Glassboro victorious in season-opener + Monday’s SJ scores

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Glassboro High School girls' basketball team started its season off on a high note on Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='831439' first='Kezia' last='Brackett'] scored a team-high 26 points to power the Bulldogs to a 42-33 season-opening victory over Gloucester County Institute of Technology (GCIT).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“We know there are some that we still have to work on, but it's a good start,” Glassboro Coach Monte Willis said. “She's great. She's a really hard worker. I'm not surprised that she had a good game to start. I believe she's going to have a big season. It's going to take all of us in order to reach the goals we want to reach.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bulldogs (1-0) took an 18-11 lead into intermission behind Brackett's 10 points. They took a six-point lead into the final quarter when Brackett scored 10 points in the final eight minutes to put the game away.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“I expected them to be a little faster with the ball and to move the ball around more, but I feel like our team shut it down well,” Brackett said. “We did a good job, we prepared for this.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Only a junior, Brackett is now just 165 points away from reaching the 1,000 career points milestone, and it shouldn't take much longer for her to reach it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“I keep working in the gym on my layups, that's all I do,” she said. “I'm only getting better. 1,000 points is a great milestone. I can't wait to have my name up on that wall.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Monday's SJ Scores:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Pilgrim Academy 31, Buena 16</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cinnaminson 67, Triton 21</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Seneca 50, Burlington Township 7</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bordentown 62, Doane Academy 17</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rancocas Valley 71, Pemberton 21</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Audubon 55, Camden Tech 29</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Highland 57, Medford Tech 36</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->