26)
190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Rafael Lytle, 1:28
215: Walter Carter (WO) won by forfeit
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) won by forfeit
106: Hunter Allen (WO) dec. Harrison Carroll, 7-1
113: Cole Spence (H) maj. dec. Luke Woronicak, 13-1
120: Michael Lamb (H) pinned Carson Bradway, 1:47

Locked in and loaded

‘Locked in’ senior Tunis has career night while leading deliberate Salem to a victory over LEAP; Pennsville crushed by Clayton

FRIDAY’S GAMES
Salem 48, LEAP 28
Clayton 101, Pennsville 45

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

SALEM – Joe Tunis says he’s “locked in” this year and that’s really good news – for Joe Tunis and the Salem basketball team.

Tunis was on the team last season but didn’t see enough action to be productive. He changed his mindset in the offseason and is playing regularly in the rotation. Friday night the senior guard had the best game of his career in leading the Rams to a 48-28 win over LEAP Academy that snapped a two-game losing streak.

He led all scorers with 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

“I wasn’t really locked in (last year); I’m locked in now,” he said. “I realized it’s my last year, coach told me I had to lock in, so I locked in.

“I want to win. Last year, losing in the playoffs to Pitman, that hurt. I didn’t want to feel like that anymore. We’ve lost two back-to-back tough ones (this week) we should’ve won (Pitman and Glassboro). Wanted it bad. Hate losing, that’s all it is.”

Consistency has always been Tunis’ key. It wasn’t there a lot of the time last year when it came to going to practice and it impacted how much coach Anthony Farmer was going to play him. 

While some bits of Allen Iverson remain, he has gotten away from what he called that “childish mindset” and has played in eight of the Rams’ 10 games this year, producing 41 points and 28 rebounds with his most consistent production coming the last two nights.

His best game before going off against the Lions (4-5) was nine points and six rebounds against Woodstown in the second game of the year. He had eight points Thursday night at Glassboro.

“He was tremendous,” Farmer said. “We know what Joe can do, but Joe’s issue has been consistently showing up and being here. We’re better with Joe, when he’s around. We call him ‘The Junkyard Dog,’ he does a little bit of everything. Tonight, it went in for him. That’s great. Hopefully he stays hot for us.”

The Rams (7-3) needed somebody to break out because the game wasn’t played at their typical fast tempo. Farmer deliberately slowed down and it led to just an 18-12 lead at halftime.

Tunis and Donnie Weathers both drew starts because they were the spark in the stretch the Rams were at their best in an otherwise lacking performance against Glassboro. The 48 points were the fewest they’ve scored in a win since beaten Gloucester Catholic with 39 in January 2023.

“I don’t think we’ve been playing pretty good basketball,” Farmer said. “We’ve been able to squeak out seven wins now, but tonight I didn’t let them get up and down. We’ve been in the half-court a lot and we stink in the half-court. We had 18 points at the half, just running half-court offense.

“That was by design. I know in order to win the big game come March we’re going to have to settle down in the half-court and you’re going to have to run something. You can’t just rely on Ty (Lecator) to run around and jack up shots. We’ve got to get better, so that was by design.”

The second half they were a little more efficient, outscoring the Lions 30-16. Lecator (eight) and Xavier McGriff (seven) scored all of their points in the second half. Tunis had 10 in the half – seven in a 9-0 run that opened the third quarter and a 3 in the fourth.

“We thought (Tunis) could be a piece last year, but the consistency hurt him,” Farmer said. “Hopefully this helps him with some confidence and he’s feeling good about his role on the team and how important he is to the team. If he buys in he can be a really big picture for the back stretch.”

DeShaan Williams and Azhone Burden continued their strong play since the start of the new year. Williams had five points, three rebounds and blocked six shots against the Lions. Burden, a 6-4 senior transfer from Bridgeton who just became eligible this week, had seven points, 10 rebounds and five assists. 

In the three games he’s played since becoming eligible, Burden has 35 points and 28 rebounds. Williams has 58 points and 30 rebounds in his last four games.

“It’s great to have him back,” Farmer said of Burden. “He can do a multitude of things for us and he’s going to be a big piece to our success down the line. It’s been a tough stretch for him being a senior having to sit and wait, so we’re just happy to have him back and he’s excited.

“I’ve been trying to get (Williams) to come out of his shell. He’s a real quiet kid, a real humble kid, a coach’s dream, but I’ve been urging for more from him and he’s turning it on.”

