Pennsville, Penns Grove extended to multiple overtimes in losses, Woodstown gives Roots his first coaching win in OT

FRIDAY’S BOYS GAMES
Buena 72, Pennsville 70 (3 OT)

Marty Derer Showcase, Delsea
Delsea 53, Penns Grove 51 (2 OT)
Westampton Tech 50, Salem 45

West Deptford Holiday Tournament
At RiverWinds Community Center
Consolation: Lindenwold def. Schalick
Championship: Absegami 82, West Deptford 41

ACIT Holiday Tournament
Camden Tech 60, Salem Tech 14
Atlantic Tech 57, GCIT 38

Warrior Holiday Classic
At New Egypt
Woodstown 51, Pinelands 46 (OT)
New Egypt 48, Steinert 46

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

BUENA – There was so much to dissect from the game, Pennsville basketball coach Joe Mecholsky is going to need a day or two and a long session in the film room to get back to you on just what the heck happened.

The Eagles lost to Buena 72-70 in three overtimes Friday in a game that had as many moving parts as Mecholsky has ever been around. And he’s been in a triple overtime game before.

They were down 14 early in the fourth quarter and forced overtime. They were up five in each of the first two overtimes, but couldn’t close it out. They were down in the third overtime and got close before time ran out on them.

“I feel like we blew the game instead of we lost it,” Mecholsky said. “I think I stopped coaching offense at one point. We tried to take the air out of the ball and I think that really killed our offensive momentum, so I’ll go back and watch the game over again and see how I can get better.

“I’m not going to say my young players did or didn’t do anything. They’re a very young team and they did everything they were told today and I’ll just have to look at the film and see how I can get better in nailing down that win when we were up five in the second overtime.”

The Eagles were down 14 (38-24) with 6:30 left in regulation and put on a charge to force overtime. Mason O’Brien’s 3-point play with 34 seconds left tied it at 41. The Eagles had the final shot in regulation. Shiloh Jefferson’s initial shot hit off the rim and Jovanni Rios couldn’t get the tap to fall.

They had five-point leads in each of the first two overtimes, but never had the lead in the third.

They were up five with 2:35 left in the first overtime, but Buena’s Troy Gregory buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie it at 49. It was the first trey Troy had made all season.

They were up five twice in the second overtime, with 2:43 and 2:20 left, but Buena got back-to-back left corner 3s from Nate Nieves and Carlo Spreng to take the lead, 57-56. Nieves finished with 12 points and Spreng had 10. Teammate Josue Cuadrado led all scorers with 23 points.

A free throw by David Knight with seven seconds left tied it at 59. Knight went to the line for two shots and the lead, but only hit one and it stayed that way despite the teams having three combined chances to get the game-winner. Knight came in off the bench as a substitute shooter after Logan Hitt was fouled hard after stealing the inbounds pass and had to leave the floor.

The Eagles got a chance to win it at the end when the Chiefs stepped on the line trying to put the ball in play. The Chiefs got the ball back when Pennsville turned it over and this time Knight stole the inbounds pass to end the session.

“I’ve been in some crazy basketball environments,” Pennsville sophomore guard C.J. McDevitt said, “but triple overtime? I’ve never been in a triple OT game, I’ll tell you that.”

“It was pretty crazy,” Chiefs coach James Bell said. “I just kept telling my kids to keep their minds straight and focus on what we need to do, play solid defense and hit the open shots when we have them. It was a crazy second half and three overtimes.”

Buena looked like it was finally going to put it away, leading by seven with 52 seconds left in the third overtime, pulling away with a 3-pointer by Nieves and three free throws by Cuadrado, but Pennsville battled back again. O’Brien hit a 3 to make it 70-66 with 28 seconds left and Knight and Jefferson wrapped putbacks around a pair of Buena free throws to make it 72-70 with eight seconds to go.

On the last play of the game the Eagles got the ball to O’Brien, who pushed a shot towards the basket at the buzzer that hit off the far iron. The Eagles were looking for a foul as O’Brien hit the deck, but there was no call and the game was over.

“I told my boys the outcome is the result of a thousand little things that happened in that game and that’s just the way it goes; we’ll learn from it,” Mecholsky said. “I’m disappointed we lost the game, but my boys didn’t disappointment me.”

