The Herricks Lady Highlanders varsity basketball team overpowered the Long Beach Lady Marines, last Tuesday evening, 39-23, at Herricks High School.
Herricks outmuscled Long Beach defensively, holding the Lady Marines to six points in the first half, while the Lady Highlanders established a 12-point lead at halftime.
“Long Beach is a great team. I really respect them,” Lady Highlanders head coach Glenn Lavey said. “Their head coach has done a terrific job with them…I was worried about this game, but fortunately we played harder and got the win.”
Alison Ricchiuti led the Lady Highlanders with 12 points, including two 3-pointers, with sophomore Erin Rivera contributing 11 points and Barbara Nictas chipping in 10 points, including one 3-pointer. Sabrina Telmo scored seven points, including one 3-pointer, and had nine rebounds for Herricks
Herricks had a nearly five-minute run of nine unanswered points early on, and a six-minute run of seven unanswered points in the second half. The Lady Highlanders also racked up ten free throw shots, while the Lady Marines had only one.
The Lady Marine’s Aislinn Flynn scored a team-high eight points, followed by Mary McDonagh with five points, with one 3-pointer, and Molly Martin with one 3-pointer.
The win was the second in a row following Herricks women 59-25 blowout over Bellmore Kennedy. That win followed a heart-breaking 51-48 loss at the buzzer to Mephham when
Mepham’s Ally Murphy made a 3/4 court shot to decide that game.
Long Beach (5-3) came to Herricks riding a four-game winning streak.
Lady Marines head coach Kristin Ciccone, played for Long Beach High School from 2001-2005, and earned all-county honors as a senior.
Herricks improved its record to 9-2 with an 81-67 victory over Calhoun last Friday night.