SALEM 48, LEAP 28
LEAP (4-5) – Jeremiah Rodriguez 3 2-2 10, Angel Mieses 3 0-0 6, Greg Shoultz 0 3-5 3, Lashawn Clay 1 0-0 2, Isaiah Carr 0 0-2 0, Benjamin Noel 2 1-4 5, Others 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 6-13 28.
SALEM (7-3) – Donnie Weathers 1 0-0 2, Xavier McGriff 3 0-0 7, Neziah Spence 1 2-2 5, Tymear Lecator 2 4-6 8, DeShaan Williams 2 1-4 5, Harlem Parsons 0 0-0 0, Joe Tunis 4 5-5 14, Azhone Burden 3 1-2 7, Giovanni Taluve 0 0-0 0, Cole Sayers 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 13-19 48.

LEAP75106-28
Salem1171515-48
3-point goals: LEAP 2 (Rodriguez 2); Salem 3 (McGriff, Spence, Tunis). Rebounds: LEAP 28 (Noel 10); Salem 30 (Burden 10, Tunis 7). Fouled out: Shoultz. Total fouls: LEAP 16, Salem 12.
Recently eligible Azhone Burden (15) and sophomore DeShaan Williams have been consistently giving Salem big games since the start of the new year. Top photo: Joe Tunis (14) had a career game Friday night.

CLAYTON 101, PENNSVILLE 45: Princeton Sackor scored 23 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as the Clippers handed Pennsville (1-7) its fifth straight loss. Demetris Williams (14), Nazir Davis (12) and James Fritz (10) also scored in double figures for Clayton (4-4).

It’s the third time the Clippers have scored 100 points in a game this season and the fifth time in their last six one of the teams in the game scored 100.

Pennsville (1-7)1511109-45
Clayton (4-4)21183329-101





Back even

Salem CC women allow fewest points since reviving the program, dump RCSJ-Cumberland to win second game of new year, reach .500 first first time since Dec. 12

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CARNEYS POINT — Kathryn Laurence scored a season-high 18 points, the bigs dominated the post and the defense was sharp as the Salem CC women crushed RCSJ-Cumberland 53-24 Thursday night.

The win was their second in a row and got them back to .500 (6-6) for the first time since Dec. 12. The 24 points were the fewest the Mighty Oaks have allowed in a game since reviving the program last season. They held the Dukes (5-8) scoreless for the first 6:30 of the game and to just one point over an 11-minute stretch of the second and third quarters.

They held the Dukes to 16.7 percent shooting for the game and forced them into 29 turnovers, off which they scored 22 points.

“We didn’t have a great game offensively (shooting 27 percent and committing 25 turnovers), but we played good defense and got the win,” Mighty Oaks coach Brian Marsh said. “We’re off to a good start in the new year (2-0), but we have a tough opponent on the road Saturday that beat us twice last season (Middlesex).

“We have really started to play with a chip on our shoulder and much better basketball on both ends of the floor.”

Laurence hit 7 of 18 shots from the floor, including four 3-pointers. She hit her first two 3s in the Mighty Oaks’ 12-0 start. The 5-5 sophomore guard from Texas has scored in double figures in four of her last five games, averaging 13 points per game in the stretch.

On the inside, Akira Chambers had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Dani Gustin had 11 rebounds to go with five points.

SALEM CC 53, RCSJ-CUMBERLAND 24
RCSJ-CUMBERLAND (5-8) — Sky Oyola 2-7 0-1 6, Ana Patino 1-7 0-0 2, Janessa Marienski 1-6 0-2 2, Gianna Baldino 1-11 2-4 4, Armani Mejia 2-7 1-2 5, Egypt Owens 1-6 3-6 5, Sophia Ramos-Garcia 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 8-48 6-15 24.
SALEM CC (6-6) — Nyaijah Jackson 1-10 0-0 2, Maggie St. Clair 1-10 2-2 4, Kathryn Laurence 7-18 0-2 18, Jakayla Jenkins 1-6 0-0 2, Akira Chambers 5-10 4-4 14, RayNescia King 2-9 0-0 4, Dani Gustin 1-4 3-3 5, Alexa Hopkins 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 20-73 9-11 53.