O’Brien apologized to his coach for his play in the first three quarters, but he was a gamer in the fourth quarter and overtimes. He scored all 19 of his points after the third quarter, hitting three 3s and a three-point play in the fourth quarter comeback and seven points in the overtimes.

“The first three quarters were awful,” he said. “I didn’t know where I was. I was trying to find my game and they kept talking to me so I had to do something about it. I came out and matched their energy in the fourth quarter and overtimes.”

Rios added 14 points on his 17th birthday for Pennsville and McDevitt had 11. Both are career highs.

PENNSVILLE (1-3) – Danny Knight 3 2-6 9, Jovanni Rios 7 0-3 14, Mason O’Brien 7 1-1 19, Cole Johnston 1 2-2 4, Shiloh Jefferson 3 0-0 6, Perry Meranti 3 0-0 6, Logan Hitt 0 1-2 1, C.J. McDevitt 2 7-14 11. Totals 26 13-28 70.
BUENA (2-3) – Josue Cuadrado 6 10-12 23, Carlo Spreng 4 0-2 10, Nate Nieves 3 3-4 12, Troy Gregory 1 1-2 4, Jaevon Alexander 3 0-0 8, Jayden Rivera 0 0-0 0, Shamel Rivera 5 0-0 10, Richie Wilson 0 0-0 0, Ricky Bessix 2 1-6 5. Totals 24 15-26 72.

3-point goals: Pennsville 5 (Knight, O’Brien 4); Buena 9 (Cuadrado, Spreng 2, Nieves 3, Gregory, Alexander 2). Technical fouls: S. Rivera. Fouled out: S. Rivera, Alexander, Rios, McDevitt). Total fouls: Pennsville 22, Buena 25.

DELSEA 53, PENNS GROVE 51: By Penns Grove coach Damian Ware’s best measure, his team had three chances to win the Marty Derer Showcase opener, but host Delsea kept coming up with clutch shots and eventually broke the Red Devils’ heart.

The Crusaders hit 3-pointers at the end of regulation and the first overtime to extend the game, then hit two free throws in the closing seconds of the second overtime to seal the victory. Jimmy Reardon hit the 3 at the end of regulation to force overtime, then Jelani Poles beat the buzzer with one at the end of the first extra period to keep it going and he hit two free throws with 3.4 seconds left to win it.

Poles finished with 12 points. Reardon had nine. Luke VanAuken had a huge game for Delsea with 19 points and 20 rebounds. Brandin Robbins and Roman Gipson had 15 points apiece for Penns Grove.

The Red Devils had a chance to take the lead in the second overtime, but missed two free throws. Moments later they fouled Poles and he hit his two free throws. The Red Devils rallied from eight down in regulation to take a three-point lead into the closing seconds before Reardon hit his 3. 

“We had a chance, we had three chances to win it – regulation, overtime and the second overtime,” Ware said. “That’s part of our growing pains. We’re young and we’re inexperienced so this is going to be a growing lesson for us. We’re going to be fine but this is just a lesson we had to learn of how to finish games.

“We did everything we were supposed to do, we made the plays, but down the stretch we just didn’t make the defensive plays and that’s kind of what we pride ourselves on. We’ve got to be better on defense at the end of the game and regulation and challenge shots better.”

PENNS GROVE (1-2) – Brandin Robbins 5 4-4 15, Roman Gipson 6 0-0 15, Karon Ceaser 2 1-2 6, Antoine Robinson 3 0-2 7, Haneef Frisbee 2 0-0 4, Jameel Horace 0 2-2 2, Luis Colon 1 0-0 2, William Roy 0 0-0 0, Geonni Conrad 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 7-10 51.
DELSEA (2-2) – Luke VanAuken 8 3-8 19, Jimmy Reardon 4 0-0 9, Jelani Poles 4 2-2 12, Blake Bottino 2 2-2 6, Jeadyn Greene 1 0-0 2, Dahmir Hart 1 0-0 2, Exodus DeJesus 1 0-0 3, Ryan Casiano 0 0-0 0, Mike Cunningham 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 7-12 53.

