Shore Conference’s Top Shooters Part 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's hard to preview the entirety of the largest girls basketball conference in New Jersey in one article, so we're going to slowly, but surely look at the entirety of this absolutely loaded conference. First up, best shooters in the conference, and trust us when we say, there are plenty to add, too many for just one article.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='525475' first='Kimi' last='Sayson'] - Long Branch (2025)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Long Branch is an underrated team heading into this season in the Shore, and it has an impressive duo of shooters who are bound to have an impact this season. Sayson is arguably the best of the bunch, hitting 1.4 threes a game last season, averaging 12.3 points a game for the Green Wave. Her three-point output doubled in total and increased nearly 0.5 a game, really encouraging signs for this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='583949' first='Christina' last='Sikaras'] - Freehold Borough (2025)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Is Sikaras one of the best shooters that no one is talking about in New Jersey? She just might be, and she has the stats to back it up. The Colonials didn't have the best of seasons last season, but she made a statement, hitting 2.3 threes a game (60 in 23 games) while averaging 14 points a game. Sikaras led Freehold in both categories and should make a case for herself to earn all-conference honors this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='587885' first='Madison' last='Smith'] - Howell (2024)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Howell had a relatively balanced lineup of scorers, but when it came to three-point shooters, Smith took the crown, hitting 1.3 a game as a junior. More than half of her scoring came from beyond the arc, and her massive jump in production last season was thanks to more success at the perimeter. She's halfway to 100 in her career, so what better time to reach that mark than as a senior.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='583953' first='Laila' last='Hagan'] - Manalapan (2025)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hagan returns as the leading scorer from last season and the leading returning three-point shooter, but she has quite the task ahead of her as a junior. Sophia Venezia graduated in the spring, hitting 13 more threes than Hagan as a senior, but that production, nearly 2.7 threes a game, is gone. Hagan is quite the efficient shooter herself, hitting just over 2.1 a game, but the question is, can she reach Venezia levels as a junior?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1268591' first='Kaylee' last='Ambos'] - Jackson Memorial (2026)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ambos is a very under-the-radar pick for an article like this, but she earned it after a really strong freshman season as a sixth woman/fifth starter. Where she excelled most was her outside shooting, hitting just under one a game for the Jaguars in her first full high school season. More than 3 three-pointers a game needs to be made up for this season, and Ambos is someone we think can step up and fill a good portion of that void.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='406934' first='Lauryn' last='Case'] - Point Pleasant Beach (2024)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Case has steadily improved over her first three years at Point Pleasant Beach, but her senior year will be one that the Garnet Gulls will ask a lot of her. She's the best outside shooter on the team, coming off a year hitting 1.3 a game in 24 games played. Her strongsuit is three-point shooting and she's really the only perimeter shooter of note returning. That means a large reliance on her to produce, and she's more than earned this moment to reach those expectations.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='525472' first='Casey' last='Collins'] - Southern Regional (2025)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last season is one Southern Regional would like to forget in a big way, but Collins is a returning piece that brings promise to this team and is a piece to build around. She's hands down the best player on the Rams, and her three-point shooting definitely has played a role in that, hitting 1.9 threes a game in 23 games played last season. Of her 15.6 points a game scored last season, roughly a third to 40 percent of that came from three, and she's not going to stop hitting shots from the perimeter as a junior.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->