Cedar Creek High School’s Caleb Graves hit two free throws with seven seconds left to win 55-54 over Vineland in a Cape-Atlantic League boys basketball game Wednesday.
A Vineland shot missed at the buzzer. Damon Mitchell led the host Pirates with 17 points, including 11 in the second half. Graves scored 15 points and Jacob Knight had 12. For Vineland, Charlie Ware scored 19 points and Kevin Ellis had 11.
Vineland 10 14 17 13—54
Cedar Creek 9 15 15 16—55
V—Ware 7 4-7 19, Thomas 2 3-4 9, Colvin 4 0-0 8, Babalola 2 0-0 5, Ellis 2 6-6 11, Coates 1 0-0 2. Totals—18 14-17 54.
CC—Knight 5 2-4 12, Mitchell 6 5-8 17, Dennis 2 0-0 4, Graves 5 5-6 15, C. Newman 1 1-6 3, Seward 2 0-0 4, Wilkes 0 0-2 0. Totals—21 13-26 53.
3-pointers—Thomas (2), Babalola, Ware, Ellis V.
Records—C.C. 13-9; Vineland 4-18.
Nonleague
No. 9 St. Augustine Prep 49,
Pitman 46 (OT)
Mike Greenman led St. Augustine Prep with 17 points, including five 3-pointers. All four of Blake Rossell’s points came in overtime to help the Hermits to victory.
The win moves St. Augustine coach Paul Rodio into a tie for third place in the state for career victories with 777 with Bob Farrell, longtime coach of Seton Hall Prep.
Tim Delaney scored a game-high 18 points for Pitman.
Pitman 8 12 11 11 4—46
St. Augustine Prep 7 16 8 11 7—49
P—Delaney 7 2-2 18, Stafford 6 1-2 13, Foreman 5 0-0 10, Spicer 1 0-0 3, Collinsworth 0 2-2 2. Totals—19 5-6 46.
SAP—Greenman 6 0-0 17, Sullivan 3 1-2 7, Nelson 2 1-1 6, Gatto 3 0-0 6, Seward 2 0-0 4, Rossell 0 4-4 4, Segal 1 0-0 3, Vasturia 1 0-0 2. Totals—18 6-7 49.
3-pointers—Delaney (2), Spicer P; Greenman (5), Nelson, Segal SAP.
Records—St. Augustine 19-3, Pitman 18-4.
Central Regional 52,
Lower Cape May Regional 42
Miles Kline led Lower with 11 points. Will Bell scored eight for the Caper Tigers.
Central Regional 11 6 13 22—52
Lower Cape May Regional 6 10 8 18—42
CR—Lang 4 4-4 12, Drumwright 1 1-1 3, Arness 8 2-2 18, Reavis 1 0-0 2, Farester 1 0-0 2, Minale 4 0-0 9, Graceson 2 0-0 6. Totals—21 7-7 52.
LCM—Melo 2 0-1 5, Olson 3 0-4 6, Kline 4 0-0 11, Von Savage 0 1-2 1, Freeman 3 0-1 7, Bell 1 6-8 8, Szubski 1 1-2 4. Totals—12 8-18 42.
3-pointers—Melo, Freeman, Kline (3), Szubski LCM; Graceson (2), Minale CR.
Record—LCM 0-22.
Tri-County Conference
Salem 66,
Cumberland Regional 44
Salem’s Shawn Knight topped all scorers with 25 points. For the visiting Colts, Joe Ordille and Wesley Savage had 12 and 11 points, respectively, and Dwayne Parker scored nine.
Cumberland Regional 11 13 10 10—44
Salem 17 13 17 17—66
Records—Salem 11-9; Cumberland 3-18.
Girls
Cape-Atlantic League
Buena Regional 72,
Vineland 39
Janay Smith led Buena Regional with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Caroline Santiago also had a double-double for the Chiefs with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Jasmine Miro added 16 points in the win.
Tanasia Russell scored a game-high 27 points for Vineland.
Vineland 11 6 9 13—39
Buena Regional 24 11 17 20—72
V—Watson 1 2-4 4, Russell 8 2 5-6 27, Bonner 0 2-2 2, Harold 3 0-0 6. Totals—14 9-16 39.
BR—Smith 10 0-2 20, Santiago 7 0-0 14, Miro 6 1-3 16, Brown 2 0-0 5, DiBiase 2 0-0 4, Seyler 3 0-0 7, Green 3 0-0 6. Totals—33 1-5 72.
3-pointers—Russell (2) V; Miro (3), Seyler, Brown BR.
Records—Buena 11-10; Vineland 3-17.
Shore Conference
Southern Regional 51,
Howell 30
Allison Spaschak scored a game-high 24 points for Southern. Tierney Goetz added 12 points for the Rams.
Southern Regional 8 17 13 13—51
Howell 9 3 13 5—30
SR—Spaschak 6 8-10 24, Goetz 4 3-4 12, Errico 0 2-2 2, Brown 1 0-0 2, Caiazzo 3 4-6 10, Skeie 0 1-2 1. Totals—14 18-24 51.
H—Green 2 0-0 6, Bertinelli 1 0-0 2, Moreland 3 4-9 10, Trimble 1 2-4 4, Miccovich 1 1-1 3, Hamilton 1 2-2 5. Totals—9 9-16 30.
3-pointers—Spaschak (4), Goetz SR; Green (2), Hamilton H.
Record—Southern 12-9.
Tri-State Christian Athletic Conference
Atlantic Christian 71,
Cumberland Christian 29
Kelsey Robinson led all scorers with 23 points, eight rebounds and three steals for Atlantic Christian.
Jamie Zalman had 18 points and four assists. Jonie Mercadante added six points and grabbed five rebounds for the Cougars.
Cumberland Christian 9 15 5 0—29
Atlantic Christian 16 14 22 19—71
CC—Bryant 3 6-8 12, Riggins 2 4-4 10, Mills 3 0-0 6, Parmer 0 1-2 1. Totals—8 11-16 29.
AC—Zalman 3 3 3-4 18, Bird 2 0-0 6, Mercadante 2 0-0 6, Robinson 9 5-5 23, Scheidegg 2 0-0 4, Hitchner 2 2-2 6, Oguntusa 3 0-0 6, Kimmerley 1 0-0 2. Totals—27 10-11 71.
3-pointers—Riggins (2) CC; Zalman (3), Bird (2), Mercadante (2) AC.
Record—Atlantic Christian 16-4.