3-point goals: Penns Grove 6 (Robbins, Gipson 3, Ceaser, Robinson); Delsea 4 (Reardon, Poles 2, DeJesus). Rebounds: Delsea 37 (VanAuken 20).

WOODSTOWN 51, PINELANDS 46: Blake Bialecki hit a season-high five 3-pointers and scored 23 points as the Wolverines held off Pinelands in the Warrior Holiday Classic in overtime to give new coach Ramon Roots his first victory as a varsity head coach. 

“It’s exciting for me to get the first win in the standings, but I’m just really happy for the kids,” Roots said. “I’ve been waiting to get the win and knew it was going to come sooner or later. We definitely had a lot of chances in the Penns Grove game. It was good to see them believing that they actually can win and what it takes to win.”

The Wolverines (1-2) outscored Pinelands 9-4 in the extra session to win it. Garrett Leyman hit two free throws to put them up three and then Rocco String closed it out with a layup. String scored eight points and dominated the paint with 12 rebounds and nine blocked shots.

Woodstown led by eight in the second half, but Pinelands got back in it through a series of backdoor buckets. The Wildcats went up by three with two minutes to play, but Bialecki hit a 3 to retie the game.

Pinelands had a chance to retake the lead with 12 seconds left but missed two free throws. Bialecki had a shot to win it in regulation but his mid-range jumper went in and out.

“We were able to get a little breathing room, but it was close to the very end,” Roots said. “We just kept fighting. As you’ve seen the team never gives up. They’re always fighting through it.”

Bialecki’s 23 points matches the second-best game of his career. In addition to his outside shot, the junior also also got to the basket and went 6-of-8 from the free throw line. 

The Wolverines will play host New Egypt for the championship 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

WESTHAMPTON TECH 50, SALEM 45: West Tech used a big third quarter to take the lead and kept the Rams at arms length in the fourth quarter. Alexander Jeanty hit five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Panthers. Xavier McGriff led Salem with 14 points. Tymear Lecator filled the boxscore with 11 points, six assists and two steals.

WESTHAMPTON TECH (3-0) – Alexander Jeanty 8 1-1 22, Henry Hjoga 0 5-6 5, Dante Horace 1 0-2 2, Dalan Dickerson 2 1-2 6, Shakur Anderson 4 1-2 9, Damien Moragne 0 0-0 0, Jacob McCollum 2 0-0 4, Jevon Benjamin 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 8-13 50
SALEM (3-1) – Tymear Lecator 3 3-6 11, Antwan Rogers 3 0-2 6, Deshaan Williams 0 6-6 6, Xavier McGriff 5 1-1 14, Neziah Spencer 1 1-2 3, Donovan Weathers 0 0-0 0, Darrelle Johnson 1 0-0 2, Kyaire Parsons 0 0-0 0Harlem Parsons 0 0-0 0, Cole Sayers 0 0-0 0, Joe Tunis 1 0-0 3. Totals 14 11-17 45.

CAMDEN TECH 60, SALEM TECH 14: Salvatore Algeri scored 13 points and Shareef Cox had 10 to lead the Warriors in the ACIT Holiday Showcase. Salem Tech will play GCIT in the consolation game Saturday.

Penns Grove turns back several Woodstown rallies, wins a thriller; Salem remains unbeaten, Pennsville, Schalick fall

FRIDAY’S BOYS GAMES
Penns Grove 63, Woodstown 55
Salem 67, Salem Tech 27
Glassboro 65, Pennsville 51
Overbrook 75, Schalick 41

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – Without an experienced senior who plays appreciative minutes, several new players to incorporate into its style of play and an otherwise athletic but young roster, the Penns Grove basketball team is “learning on the fly” this early portion of the season.

Last year with a senior-laden team it took a while to find the right combination and coach Damian Ware’s lineups changed virtually every game. What the Red Devils learned Friday night was how to handle business down the stretch in a close game of a high-intensity rivalry.

Penns Grove withstood several charges from Woodstown, including a stretch in which the Wolverines took a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter down to two with a little more than two minutes to play, before finally putting them away 63-55 for its first win of the season.

“That’s just the maturation process of a team that’s learning how to play varsity basketball on the fly,” Ware said. “Only two of my guys have played varsity minutes so we’re learning on the fly. 

