Salem, MA Youth Basketball

Sol 24 - Liberty 17
The Sol outplayed the Liberty to secure the win, with Shannon Sholds scoring 10pts and Jonalis Morel coming through with 8pts. Maeve Harrington was the main weapon for the Liberty with 9pts. The Sol got contributions from everyone with Meghan Blair scoring 4pts and Nicole Votta adding another 2pts, while April Hannable also scored 2pts to go with her 2 blocks and a steal.

Comets 28 - Sparks 18
Erin Fahey blasted the Comets past the Sparks with her 12pts an 8rebs. Fallon 6pts and Brenna 8pts kept the Sparks within striking distance but couldn’t get them overe the hump. Courtney Shearstone also played well for the Comets scoring 7pts.

Lynx 28 - Sting 8
The Lynx got great effort from their to garner their victory over the Sting. Alx Bryant dominated the paint with 11pts while Arlin Baez almost matched her output with 10pts. Ashley Espinal also played well for the Lynx with 6pts from inside.

Florida 25 - UCLA 21
JT Kapnis led his Gators past the Bruins with 10 pts and as many rebounds. Jeff White, 9pts and Rocky Mendez, 11pts supplied most of their teams offense to keep UCLA in game. Peter O’Donnell played very well for Florida scoring 5 key points, along with fellow Gators, Jake MacFarlane who added 4pts and William Walsh who drilled a deep three early in the second half.

Texas 40 - Duke 15
The Longhorns opened the season in impressive fashion with a 25 point victory over Duke. John Crimble, led the Horns in scoring with 13pt followed closely by big man Rory Cawley who owned the paint scoring 10pts with 7rebs. Armando Lezema, 11pts, scored nearly all of Dukes points with Pat Viselli chipping in with 2pts. Crimble and Cawley wern’t the only Texas players with nice games however, Rocco Geary, Jeury Batista and Connor Alexander all helped their team win with 4pts apiece. Not to mention Jack McCarthy’s twisting, over the head, one handed three pointer from 22 feet. William McCarthy also scored 2pts for Texas in the win.

Memphis 26 - Ohio State 21
The three-headed Memphis monster of Matt Muse, 8pts 4assts, Stephen Moutsoulas, 10pts 6rebs, and Tyler Thomas, 10pts, proved too strong for the Buckeyes to defeat. Austin Connelly, ran the show for Ohio State with 7pts and played strong defense on Muse. Juan Martinez, led the Buckeyes in scoring with 10pts.

Texas 26 - Uconn 22
Texas jumped out to a huge lead over the Huskies with a tremendous first half effort; supplied by Rory Cawley, 12pts and John Crimble, 8pts. The Huskies managed to get right back into the game late in the second half behind terrific defensive effort by all the Uconn players and ledd offensively by John Swasey and his 15pts to go along with 6pts from Tommy O’Hare’s sweet shooting.

UCLA 10 - Syracuse 6

In a hard fought contest between two evenly matched teams the Bruins of UCLA topped Syracuse. Brianna Rodriguez, scored 4pts with 3stls to lead her team past the Orange. Caylee Post also scored 4pts and Arianna Gaffney added 2 more points for the Bruins. Grace Cawley and Kelly Sweeney provided the points for Syracuse.

North Carolina 23 - Uconn 20

North Carolina eked out the win over Uconn in a double overtime thriller. Micaela Dionne and Maria Alfelle each scored 6pts for the Huskies in the loss. Olivia Comeau, 8pts, was the hero for NC with two steals and layups in the final minute of regulation to force the extra frame. Alexis Bedard, 4pts also played well for Uconn. Jessica Tassinieri, Cameron Connelly and Celina Noel all scored 4pts for the voctorious Tar Heels, while Shannon Parr’s free t hrow provided the winning basket for her team.

Memphis 26 - Umass 9

Memphis was led by their dynamic duo of Rachel Zipper and Sabrina Swift whom each had 8pts. Julie Shea played well scoring 4pts for UMASS, with Meghan Zipper chipping in with 2pts. Micala Thibault and Emma Woolshire both scored 4pts to help propel the Tigers over Umass.