TRENTON — Aivaye Ingram dropped 31 points, Juan Sanchez poured in 21, and the Trenton boys basketball team took care of business with an 84-43 win against WW-P South on Tuesday in the first round of the CVC Tournament.
The second-seeded Tornadoes advance to host seventh-seeded Nottingham on Thursday in the quarterfinals.
WW-P SOUTH (43)
O’Connor 4-1-10, Anderson 3-1-8, M. Dutta 2-0-6, Chimaladinne 2-1-5, A. Dutta 1-0-3, Suram 1-1-3, Palla 1-0-2, Reggiani Martins 1-0-2.
Totals — 15-4-39.
TRENTON (84)
Ingram 14-1-31, Sanchez 8-1-21, Smith 4-0-8, English-Fulton 4-0-8, Davidson 2-0-5, Ramos 1-1-4, Fleming 1-0-3, Whitaker 1-0-2, Cummings 1-0-2.
Totals — 36-3-84.
WW-P South (3-21) 7 13 9 14 — 43
Trenton (16-6) 24 27 19 14 — 84
3-point goals: M. Dutta 2, A. Dutta, Anderson, O’Connor (WWPS), Sanchez 4, Ingram 2, Ramos, Fleming, Davidson (T).
Hopewell Valley 52, Steinert 32
HOPEWELL TWP. — Kyle Yadamiec led with 17 points and Chris Heide netted 11 as the fourth-seeded Bulldogs pulled away early with a 22-point second quarter.
Hopewell will host fifth-seeded Hightstown or 12th-seeded Notre Dame on Thursday.
STEINERT (32)
Ditta 7-2-20, Guagliardo 1-4-6, Kell 1-1-3, Shanklin 1-0-2, Stillitano 0-1-1.
Totals — 10-8-32.
HOPEWELL VALLEY (52)
Yadamiec 7-0-17, Heide 5-1-11, Vlasac 3-2-9, Rybovic 3-0-7, Becker 2-0-5, Ballek 1-0-3.
Totals — 21-3-52.
Steinert (7-15) 11 6 7 8 — 32
Hopewell Valley (15-5) 10 22 14 6 — 52
3-point goals: Ditta 4 (S), Yadamiec 3, Vlasac, Becker, Rybovic, Ballek (HV).
Allentown 54, Princeton 51
ALLENTOWN — The eighth-seeded Redbirds rallied from a three-point deficit after the third quarter to edge the ninth-seeded Tigers.
Nick Pless (17 points), Frank Varricchio (16 points) and Cal Shellenberger (10 points) all scored double figures to pace Allentown. The Redbirds will travel to top-seeded Lawrence on Thursday.
Ewing 67, WW-PN 26
EWING — Terrence Traylor had 20 points to lead 10 different scorers for the third-seeded Blue Devils, who will host sixth-seeded Robbinsville on Thursday.
WW-P NORTH (26)
Skelton-Leon 2-4-8, Singh 3-1-7, Anadkat 2-0-5, Hunte 1-1-3, Mohan 0-1-1.
Totals — 9-7-26.
EWING (67)
Traylor 9-1-20, Upshur 2-2-8, Andino 2-3-7, Thomas 2-2-6, Jason Carter 2-0-5, Jaxon Carter 2-0-5, Robertson 2-1-5, Cannon 1-2-5, Parker 1-0-3, Stephenson 0-2-2, Barnes 1-0-2.
Totals — 24-13-67.
WW-P North (6-15) 3 8 3 12 — 26
Ewing (16-6) 25 18 11 13 — 67
3-point goals: Anadkat (WWPN), Upshur 2, Cannon, Jason Carter, Jaxon Carter, Traylor, Parker (E).
Regular Season
Phelps 65, Hun 62
PRINCETON — Eshan Kulkarni (14 points), Sage Mateo (13 points), Blake Hargrove (11 points) and Marshall Douglass (11 points) all notched double figures for Hun, but the Raiders came up one possession short in their eighth loss of the season.
HUN (62)
Kulkarni 6-1-14, Mateo 4-4-13, Hargrove 3-4-11, Douglass 2-7-11, Ayugi 3-0-6, Cullert 2-0-5, Van Hoeck 1-0-2.
Phelps (8-4) 11 13 18 23 — 65
Hun (16-8) 9 16 15 23 — 62
3-point goals: Kulkarni, Mateo, Hargrove, Cullert (H).
Peddie 76, Life Center 59
HIGHTSTOWN — Jordan Moton starred with 23 points, Sean Griffin netted 16 and Gabe Hornberger added 13 to guide the Falcons to their 19th win.
PEDDIE (76)
Moton 9-2-23, Griffin 8-0-16, Hornberger 5-0-13, Nelson 3-2-9, Deldag 2-0-6, Broko 2-0-5, Clark 2-0-4.
Life Center (6-16) 14 10 20 15 — 59
Peddie (19-7) 26 24 17 9 — 76
3-point goals: Moton 3, Hornberger 3, Deldag 2, Nelson, Broko (P).