RCSJ-Cumberland55410-24
Salem CC1417715-53
3-point goals: RCSJ-Cumb 2-7 (Oyola 2-2, Baldino 0-2, Mejia 0-2, Owens 0-1); Salem CC 4-17 (St. Clair 0-1, Laurence 4-12, Chambers 0-1, King 0-1, Hopkins 0-2). Rebounds: RCSJ-Cumb 32 (Mejia 9); Salem CC 53 (Gustin 11, Chambers 10). Fouled out: Baldino. Total fouls: RCSJ-Cumb 17, Salem CC 14.

Smart defense

Donelson mccracks down on McCracken, Leyman big in the post and Woodstown beats Wildwood in OT; includes all of Thursday’s Salem County basketball action

GIRLS GAMESBOYS GAMES
Woodstown 49, Wildwood 46 (OT)Woodstown 66, Wildwood 47
Glassboro 64, Salem 20Glassboro 76, Salem 62
Penns Grove 47, Pitman 26Pitman at Penns Grove, ppd.
Schalick 36, Salem Tech 26Schalick 79, Salem Tech 22
Pennsville 58, Triton 49Gloucester Catholic 61, Pennsville 40

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN — How many times does it happen? You have a game with some of the most dynamic scorers in South Jersey and of course it’s defense that determines the outcome.

Woodstown’s Megan Donelson cracked down on Macie McCracken and the Wolverines gained a bit of satisfaction for last year’s last-second loss in the sectional final, beating Wildwood in overtime 49-46 Thursday night to give first-year coach Matt Smart an early signature win.

“It always comes down to defense,” Smart said. “It’s about boxing out, rebounding, defense. McCracken’s an incredible player. She’s going to get her points no matter what defense you throw on her. It’s about limiting her opportunities, playing nice good hard defense and then boxing her out and making her only get one shot instead of two or three and Megan was phenomenal. She was up to the challenge.

“That’s kind of what we always preach, play unselfish basketball. And defense, you have to be unselfish. She did a great job. Other girls did a great job switching, hedging, all the little things to try to limit her. She still played amazing. She’s an incredible basketball player and our girls just kind of took it as a personal challenge.”

Donelson was on McCracken from the time the Warriors got off the bus. She held the senior on the verge of 2,000 career points to one field goal and four points in the first half, no points in overtime and 14 points total. Meanwhile, she scored 13 points to go over the 1,300-point career mark.

“My goal was just to shut her down because I know she’s a good shooter; yeah, lock down,” Donelson said. “When coach gives me a player to man up on I just follow what he says and give it my all on that one player.”

But she wasn’t the only one who came up big in a big game. Kyia Leyman, who had been limited the last two seasons because of knee injuries, gave the Wolverines a huge game in the post, scoring 11 points and grabbing 19 rebounds — both career highs — and blocking two shots.

She had four points and eight rebounds in the first half and back-to-back three-point play opportunities in the third quarter to help the Wolverines open a nine-point lead.

“I think my mindset was just to do it for the team,” Leyman said. “It was definitely a team effort and I wanted to be there for them. I didn’t want to let them down, so I think I just tried my best — and I wanted to come back and beat a really good team. I think this was the best I’ve played, the most calm, collected I’ve played (since coming back).”

Donelson’s layup with 42 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 41. Both teams had shots in the closing seconds to win it. Donelson stole an entry pass but lost her footing driving to the basket. Gianna Maiorini collected the loose ball on the baseline but her shot was blocked by Sara Djellal. The Warriors raced back up the floor for the final shot, but McCracken’s 3 from the left side hit off the far iron and Leyman grabbed the rebound as the horn sounded.

Woodstown (6-2) jumped out front in overtime and never lost the lead. Donelson drove around the lane for the first basket and Talia Battavio, who struggled with her shot most of the game, squared up on the left elbow and buried at 3 to give the Wolverines a five-point lead. Battavio had 12 points in the game.

“That was pretty big,” Battavio said of her 3. “I feel like it got us motivated, fired up a little bit, got me fired up.”

Wildwood (6-1) had the ball for a last shot in overtime. The Warriors had it on the sideline near the scorer’s table with 1.1 seconds left and needed what seemed like a miracle 3 to tie. They had trouble pulling the trigger on the inbounds and when they did get it in the pass landed in the hands of Woodstown’s Lauren Hengel as the clock expired.

