Springfield Township & Neshaminy picked up wins in SOL girls’ basketball action on Monday night. Neshaminy/Villa Joseph Marie photos provided courtesy of John Gleeson. Check back for a gallery of photos.
Non-league
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 44, BRISTOL 37
Rileigh Serroni scored 16 points and Grace Barraclough contributed 15 to lead the Spartans to the non-league win.
“Between Rileigh Serroni having a nice night and Grace being her steady contributor – I was happy for Rileigh because she kind of broke out of it a little bit,” coach Dave Giordano said. “She’s been squeezing the ball a little too tight.
“It was a little bit of a battle, but we’re happy with it. The girls deserve all the credit.”
The Spartans got off to a slow start, scoring just two points in the first quarter. They trailed by nine. They turned the tables on the visiting Warriors in the second quarter, going on an 18-2 tear to go into halftime with a 20-13 lead. The two teams exchanged baskets in the second half.
“We had a slow start again tonight, but they continued to work hard, especially defensively,” Giordano said. “They’ve all been working hard defensively which has turned into a boatload of good offensive chances. We just haven’t finished, and tonight we finally clicked in the second quarter. It carried us through. We closed out nice. We took care of the basketball at the end.”
Also for the Spartans, Emily Guicheteau had seven points and Mary Kate Smith, six points.
Springfield Township (3-10, 1-6 SOL) will host Cheltenham Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Bristol 11-2-15-9 37
Springfield Township 2-18-12-12 44
Bristol (37) – McMillan 12, Newkirk 5, Sweeney 10, Lewis 6, Toledo 4.
Springfield Township (44) – Grace Barraclough 15, Mary Kate Smith 6, Rileigh Serroni 16, Emily Guicheteau 7
NESHAMINY 74, VILLA JOSEPH MARIE 41
Ten Redskins players put their names in the scoring column. Brooke Mullin’s 19-point effort led the way in Neshaminy’s non-league rout. She did all of her damage in three quarters, scoring six in a first quarter that saw the ‘Skins open up a 21-8 lead over their visitors. By halftime, the Redskins’ lead had grown to 39-13. Mullin had 10 points by the intermission while Olivia Scotti had eight and Kelli Kowalick, seven points.
Kowalick finished with 11 points and Scotti, eight. Kristin Curley added nine points, Emily Tantala had eight, Meghan Ansel contributed seven and Allison Harvey had six points.
Neshaminy (11-3, 6-0 SOL) will host Bensalem on Tuesday.
Villa Joseph Marie 8-5-13-15 41
Neshaminy 21-18-15-20 74
Villa Joseph Marie (41) – Beck 8, Whalen 8, Connor 6, Skalski 8, Morrell 3, Hobbib 6, Somerville 2.
Neshaminy (74) – Brooke Mullin 19, Allison Harvey 6, Kristin Curley 9, Olivia Scotti 8, Kelli Kowalick 11, Meghan Ansel 7, Emily Tantala 8, Taylor Kelly 2, Amira Green 2, Sydney Tyron 2.
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