“We grew up a little bit tonight. What I learned (about his team) tonight is we can make some clutch plays down the stretch.”

The Red Devils (1-1) built leads in every quarter with fast starts on the restarts, but each time the Wolverines (0-2) came back.

Penns Grove scored the first seven points of the game, but it was tied 13-all at quarter’s end and was only 26-25 at halftime. The Red Devils opened the second half with a 13-2 run, but by the end of the third quarter led only 45-44.

They had a 10-point lead after Robbins’ flying follow with 6:02 to play, but Woodstown chipped away again and got it back to 56-54 with two minutes left when Blake Bialecki hit two technical free throws after Ware was teed up for being out on the floor all because the officials couldn’t/didn’t hear his frantic pleas for a time out. 

The tech got Woodstown with a bucket and it had a shot on the ensuing possession, but it also fired up the Red Devils. They outscored the Wolverines 7-1 the rest of the way. 

“When our coach got the tech, that’s when everything started getting fired up,” Ceaser said. “We started getting our coach’s back because we’re a family, a brotherhood. It put more fire in the team to get the win. As a team we back each other’s play.”

“I’m not going to make that a habit,” Ware said of his T as a tool of motivation.

Brandin Robbins led Penns Grove with 15 points, 13 of which came in the second half. Roman Gipson had 12, including a pair of free throws with 27 seconds left that put the Red Devils up six. KaRon Ceaser had nine points and led the Red Devils’ defensive effort down the stretch.

In every case the Red Devils used the press, a smothering trap and quick hands to create turnovers that they turned into baskets.

“My defense was great,” Ware said. “I don’t know what the numbers were, but I know we didn’t give up many shots. We let (Rocco) String get some putbacks, but he’s 6-7, he’s a big, strong kid, so he’s going to get that. What I told my guys was we wanted to limit that as much as possible.”

String did everything he could to bring the Wolverines back when they fell behind. He finished with 18 points, 15 rebounds and seven blocked shots. He blocked back-to-back shots, grabbed a rebound off a missed Penns Grove free throw and had a putback basket all in the space of about 30 seconds late in the third quarter rally.

Braydon Hall had 16 points and hit four big 3-pointers during the Wolverines’ various rallies.

“We played hard, we just didn’t make enough plays in the end,” said Woodstown coach Ramon Roots, still looking for his first win as a head coach. “If we made just a few more plays we would have won the game today, but we played tough. We played very tough today.”

PENNS GROVE (1-1) – Brandin Robbins 6 0-0 15, Roman Gipson 4 3-4 12, KaRon Ceaser 4 1-2 9, Will Roy 1 0-0 2, Jameel Horace 3 2-6 9, Geonni Conrad 1 0-0 3, Antoine Robinson 1 0-2 2, Haneef Frisbee 5 1-2 11. Totals 25 7-14 63.
WOODSTOWN (0-2) – Garrett Leyman 0 2-2 2, Eli Caesar 4 0-1 8, Rocco String 9 0-0 18, Blake Bialecki 3 2-2 9, Braydon Hall 6 0-0 16, M.J. Hall 0 0-0 0, Alejandro Vazquez 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 6-12 55.

3-point goals: Penns Grove 6 (Robbins 3, Gipson, Conrad, Horace); Woodstown 5 (Bialecki, B. Hall 4). Rebounds: Woodstown 55 (String 15). Technical fouls: Horace, B. Hall, PG coach Ware. Fouled out: Frisbee, B. Hall. Total fouls: Penns Grove 18, Woodstown 21.

SALEM 67, SALEM TECH 27: Tymere Lecator and Neziah Spence each scored 15 points and dished seven assists as the Rams won their third straight game. Deshaan Williams added 10 points and Antwuan Rogers grabbed 10 rebounds.

SALEM TECH (0-3) – Daviontae Russell 3 0-0 6, Ayden Myers 1 0-0 2, Joseph Hayes 1 1-3 3, Conner Dougan 2 0-0 5, Larry Pompper 2 1-2 5, Aiden Bobo 1 0-0 2, Logan Pace 0 0-0 0, Robinson 2 0-0 4, Reed 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 2-5 27.
SALEM (3-0) – Tymear Lecator 7 0-0 15, Antwuan Rogers 4 2-2 10, Deshaan Williams 5 0-0 10, Xavier McGriff 4 1-2 9, Neziah Spence 6 1-2 15, Donovan Weathers 2 0-2 4, Joe Tunis 0 2-2 2, Kyaire Parsons 0 0-0 0, Cole Sayers 0 0-0 0, Harlem Parsons 1 0-0 2, Giovanni Tuvale 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 6-10 67.