The Warriors beat Woodstown in last year’s South Jersey Group I final in a controversial finish after the home crowd rushed the floor in reaction to Wildwood’s go-ahead 3-pointer in the final seconds. While the game was on everyone’s mind, Smart said revenge wasn’t the motivating factor in this regular-season game.

“We’re a different team than the team last year, they’re a different team than they were last year,” Smart said. “Our message to the girls this week was this isn’t professional wrestling. We don’t beat them today and get the belt back. There’s still a lot of work to do. This is just a first step.”

But it was satisfying nonetheless.

“Leading up to this game we talked about three things in the team — being confident, being relaxed and having fun — and I think we did those three things as a program today,” Smart said. “It was a fun game.”

WOODSTOWN 49, WILDWOOD 46 (OT)
WILDWOOD (6-1) — Macie McCracken 4 4-4 14, Angela Wilber 3 3-4 10, Rebecca Benichou 3 0-0 9, Cydnee Kilian 0 0-0 0, Sarah Djellal 4 1-2 9, Addison Troiano 2 0-0 4, Lily Atkinson 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 8-10 46.
WOODSTOWN (6-2) — Talia Battavio 5-27 0-2 12, Megan Donelson 5-14 2-3 13, Gianna Maiorini 2-3 2-4 6, Lauren Hengel 2-12 2-4 7, Kyia Leyman 5-14 1-2 11, Kendall Young 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Perry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-70 7-15 49.

Wildwood11613115-46
Woodstown12611128-49
3-point goals: Wildwood 6 (McCracken 2, Wilber, Benichou 3); Woodstown 4-21 (Battavio 2-9, Donelson 1-6, Hengel 1-6). Rebounds: Wildwood 32 (McCracken 10); Woodstown 54 (Leyman 19, Hengel 12). Total fouls: Wildwood 15, Woodstown 14.
Woodstown’s Kyia Leyman (33) leaves her feet in hopes of disrupting Wildwood’s inbounds play Thursday night. On the cover, Megan Donelson forces Macie McCracken (3) to take a deep 3 in the first half.


PENNSVILLE 58, TRITON 49: The Eagles fought through illness and the absence of leading scorer Nora Ausland to rally for their fourth in a row. They were down 10 at one point in the second quarter, but rallied to get the deficit to one at halftime. Pennsville’s Taylor Bass led all scorers with a season-high 21 points. Addison Johnston had a career-high 19 points and Marley Wood had 12.

TRITON (4-3) — Melannie Noel 7 2-6 17, Kaidan Henry 5 0-0 15, Gianna Loftis 4 1-2 10, Riley Mikiewicz 2 0-0 5, Gianna Endt 1 0-0 2, Kimora Dobson 0 0-0 0, Akeera Reid-Streater 0 0-0 0. 19 3-8 49.
PENNSVILLE (5-2) — Taylor Bass 9 2-4 21, Marley Wood 4 2-4 12, Addison Johnston 6 4-7 19, Jaida Burns 1 0-0 2, Izzy Saulin 2 0-0 4, Ashlyn Fredo 0 0-0 0, Sofia Belitsas 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 8-15 58.

Triton1116157-49
Pennsville14121717-58
3-point goals: Triton 8 (Noel, Henry 5, Loftis, Mikiewicz); Pennsville 6 (Bass, Wood 2, Johnston 3).

SCHALICK 36, SALEM TECH 26
SCHALICK (2-4) — Carly Vicente 2 0-0 4, Olivia Lunemann 0 0-0 0, Emily Miller 0 0-0 0, Willow Davis 1 1-2 3, Olivia Vanacker 2 0-0 4, Ava Scurry 2 1-2 5, Naveah Robinson 2 2-3 6, Cali Fisler 1 1-2 3, Abby Willoughby 4 1-2 11. Totals 14 6-11 36.
SALEM TECH (2-5) — Hannah Dewitt 0 1-2 1, Shelby Drummond 3 0-2 7, Kaylin Beardsley 1 0-0 2, Demajae White 4 2-2 10, Shelby Liber 2 0-0 6, Rylee Doerr 0 0-0 0, Evening Amedee 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 3-6 26.

Schalick116811-36
Salem Tech7676-26
3-point goals: Schalick 2 (Willoughby 2); Salem Tech 3 (Drummond, Liber 2). Rebounds: Salem Tech 43 (White 14, Doerr 9).

