Toms River East and Brick Memorial Mustangs are two evenly matched teams with both of them having similar records. Coming into this matchup Toms River East has 7 seniors on their roster while Brick Memorial Mustangs only having four on the roster. East who is coached by Kevin Cohen brings a unique style of basketball when it comes to shooting the ball, playing defense and team chemistry. This team can knock out shots in spacing when they get going led by Yana Shupak and Kaleigh Fitzgibbons. It was a close and competitive game between these two teams.
The theme of this game was defense with each quarter being single digits and low scoring. Both teams did a fantastic job of putting emphasis on their defense which payed a big impact during this matchup. They didn't give up that many close up shots early which made both offenses adjustment a little differently. Toms River East hit back to back three pointers against Brick Memorial Mustangs which led them to have a 9-2 lead early forcing Brick to call timeout. The Mustang's defense did a good job early but struggled covering the three point line. Then Brick ended first quarter on a 6-0 run cutting East's lead to 9-8 heading into second quarter.
Yana Shupak from Toms River East was dominant the whole game making her shots, drawing fouls and driving to the basket. Mustangs couldn't really stop Shupak as She took advantage of it and read their defense well. Brick struggled with finding shots in second quarter as East's defense still putting a lot of pressure and high intensity. They outscored Brick 7-3 in second quarter taking a 16-11 lead into halftime setting up an exciting second half of basketball between these two gritty teams. Lets see who made the necessary adjustments to grind out a tough win.
Brick Memorial Mustangs and Toms River East combined for 16 points in second half which made this game intense towards the end. The Mustangs did a great job with their adjustments but still wasn't enough as East got the huge win improving to 9-7 with a score of 32-27 and Brick falls to 9-7. Yana Shupak, Kaleigh Fitzgibbons and Nikolette Lebright were key in their win against the Mustangs as they came up clutch. Toms River East next game is today against Delsea at 11:00 am eastern.
Leading scorers for Tom's River East
Yana Shupak 14 points
Kaleigh Fitzgibbons 8 points
Nikolette Lebright 5 points
Leading scorers for Brick Memorial Mustangs
Kayla Herzer 7 points
Bianca Quintero 6 points
Liana Lapena 6 points
Alexis Caruso 6 points.
Photo Credit 📹 Mike Franco
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