3-point goals: Salem Tech (Dougan); Salem 3 (Lecator, Spence 2). Rebounds: Salem 34 (Rogers 10). Total fouls: Salem Tech 10, Salem 12.

GLASSBORO 65, PENNSVILLE 51: Xavier Sabb scored 10 of his 18 points in the first quarter, highlighted by three spectacular dunks, to stake the Bulldogs to a lead they maintained the rest of the game. Glassboro’s Maurice Davis led all scorers with 20 points. After trailing by 10 at halftime, the Eagles cut their deficit to seven with four minutes to play. Giovanni Rios led Pennsville with 13 points, nine rebounds and five steals.

GLASSBORO (1-2) – Hakim Theresa 1 0-0 2, Xavier Sabb 8 2-4 18, Aiden Harris 4 3-4 11, Maurice Davis 10 0-2 20, Davon Barr 2 4-6 8, Alex Adeleye 2 0-0 4, Marley Crowl 1 2-2 4. Totals 28 11-18 65.
PENNSVILLE (0-2) – Giovanni Rios 6 1-2 13, Perry Meranti 3 1-2 7, Cole Johnston 3 1-3 8, Logan Hitt 1 0-0 3, Mason O’Brien 2 2-3 7, Daniel Knight 2 0-0 5, Shiloh Jefferson 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 5-10 51.

3-point goals: Pennsville 5 (Johnston 2, Hitt, O’Brien, Knight). Rebounds: Pennsville 24 (Rios 9). Total fouls: Glassboro 11, Pennsville 12

OVERBROOK 75, SCHALICK 41: Lamar Little led three Overbrook scorers in double figures with 15 points as the Rams picked up their first win of the season. Zair Green added 14 and Xavier Wright 12. Sherrod Jones led Schalick with 14 points.
 
SCHALICK (1-2) – Reggie Allen 3 0-0 8, Nylan Sutton 4 4-7 12, Jase Volovar 1 0-0 2, Justin Iacona 1 1-1 3, Sherrod Jones 5 1-1 14, Jamari Whitley 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 6-9 
OVERBROOK (1-1) – Lamar Little 7 0-0 15, Xavier Wright 4 4-4 12, Zair Green 6 2-2 14, Elvin Santiago 3 0-0 6, Bilal Robinson 3 0-0 8, JR Stanley 1 0-0 3, Angel Bermudez 2 0-0 5, Jayden Wilkerson 1 0-0 2, Jaden St. John 3 0-0 6, Kyle Johns 2 0-0 4. Totals 32 6-6 75.
3-point goals: Schalick 5 (Allen 3, Jones 3); Overbrook 5 (Little, Robinson 2, Stanley, Bermudez).

Woodstown power pair, Battavio and Donelson, have another big game; Pennsville, Schalick, Salem Tech score first wins of the year

FRIDAY’S GIRLS GAMES
Woodstown 70, Penns Grove 38
Pennsville 52, Glassboro 44
Schalick 51, Overbrook 29
Salem Tech 36, Salem 22

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNS GROVE — When he watched them from a distance for scouting purposes last year Matt Smart thought then Woodstown’s dynamic duo of Talia Battavio and Megan Donelson were “phenomenal” players. Now that he sees them up close every day as their coach his appreciation for them is even greater.

Battavio and Donelson are never far apart on or off the basketball floor. On the court Friday night, Donelson scored 28 points with five 3-pointers and Battavio scored 26 with three as the Wolverines took down shorthanded Penns Grove 70-38.

Than, when they discovered one had left behind her water bottle as the team was leaving the gym, both tore out of the team bus and raced across the lawn to go back inside to retrieve it.

“We’ve had two tough tests this year so far and Megan and Talia have been great in both of them,” Smart said. “You see their court vision. They have a way of finding each other in situations that I might not even see. They are just so unselfish right now and they want each other to succeed. It’s not a race to see who can score how many points. 

