HIGHSTOWN – On Monday, the 16th-ranked West Windsor-Plainsbears women’s basketball team scared the best of Highstown in the first round of the New Jersey Inter-School Athletics Association.
Pirates of head coach Brian Fisher lost with 57 points to Rams from head coach Jenna Marcus during a Colonial Valley Conference match in January.
However, this time when many players returned healthy, WW-P South took control in the second quarter and held the lead until the game was less than six minutes away.
Heathstown needed a ridiculous close to retain their first place with a win from behind with a score of 51-34.
On Wednesday, most likely, at 18 or 18:30, “Rams” (21-6) will take the winner of yesterday’s game between “Montgomery”, which sat at number nine, and “North Brunswick”, which is seeded at number eight.
“They wanted to win,” Abby Mission, a sophomore at the Highstown Center, said of the Pirates. “During the break we talked about how much we wanted to do the same. After the game moved into the fourth quarter, we really picked things up. It was nice that everyone got into it. “
From fans to home players, the Rams gym has been shocked with a score of 23-1 over the last 9:39, after a pair of free throws by WW-P South freshman Shailey Holden (13 points), giving the visitors a 33-28 lead.
“By the end of the season, our team has a tendency to grow,” said Pirates senior guard Lily Ackman. “I am so proud of how everyone has risen. We lost the first game with Highstown this season, 69-12, then we lost that game in the fourth quarter. The way we’ve improved in two seasons is incredible (after playing four of our own games last season because of COVID-19) ”.
When Ackman added eight points, 5-10 juniors Kate Xiao scored seven and 5-11 juniors Talia Black scored six while blocking eight shots and 10 rebounds, WW-P South took the lead with a score of 26-21 in the locker room, leading which doubled. to seven points in the third quarter.
But even with senior striker Carly McKenna recording her fourth foul at the end of the third quarter, and top scorer Kyle Glasser-Hyman retained five points in the second half after scoring 13 in the first quarter (when her club kept 15-14) lead), Aries found much other help in the fourth sentence.
The mission succeeded in the match against Xiao and Black, scoring 13 points, making 15 rebounds and blocking six of his own shots. Seven of those points and six of her rebounds went to the fourth quarter. The mission connected 5 of 6 foul throws on the site.
Izzy Benitez, Senior Guard / Forward 5-6, proved just as important to Highstown.
Without scoring the first three quarters, Benitez made a free throw with a score of 5:53 and finished with a score of 33. In the last five minutes, she found her touch and scored nine more points to help the Rams beat the Pirates 21-1 in final sentence.
WW-P SOUTH (34)
LACMAN 3-0-8, Rubenstein 0-0-0, Gunderia 0-0-0, Kona 0-0-0, Latif-Estafan 0-0-0, O’Shea 0-0-0, TBlack 3-0 -6, Xiao 1-5-7, Yanagi 0-0-0, Patil 0-0-0, Pande 0-0-0, Sorensen 0-0-0, Holden 5-2-13, Joseph 0-0- 0, EBBlack 0-0-0.
In total – 12-7-34.
HIGHSTOWN (51)
McKenna 2-0-4, IBenites 4-2-10, Poulter 0-0-0, Glasser-Hyman 7-3-18, McDonough 1-0-2, Keilo 0-0-0, Gapa 0-0-0 , Monsieur 4-5-13, Abenites 0-0-0, Negle 0-2-2, Ragland 1-0-2.
In total – 19-12-51.
WW-P South (7-16) 14 12 7 1 – 34
Heathstown (21-6) 15 6 9 21 – 51
3-point goals – Luckman 2, Holden (WWS), Glasser-Hyman (H).
