Shore Conference Girls Basketball Scoreboard Wednesday, 1/3/24
Non-Divisional
Colts Neck 61, Jackson Liberty 15
Colts Neck started the game on a 28-4 run in the 1st quarter to get back to .500 on the season. Senior Julianna Kowaleski knocked down six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 22 points. Junior Jules Georgiano scored a team-high 10 points for Jackson Liberty.
No. 16 Neptune 54, Marlboro 31
Newly ranked Neptune outscored Marlboro 16-0 in the 1st quarter to win their sixth game of the season. Junior Christa Ramos hit four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points and sophomore Lana Ellington added 16 points for Neptune.
Southern 57, Long Branch 47
No. 14 Howell 45, No. 13 Point Pleasant Boro 36
Senior Gabriella Carpenter and junior Ashley Smith both tied a game-high with 11 points to give Howell their second win of the season against a Shore 16 team. Junior Vanessa Haas also scored 11 points for Point Boro.
No. 15 Jackson Memorial 56, Manalapan 24
No. 2 Red Bank Catholic 71, No. 4 Ocean Township 39
RBC had four players score double-digits and outscored Ocean 63-29 in the last three quarters to rebound after their first defeat last week. Sophomore Addy Nyemchek scored a game-high 12 points and junior Christina Liggio and sophomoers Lola Giordano and Daniela Maletsky all scored 10 points each. Ocean's Eli and Kayden Clark and Jineen Ayyash all finished with 10 points. Ayyash pulled down 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double.
Middletown North 60, Donovan Catholic 30
Non-Conference
Henry Hudson 31, College Achieve Central 15
Senior Mackenzie Denzler scored a team-high 11 points and grabbed 7 rebounds and senior Shannon Kenny added 8 points to get Henry Hudson back to .500 on the season.
Freehold Borough 47, Nottingham 32
Freehold Boro had three players score double-digits to win their second game of the season. Freshman Olivia Batchelor tied her career-high 14 points and junior Sayuri Penaranda added 11 points. Freehold Boro had 18 steals in the non-conference game.
Middletown South 53, Allentown 31
Junior Elizabeth Tardy scored a game-hgih 15 points and senior Erin Mayerhofer added 12 points to help Middletown South get back to .500 on the season.