SPORTS WRAP
BY WILLIAM HATHAWAY, JR.
PHOTOS BY FELICIA LAGUERRE OWENS
In women’s college basketball, this past Sunday the Seton Hall Lady Pirates suffered a tough loss on Senior Day at home against Creighton 72-62. All the SHU seniors and graduate players were honored before the game. Leading the Pirates was Azana Baines with 23 points and 9 rebounds, Kae Satterfield had 12 points and 9 rebounds, and Sha’Lynn Hagans added 16 points and 5 rebounds. and for Creighton who led her team with 16 points and 4 rebounds. Seton Hall is now 16-14 on the season.
A round of New Jersey high school basketball playoffs took place this past weekend. Among the local teams that took part was the East Orange boys basketball team, who took on Ridgewood in the North 1 Group 4 final. The game went down to the wire before a sold out crowd at Ridgewood High, but the Jaguars fell just short on the road 57-54. East Orange was led in their effort by Kaiyri Barkley’s 17 points and 5 rebounds and James Roberts with 14 points and 8 rebounds. East Orange started the game with a 20-10 lead, with Ridgewood coming back to tie it at the half 29-29. East Orange finished this season with an overall record of 23-6.
In another big game, Arts High School defeated Newark Collegiate 59-56 to win the North 2 Group 2 final. Leading Arts was Kevin Freeman with 14 points and 11 rebounds and Najee Graham’s 23 points proved huge. Both teams had winning seasons in their conferences.
Meanwhile, North 2 Group 1 was claimed by an impressive 18-9 Newark Tech team and the dynamic Bragg twins, who combined for 40 points in a 65-59 victory over Hoboken. Finally, Montclair Immaculate edged out Morris Catholic 72-70 to take the Non-Public Group B crown.
In other sports, the New York Red Bulls defeated the Houston Dynamo 2-1. Elias Manoel got the scoring starting for the Red Bulls in the 43rd minute in the first half of the game. Lewis Morgan added the difference maker in the 59th minute, while the Dynamo were only able to cut it in half with Aliyu Ibrahim goal at 77 minutes in. New York is now 1-0-1 on the year.