GLASSBORO 64, SALEM 20
GLASSBORO (4-4) — Sanaa Thomas 1 0-0 2, Tamia Smith 5 4-8 14, Grace Moore 4 1-1 9, NiJha Norzon Clark 1 0-0 3, Brackett 7 1-4 19, Kimora Miles 1 3-6 5, Sianna Wedderburn 3 2-2 8, Lily Czubas 2 0-0 4. Totals 24 11-21 64.
SALEM (0-7) — Carlysia Pierce 1 2-3 4, Nevaeh Hickman 4 2-3 12, Dakirah Gray 1 0-0 2, Amariah Frye 1 0-0 2. Totals 7 4-6 20.

Glassboro14181715-64
Salem3296-20
3-point goals: Glassboro 5 (Clark, Brackett 4); Salem 2 (Hickman 2). Rebounds: Glassboro 41 (Wedderburn 12, Miles 11). Only four Salem players reported.

Boys Games

WOODSTOWN 66, WILDWOOD 47: Rocco String came within two blocked shots of his elusive triple-double and led the Wolverines to their fourth straight victory. String had 18 points, 16 rebounds and eight blocked shots in his fourth straight double-double and fifth of the season. The Wolverines had three other scorers in double figures — M.J. Hall (season-high 16), Alejandro Vazquez (10) and Blake Bialecki (12) — and Garrett Leyman grabbed 11 rebounds.

WOODSTOWN (4-2) — Elijah Caesar 4 1-2 9, John Hood-McGinley 1 0-0 3, Blake Bialecki 6 0-0 12, Alejandro Vazquez 4 0-0 10, M.J. Hall 6 0-0 16, Garrett Leyman 0 0-0 0, Anthony Bokolas 0 0-0 0, Andrew White 0 0-0 0, Rocco String 9 0-0 18. Totals 30 1-2 66.
WILDWOOD (2-6) — Eric Jordan 1 0-0 2, Nolan Mawhinney 2 0-0 5, Trevor Troiano 3 0-0 9, R.J. Blanda 0 0-0 0, Vinny Sweeney 0 2-2 2, Jordan Dozier 0 0-0 0, Brian Cunniff 10 6-7 27, Sammy Santiago 1 0-0 2, Jack Fullertonn 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 8-9 47.

Woodstown18151419-66
Wildwood5121020-47
3-point goals: Woodstown 3 (Hood-McGinley, Vazquez 2); Wildwood 5 (Mawhinney, Troiano 3, Cunniff). Rebounds: Woodstown 47 (String 16, Leyman 11); Wildwood 21 (Dozier 5, Blands 5).

GLASSBORO 76, SALEM 62
SALEM (6-3) — Xavier McGriff 2 0-0 5, Tymear Lecator 7 4-5 15, Deshaan Williams 2 7-13 13, Darrelle Johnson 4 0-0 9, Joe Tunis 2 2-2 8, Ashore Burden 5 1-1 11, Donovan Weathers 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 14-21 62.
GLASSBORO (3-5) — Xavier Sabb 14, Kenny Smith 28, Davon Barr 6, Maurice Davis 10, Tashean Thomas 3, Alex Adeleye 2, Aiden Harris 11, Marley Crowl 2.

Salem15112016-62
Glassboro17221720-76
3-point goals: Salem 4 (McGriff, Lecator 3); Glassboro NA. Note: The Rams have lost two in a row.

SCHALICK 79, SALEM TECH 22: Reggie Allen scored 18 points, Nylan Sutton added 14 and Sherrod Jones 10 as the Cougars snapped a seven-game losing streak and kept the Chargers winless. Eleven players scored for Schalick.

SALEM TECH (0-9) — Joseph Hayes 2 1-3 6, Larry Pompper 0 1-3 1, Keidyn Robinson 1 0-0 2, Logan Pace 0 2-2 2, Krolle 1 0-0 2, Ayars 2 1-6 5, Ayden Myers 1 1-2 4. Totals 7 6-16 22.
SCHALICK (2-7) — Reggie Allen Jr. 8 1-2 18, Nylan Sutton 7 0-2 14, Jase Volovar 3 1-2 9, Sherrod Jones 5 0-0 10, Justin Iacona 1 0-0 3, Zaeshawn Mills 3 0-0 8, Jamari Whitley 1 2-4 4, Sean Kelly 2 0-0 4, Jacob Schalick 1 4-5 7, Ryan Horner 1 0-0 3, Gauge Craner 0 1-2 1. Totals 32 9-17 79.