“I scouted them for one game that didn’t end up happening (last year), they were phenomenal. It was how do we stop them offensively and how do we attack them defensively. They are just as advertised, if not better.”

It was the 11th time in their career they both scored 20 in the same game and eighth in the last 30 games. Only 18 points separate them on the career scoring list – Battavio now has 1,240 points, Donelson 1,222.

With the two of them combining for 20 points, the Wolverines (2-0) opened a 24-5 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, although the Red Devils (1-1), playing with only six players, scored the first nine points of second quarter and played them even to halftime.

They weren’t the first points the Wolverines scored in the game. Those belonged to Gianna Maiorini, who hit their first two baskets before the other two got going.

“Today I was most proud of Gianna,” Smart said. “It was a slow kind of start and she comes up and hits two big shots for us. She’s been that way all year. She’s kind of the quiet leader who kind of knows where everybody is.”

Donelson, a Millersville signee, also had seven rebounds and six more steals. Battavio, a Goldey Beacom signee, had six rebounds and seven assists, several of the whip-around variety that usually found Donelson in the corner for a 3. 

Donelson was 5-for-8 from behind the arc in the game.

“Working in the summer just really improved my shooting,” she said.

In perhaps the definition of their collaboration, there was a play early in the fourth quarter when Donelson made a steal that sent them off on a 2-on-1 break. She passed it to Battavio and just as they got to the foul line Battavio returned it past the unfortunate Penns Grove defender caught in the flow and Donelson soared in for an easy layup. 

The play came right after Battavio hit a 3

“Me and Talia work really well together,” Donelson said. “We both know we play and we just work off that and it’s really good.”

WOODSTOWN (2-0) – Talia Battavio 7 9-10 26, Megan Donelson 9 5-6 28, Gianna Maiorini 2 0-0 4, Kyla Leyman 1 0-0 2, Lauren Hengel 0 0-0 0, Emma Perry 1 0-0 3, Jala Thomas 1 0-0 3, Kendall Young 1 0-0 3, Talia Guardascione 0 0-0 0, Lizzy Daly 0 0-0 0, Kailyn Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Brynley Ecret 0 1-3 1, Ava White 0 0-0 0, Mia Waterman 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 15-19 70
PENNS GROVE (1-1) – Brianna Robbins 2 3-8 7, NyAsia Numan 2 0-0 5, RaNiyah Wilson 5 4-6 17, Keziah Patterson 1 0-0 2, MiKayla Washington 0 0-2 0, JaNiyah Cummings 3 1-3 7. Totals 13 8-19 38.

3-point goals: Woodstown 11 (Battavio 3, Donelson 5, Perry, Thomas, Young); Penns Grove 4 (Numan, Wilson 3). Fouled out: Robbins, Washington. Total fouls: Woodstown 19, Penns Grove 23.

PENNSVILLE 52, GLASSBORO 44: Marley Wood helped the Eagles hold it together after two of their top players fouled out in the fourth quarter and Glassboro was rallying to help coach Steve Merritt get his first win with the program.

Wood scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had five assists. It was her third career double-double. She was particularly instrumental after Taylor Bass (11 points, seven rebounds) and Nora Ausland (12 points, six rebounds) fouled out in the fourth quarter while Glassboro cut a 15-point deficit to six.

Although she didn’t do much scoring in the quarter, she was the rudder that steered the ship. Freshman Addison Johnston also played a big role, scoring four points in the fourth, including her first career 3-pointer.

“One-and-one feels a lot better than 0-2,” Merritt said. “I was almost giddy with joy postgame. I was so proud of how they did what I have been drilling into them.”

Glassboro’s Kezia Brackett led all scorers with 18 points. She had 13 in the second half.

PENNSVILLE (1-1) – Taylor Bass 4 1-1 11, Marley Wood 5 2-4 14, Nora Ausland 4 1-2 12, Jaida Burns 3 1-1 7, Addison Johnston 1 1-2 4, Izzy Saulin 2 0-0 4, Ashlyn Fredo 0 0-0 0, Calli Ausland 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 6-10 52.
GLASSBORO (0-2) – Tamia Smith 6 1-4 14, Grace Moore 1 0-0 2, Kezia Brackett 6 2-2 18, Kimora Miles 0 0-0 0, Sianna Wedderburn 1 0-0 2, Lily Czubas 4 0-2 8. Totals 18 3-8 44.

