Top Performers from Sunday’s Action

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With Christmas and Hanukkah in the rear-view mirror, New Jersey girls’ high school hoops wasted no time in getting back to action on Sunday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the top performers from Sunday’s high-octane play.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior <strong>Gina Gaccione, </strong>a Saint Anselm signee, scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Immaculate Heart Academy’s 68-16 victory over St. Elizabeth at the Mount Holiday Hoops Festival in Caldwell.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior <strong>Alexa Murphy</strong> paced Mount St. Dominic with 22 points, and added four rebounds and five assists while <strong>Juliet Howell</strong>, another senior, contributed 19 points, six rebounds, and four assists in a 64-56 win at the Mount Holiday Hoops Festival in Caldwell.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="134633" first="Faith" last="Pappas"]</strong>, a Fordham commit, drained a game-best-tying 22 points for Pope John XXII.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Amyah Bray</strong> dropped in 19 points and eight boards as Manchester Township knocked off Toms River South, 65-23, in the consolation round of the WOBM Classic in Toms River.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Promising sophomore <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="325192" first="Devyn" last="Quigley"]</strong> was right behind Bray with 18 points, four rebounds, five assists and seven steals while senior <strong>Myah Hourigan</strong> posted 17 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals in the triumph.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Junior <strong>Paterno Amanda</strong> led the Middletown South charge with 18 points en route to a 50-37 victory over Toms River East in the consolation round of the WOBM Classic at Barnabas Health Arena in Toms River.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior <strong>Isabella Orland</strong> contributed 12 points while sophomore <strong>Cassidy Brown</strong> added 11 for Middletown South.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior <strong>Kelly Goodall</strong> scored a team-high 13 for Toms River East.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-- Jerry Del Priore</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->