Salem Tech5746-22
Schalick19272013-79
3-point goals: Salem Tech 2 (Hayes, Myers); Schalick 6 (Allen, Volovar 2, Iacona, Schalick, Horner).

GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 61, PENNSVILLE 40
PENNSVILLE (1-6) — Jovanni Rios 6 1-3 13, Mason O’Brien 2 0-0 5, Shiloh Jefferson 1 0-0 2, Logan Hitt 1 0-0 3, Perry Meranti 1 0-0 2, Daniel Knight 1 0-0 2, C.J. McDevitt 3 1-2 8, Jacob Miller 1 0-0 2, Jacob Farina 1 0-0 3. Totals 17 2-5 40.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC (4-5) — Carlos Mendez 6 2-5 15, Jack Mustaro 8 2-3 20, Jack Pund 2 0-0 4, Danny Zellner 1 2-2 4, Ben Cook 2 0-0 4, Kybron Ricks 1 0-0 3, Zack Payne 3 0-0 7, Gary Connelly 0 0-0 0, Jordan Mendez 0 0-0 0, Kimani Pyram 1 0-0 2, C.J. Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Anthony Polidoro 0 0-0 0, Andrew Ginipro 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 6-10 61.

Pennsville3131212-40
Gloucester Catholic9231415-61
3-point goals: Pennsville 4 (O’Brien, Hitt, McDevitt, Farina); GC 5 (C. Mendez, Mustaro 2, Ricks, Payne).


Active scorers watch

SALEM COUNTY SCORING LISTTODAYPOINTS
Talia Battavio, Woodstown121344
Megan Donelson, Woodstown131308
1000-POINT WATCH
Nora Ausland, Pennsville
(Salem 462/Pennsville 427)		DNP889
Marley Wood, Pennsville12811
RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove
(Kingsway 251/Penns Grove 552)		16803
Through games of Jan. 9

Salem County schedule

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the rest of this week

JAN. 8
WRESTLING
Gloucester Catholic at Schalick
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Salem at Cumberland
Woodstown at Deptford
SWIMMING
Salem at Lower Cape May
TRACK
Pennsville, Salem, Schalick at Bennett Center, Toms River

JAN. 9
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Salem
Penns Grove at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Salem Tech
Triton at Pennsville
Wildwood at Woodstown
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic
Pitman at Penns Grove
Salem at Glassboro
Salem Tech at Schalick
Woodstown at Wildwood
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Kingsway at Wood Lanes
SWIMMING
Schalick at Camden County Tech
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 8:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Highland at GCIT
TRACK
Penns Grove at Cherokee
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 5 p.m.

JAN. 10
BOYS BASKETBALL
LEAP at Salem
Pennsville at Clayton
WRESTLING
Collingswood at Schalick

JAN. 11
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Delsea at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Camden Catholic, 11:30 a.m.
St. Joseph at Penns Grove, 1 p.m.
Schalick at Collingswood
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Oakcrest, Overbrook at Millville
Penns Grove at Deptford
Salem at Cherokee
Schalick, Cumberland, Timber Creek at Buena

Cinnaminson Duals
Round 1, 9:30 a.m.
M1: Seneca vs. Haddon Twp.
M2: Paulsboro vs. Cinnaminson
M3: Lower Cape May vs. Haddonfield
M4: Wall vs. Woodstown
Round 2, 11 a.m.
M5: Seneca-Haddon Twp winner vs. Wall-Woodstown winner
M6: Paulsboro-Cinnaminson winner vs. LCM-Haddonfield winner
M7:Seneca-Haddon Twp loser vs. Wall-Woodstown loser
M8: Paulsboro-Cinnaminson loser vs. LCM-Haddonfield loser
Round 3, 12:30 p.m.
M9: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner
M10: Match 5 loser vs. Match 6 loser
M11: Match 7 winner vs. Match 8 winner
M12: Match 7 loser vs. Match 8 loser
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, noon
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Middlesex, noon

Tough Tuesday

Tuesday boys roundup: Salem, Pitman stage another epic battle; all four Salem County boys teams in action fall

BOYS GAMES
Clayton 102, Salem Tech 39
Glassboro 54, Schalick 31
Overbrook 66, Penns Grove 33
Pitman 83, Salem 77 (OT)

By Riverview Sports News

SALEM — Pitman and Salem have staged some epic battles the last two seasons and Tuesday night continued the trend.