3-point goals: Pennsville 8 (Bass 2, Wood 2, N. Ausland 3, Johnston); Glassboro 5 (Smith, Brackett 4). Rebounds: Pennsville 33 (Wood); Glassboro 28 (Wedderburn 13, Czubas 10). Fouled out: Bass, N. Ausland. Total fouls: Pennsville 16, Glassboro 13.

SCHALICK 51, OVERBROOK 29: Freshmen Naveah Robinson and Willow Davis knocked down seven of Schalick’s nine 3-pointers and the long-range bombing led the Cougars to their first win of the season.

Robinson hit four 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 18 points. Davis hit three in her first career start and had 14 points. The Cougars (1-2) have hit 12 3s in their first three games. They had 41 in 22 games last season.

The Cougars hit six from behind the arc in the first half while opening a 33-10 halftime lead. Robinson and Davis had five of them.

“The 3-ball is definitely something Nevaeh and Willow bring to this team,” Cougars coach John Whalen said. “It allows us to do much more on offense and really helps us spread the floor.

“I think both (Robinson and Davis) are starting to more comfortable, more confident, and will be a major part of this team’s success.”

OVERBROOK (0-2) – Gianna Simon 5 7-14 18, Jael Pressley 1 4-6 6, Rosetta Loibman 0 0-0 0, Lelani Knight 1 0-0 2, Kayla Reynolds 1 1-2 3, Talia Wiggins 0 0-0 0, Leslies Rosario 0 0-0 0, Lily LaFountain 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 12-22 29.
SCHALICK (1-2) – Abby Willoughby 1 1-1 3, Cali Fisler 0 1-2 1, Nevaeh Robinson 7 0-1 18, Ava Scurry 3 1-2 7, Willow Davis 5 1-2 14, Emily Miller 2 0-0 5, Olivia Lunemann 0 0-0 0, Carly Vicente 1 0-0 3, Vic Basich 0 0-0 0, Kyleigh Cutler 0 0-0 0, Emma O’Neill 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 4-8 51.

3-point goals: Overbrook 1 (Simon); Schalick 9 (Robinson 4, Davis 3, Miller, Vicente). Fouled out: Lunemann. Total fouls: Overbrook 9, Schalick 17. 

SALEM TECH 36, SALEM 22: Shelby Liber hit two 3-pointers among her team-high nine points and the Chargers dominated the boards to win their season opener for the first time in program history. Demajae White had a game-high 12 rebounds. Rylee Doerr didn’t scored, but she grabbed 11 boards. 

Kaylin Beardsley and Shelby Drummond both had full boxscores. Beardlsey had four points, five rebounds, six assists and seven steals. Drummond had three points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals.

The Chargers won only one game all last season. They had never beaten Salem before (0-4).

SALEM (0-2) – Zaniyah Frieson 1 0-2 2, Nevaeh Hickman 4 0-0 10, Carlysia Pierce 3 3-5 10, Lyric Hayes 0 0-0 0, Marcela Villalpando 0 0-0 0, Taleah Elliott 0 0-0 0, Dakirah Gray 0 0-0 0, Amariah Frye 0 0-0 0, Jania Adams 0 0-0 0, Shyla Parsons 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 3-7 22.
SALEM TECH (1-0) – Kaylin Beardsley 2 0-0 4, Hannah Dewitt 2 3-8 7, Shelby Drummond 1 1-2 3, Shelby Liber 3 1-6 9, Lavae Scott 1 0-0 2, Demajae White 2 2-2 6, Evening Amedee 2 1-1 5, Rylee Doerr 0 0-0 0, Jadelynn Stoffyn 0 0-0 0, Rachel Reed 0 0-0 0, Payton Fitzpatrick 0 0-0 0, Tiara Bazemore 0 0-0 0, Amora Delaine 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 8-19 36.

3-point goals: Salem 3 (Hickman 2, Pierce); Salem Tech 2 (Liber 2).