The LoHud Girls Basketball Blog

Pearl River at Nyack, 4 p.m.
Spring Valley at Nanuet, 4 p.m.
North Rockland at Ramapo, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Ursuline B, 4:15 p.m.
Solomon Schechter at Palisade Prep, 4:15 p.m.
Ursuline at White Plains, 4:15 p.m.
Mount Vernon at Mamaroneck, 4:15 p.m.
Pelham at Roosevelt, 4:15 p.m.
Tappan Zee at Albertus Magnus, 4:15 p.m.
Yorktown at Hen Hud, 4:15 p.m.
Yonkers at Edgemont, 4:15 p.m.
Hamilton at Keio, 4:30 p.m.
John Jay at Maria Regina, 4:30 p.m.
Newburgh Free Academy at Ossining, 5 p.m.
Walter Panas at Putnam Valley, 5 p.m.
Portledge at Holy Child, 5 p.m.
Lakeland at Mahopac, 5 p.m.
John Jay-EF at Arlington, 6 p.m.
Poughkeepsie at Beacon, 6 p.m.
Hastings at Dobbs Ferry 6 p.m.
Haldane at Pawling, 6:15 p.m.
Harrison at Briarcliff, 6:15 p.m.
Somers at Brewster, 6:15 p.m.
Clarkstown South at Mahopac, 7 p.m.
Lincoln at Eastchester, 7 p.m.
Blind Brook at Rye, 7 p.m.
John Jay at North Salem, 7 p.m.

Masters 51, Chapin School 45: At Masters, Naya Williams had 30 points and five steals. Steph Soufas added eight points and seven steals.
Ardsley 48, Sleepy Hollow 43: At Ardsley, Nicolina Chenard completed two free throws to give Ardsley a one-point lead with two minutes remaining. Toni Pilla had 17 points and Casey Foley had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Sleepy Hollow’s Jamie Bucci had 11 points.
Palisade Prep 29, Solomon Schechter 27 OT: At Palisade Prep, Valerie Lavar scored the game winning basket with less than a minute left in overtime. Angie Baron led Palisade Prep with 17 points while Hannie Everett had 16 points for Solomon Schechter.
Saunders 50, Roosevelt 32: At Roosevelt, Amanda Smith scored 25 points as the Blue Devils snapped a five-game losing streak. Gabi Faria added six points, six blocks and 10 rebounds. Hivelize Escobar (19 points) and Shahara Ingram (13 points) did all the scoring for the Indians.

Player of the Night: Masters’ Naya Williams,who had 30 points and five steals in its win over Chapin School.

Other Notes:

• After not winning a game for the first year and a half of its program’s existence, Palisade Prep has now won two games in a row.


• Ardsley is now 10-2.

This week we want to know who you think the second best player in the area is (or, I guess if you think someone else deserves to be No. 1, feel free to tell us in the comments). So check out the poll on the right.

*If you think other, let us know who in the comments section.

A message to all coaches and even parents:

If you have or know of any player that is currently getting recruited by a college, please let us know about it. We are always looking to get more information out there and we won’t know unless you tell us.

You can email us at:

Rob: rcristino@lohud.com
Yaron: yweitzman@lohud.com

Thanks.

From left, Suffern’s Deja Smith, Nicole Liddy and Clarkstown South’s Laura Castaldo reach for a rebound during their basketball game at Clarkstown South. South won 36-25.

See more photos of Suffern at Clarkstown South basketball

Not much action on Thursday’s slate, but highlighting the day’s events should be the Sleepy Hollow vs. Ardsley matchup at 4:45 p.m.

According to Hssports.net, we have Ardsley coming into the game with a 10-2 record and Sleepy Hollow with a record of 10-3, so it should prove to be a nice, competitive matchup.

Here are the games scheduled:

Saunders at Roosevelt, 4:15 p.m.
Sleepy Hollow at Ardsley, 4:45 p.m.
Solomon Schechter at Palisade Prep, 4:45 p.m.

Marisa Gardineer led Somers with 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 47-36 victory over visiting Beacon on Wednesday.

Caite Opfer also recorded a double-double for the Tuskers with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while teammates Nicole Demase and Jamie Sisca each added nine points in the win to help Somers improve to 11-3.

Beacon drops to 8-5 on the season.

Holy Child 53, Marymount 21: At Roberto Clemente Center, Maggie Welsh scored 17 points for the Gryphons. Josie Amerson had 10 rebounds.
Hackley 46, Horace Mann 37: At Hackley, Stefanie Frolo had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Allie Coppola had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Scarsdale 80, Gorton 26: At Gorton, Shelby Zucker scored 19 points for the Raiders. Teammate Casey Pearlman scored 16 points. Jasmin Hairston-Harris scored 10 points for the Wolves. Teammate Patricia Gomez had 19 rebounds.
Harvey 65, Montfort Academy 34: At Harvey, Chinassa Nwokocha had 22 points and Gabi Paulac had 19.
Ardsley 45, Edgemont 24: At Edgemont, Toni Pilla had 23 points and Casey Foley had 11 points. Victoria Catrini had seven points for Edgemont.

Monifort Academy at Harvey, 4 p.m.
Holy Child at Marymount, 4:15 p.m.
Scarsdale at Gorton, 4:15 p.m.
Croton-Harmon at Lincoln, 4:30 p.m.
Beacon at Somers, 4:30 p.m.
Suffern at Clarkstown South, 5:30 p.m.
Ardsley at Edgemont, 6 p.m.

Rye Country Day 55, King 46: At Rye Country Day, Carolyn Binder scored 20 points for the Wildcats. Nereida Mendez scored 14 points. Teammate Zoe Verni scored 10 points.

Masters 51, Greens Farms Academy 25: At Greens Farms Academy in Connecticut, Naya Williams had 22 points and seven steals. Gianna Masini added 11 points and five rebounds.

Ursuline B 59, Yonkers 43: At Ursuline, Lindsay Bettke had 21 points and four assists. Jessica Rabaa had 18 points for the Bulldogs.
Ardsley 68, Saunders 40: At Ardsley, Toni Pilla scored 26 points for the Panthers. Nicolina Chenard scored 13 points. Amanda Smith scored 17 points for the Blue Devils.
Holy Child 38, Greenwich Academy 30: At Greenwich Academy, Mary Clare Manfred had 10 points and six steals.
Fox Lane 59, Ketcham 38: At Fox Lane, Julia Raue had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Foxes. Allison Lombardi had 18 points and five steals.
Harvey 34, Oakwood Friends 26: At Oakwood Friends, Chinasa Nwokocha had 13 points.
Kennedy 49, Beacon 37: At Beacon, Kiera Hennessy had 12 points and eight rebounds. Teammates Tara Cremin and Sara Dowd had 11 points each.

Other Notes:

• Kennedy is now 8-5 and Ardsley is 9-2.