Shore Conference Boys Basketball Friday Scoreboard, Feb. 16

Non-Division

Ranney 82, Freehold Twp. 68

Senior Drew Buck scored 23 points as well as five rebounds, five assists and two blocks to lead the Panthers to a win over the Patriots.

Sophomore Shaan Nayar added 18 points, junior Justin Buck chipped in 12 points and freshman Brody Mauro put up 10 points and 10 rebounds for Ranney.

Freshman Jake Schultzel scored 17 points and junior Jordan Dulnuan added 16 to lead Freehold Township. Senior Brandon Norero also had 12 points and 10 rebounds in the loss.

Wall 49, Brick Memorial 44

Senior Bo Pepe scored a game-high 19 points and the Crimson Knights beat the Mustangs in their season-finale.

Sophomore Sean Collins scored 13 points to lead Brick Memorial, which will continue its season in the NJSIAA Central Group III Tournament next week as the No. 15 seed.

No. 16 Shore 54, No. 10 Manalapan 47

Senior Dom DiFiore scored 20 points and classmate Alex George scored the 1,000th point of his high school career to lead the Blue Devils over the Braves. George finished with 13 points and fellow senior Joe Santi added 11 for Shore.

Junior Aiden Sosinov led Manalapan with 20 points as well.

No. 4 Central 72, Middletown South 47

Junior Jaycen Santucci scored 31 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while classmate Jayson King put up 20 points and six boards to lead the Golden Eagles to a win over the Eagles.

Jackson Liberty 60, Toms River South 54

Senior Lukas Latvys followed up his 40-point game with 19 points on Friday to help lead the Lions to a second straight win -- this time on the road against the Indians.

Freshman Aidan Kelly added 13 points and senior Charlie Callahan pitched in 11 for Jackson Liberty, which is 2-1 this week with wins over Toms River South and Lacey and a two-point loss at Pinelands.

That record coincides with the return of senior point guard Dylan Teopaco from a month-long absence following a serious head injury he sustained in a game at Keyport that was suspended due to the nature of his injury and continued at a later date. Teopaco scored six points in Friday's win and averaged 6.3 for the week while running the point in limited minutes.

Senior Kai Barckley scored a game-high 20 points to lead Toms River South and classmate Jordan Jones put up 16 in the loss.

Non-Conference

Point Boro 63, New Egypt 41

Sophomore Jovin Steinmetz scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half and the Panthers raced to a win over the Warriors.

Senior Jake Venturoso and junior Drew Caria each added 10 points and three steals, with Cardia also dishing out three assists for Point Boro.