ALLENTOWN — The ninth-seeded Westampton Tech varsity girls’ basketball team surged past the eighth-seeded Allentown High squad in the second and third quarters to bring away a 48-36 victory Wednesday in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament.
Harmoni Cummings led all scorers with 15 points for the Panthers.
Lily DeRose’s 14 points were high for the Redbirds, whose season came to an end after a 16-10 campaign.
WESTAMPTON TECH (48)
Sidney 2-2-6, Sunkett 3-0-8, Steward 2-3-8, JWilliams 2-0-4, Nnebe 3-0-7, Cummings 7-1-15, Quaye 0-0-0.
Totals — 19-6-48.
ALLENTOWN (36)
Rondinelli 3-1-9, DeRose 4-3-14, Sullivan 3-0-6, Harmon 0-0-0, Barry 1-0-2, Malvin 1-3-5, George 0-0-0.
Totals — 12-7-36.
WestamptonT(12-10) 10 18 14 6 — 48
Allentown (16-10) 10 8 7 11 — 36
3-point goals — Sunkett 2, Steward, Nnebe (WT), Rondinelli 2, DeRose 3 (A).
RED BANK REGIONAL 60, HOPEWELL VALLEY 32
LITTLE SILVER — The 11th-seeded Bulldogs could not stay in step with the sixth-seeded Bucs in Central Jersey Group III.
Hopewell Valley’s season came to a close after an 11-14 campaign.
HopewellVal(11-14) 8 8 8 8 — 32
RedBankReg(12-12) 18 16 16 10 — 60
COLTS NECK 67, NORTHERN BURLINGTON 29
COLTS NECK — Priscilla Kowalczyk scored 14 points as the 16th-seeded Greyhounds fell to the top-seeded Cougars in more CJ III play.
Northern Burlington’s season came to a close after a 9-18 campaign.
NORTHERN BURLINGTON (29)
Ramaswamy 0-0-0, Nezezon 2-1-5, DWilliams 2-1-5, ZJones 2-1-5, Wasilewski 0-0-0, Kowalczyk 4-3-14, HBrown 0-0-0.
Totals — 10-6-29.
COLTS NECK (67)
Bryce 4-2-10, Wallace 3-2-9, Caffiero 2-2-7, McAndrew 5-4-17, Jasina 5-1-13, Donahue 3-1-7, Chapman 1-0-2, Mahagan 1-0-2.
Totals — 24-12-67.
No.Burlington(9-18) 6 7 7 9 — 29
Colts Neck (20-6) 18 17 19 13 — 67
3-point goals — Kowalczyk 3 (NB), Wallace, Caffiero, McAndrew 3, Jasina 2 (CN).
CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP I
THRIVE CHARTER 57, MANVILLE 20
HAMILTON — Heziah Kinston’s 16 points and 12 more from Adris Oppong carried the seventh-seeded Titans past the 10th-seeded Mustangs on the Vincent R. Cuiule Court at the Dorothy L. Payne Iron Palace.
Thrive Charter (12-10) advances to play at second-seeded Bound Brook (23-3) Monday.
MANVILLE (20)
Fonseca 0-2-2, Alfaro 2-0-5, Fleming 3-2-8, Gosk 1-0-2, Betancourth 0-0-0, Sisco 0-0-0, Vornlocker 0-0-0, Gorbatuk 1-0-3.
Totals — 7-4-20.
THRIVE CHARTER (57)
OMoore 2-0-5, Daudin 4-1-9, Powell 1-0-3, Oppong 4-4-12, Farrior 3-0-6, Kinston 7-1-16, Spaulding 1-1-3, Wilson 1-0-2, Pittman 0-1-1.
Totals — 23-8-57.
Manville (17-9) 6 6 2 6 — 20
ThriveCharter(12-10) 26 15 12 4 — 57
3-point goals — Alfaro, Gorbatuk (M), OMoore, Powell, Kinston (TC).
ROSELLE PARK 72, FLORENCE 30
ROSELLE PARK — Jayla Long’s 14 points were not enough to keep the 11th-seeded Flashes from falling to the sixth-seeded Panthers in another CJ I contest.
FLORENCE (30)
SArnold 1-0-2, CHaas 1-0-3, Arecchi 0-0-0, RSmith 3-0-6, Long 5-1-14, Gravener 2-0-5, Walker 0-0-0, Schuler 0-0-0, Franta 0-0-0.
Totals — 12-1-30.
ROSELLE PARK (72)
SSmith 13-8-37, Djokic 2-0-5, Dobre 5-1-13, Wilkes 4-0-8, Gregoire 3-1-7, Boyd 1-0-2.
Totals — 28-10-72.
Florence (12-13) 5 5 15 5 — 30
RosellePark(17-7) 21 16 20 15 — 72
3-point goals — CHaas, Long 3, Gravener (F), SSmith 3, Djokic, Dobre 2 (RP).