Elijah Crispin scored 38 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Panthers over the Rams 83-77 in overtime. Crispin was 16-of-25 from the free throw line.

Salem’s Neziah Spence sent the game into overtime with one of his three 3-pointers, but Pitman outscored the Rams 10-4 in the extra period.

Tymear Lecator and Deshaan Williams led the Rams with 21 and 20 points, respectively. Lecator also had five rebounds and seven assists. Williams also had eight rebounds. Ashore Burden added 15 points.

PITMAN 83, SALEM 77
PITMAN (6-1): Hudson Rue 3 0-0 6, Elijah Crispin 11 16-25 38, Greg Petersen 3 0-0 9, Michael Fisicaro 5 2-2 16, Aidan Stranahan 5 1-2 14. Totals 27 19-29 83.
SALEM (6-2): Xavier McGriff 2 0-0 5, Neziah Spencer 3 0-0 9, Tymear Lecator 8 1-1 21, Deshaan Williams 9 2-2 20, Antwan Rogers 3 0-0 6, Joe Tunis 0 1-2 1, Azhone Burden 7 1-2 15. Totals 32 5-7 77.

Pitman1523181810-83
Salem251518154-77
3-point goals: Pitman; Salem 8 (McGriff, Spencer 3, Lecator 4). Rebounds: Pitman 31 (Rue 11, Crispin 10)

OVERBROOK 66 PENNS GROVE 33
PENNS GROVE (2-5): Brandin Robbins 1 0-0 3, Roman Gipson 0 3-4 3, Karon Ceaser 5 2-2 13, Antoine Robinson 1 1-2 3, Haneef Frisbee 1 1-2 3, Jameel Horace 1 1-2 3, Luis Colon 1 3-5 5. Totals 10 11-17 33.
OVERBROOK (7-2): Lamar Little 5 0-0 13, Xavier Wright 4 0-0 8, Elvin Santiago 0 1-2 1, Zair Green 7 1-2 17, Bilal Robinson 3 0-0 6, JR Stanley 2 0-0 6, Jaden St. John 1 0-0 2, Cody Harris 3 0-0 8, Jason Boyd 1 0-0 3, Shallom Teguia 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 2-4 66.

Penns Grove710313-33
Overbrook18161715-66
3-point goals: Penns Grove 2 (Robbins, Ceaser); Overbrook.10 (Little 3, Green 2, Stanley 2, Harris 2).

GLASSBORO 54, SCHALICK 31
GLASSBORO (2-5): Aiden Harris 2 0-0 4, Kenny Smith 7 4-4 18, Marley Crowl 2 0-0 5, Xavier Sabb 7 2-2 17, Alex Adeieye 1 0-0 2, Maurice Davis 3 2-3 8. Totals 22 8-9
SCHALICK (1-7): Reggie Allen 0 4-6 4, Nylan Sutton 5 2-6 12, Jase Volovar 0 1-4 1, Sherrod Jones 2 0-0 4, Zaeshawn Mills 1 0-0 2, Jamari Whatley 4 0-0 8Totals 12 7-16 31.

Glassboro1318914-54
Schalick6799-31
3-point goals: Glassboro 2 (Crowl, Sabb).

CLAYTON 102, SALEM TECH 39
SALEM TECH (0-8): Joseph Hayes 5 0-0 11, Larry Pompper 5 1-5 11, Charlie Brown 2 0-0 4, Alex Thomas 2 0-0 4, Krolle 2 0-0 4, Ayars 1 0-0 3. Totals 17 1-5 39-x
CLAYTON (3-3): Princeton Sackor 6 3-5 15, Nazir Davis 6 1-2 15, Demetris Williams 4 0-3 8, James Fritz 7 1-2 17, Jackson Venuto 5 3-3 13, Anthony Taylor 2 0-0 4, Nasir Carter3 0-0 7, Isaiah Aviles 1 0-0 2, Rodney Robinson 1 0-2 2, Deion Scott 1 0-0 2, Anthony Archer 1 1-2 3, Trevor Rehm 1 0-0 2, King Mosely 4 2-4 12.

Salem Tech961014-39
Clayton22361925-102
3-point goals: Salem Tech 2 (Hayes, Ayars); Clayton 7 (Davis 2, Fritz 2, Carter, Mosely 2). x-Box score doesn’t tabulate.