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PINE GROVE -- The Madonna girls basketball team defeated a familiar foe in Valley, 50-34, during the Blue Dons’ road opener on Thursday.
Jazzy Melnyk paced Madonna (2-5) with a game-high 23 points. Vanessa Alatis had seven points, Marianna Martinez six and Alaina Moore five.
The Blue Dons’s game today at Trinity has been postponed. Monday’s scheduled contest at Oak Glen has been moved to Tuesday.
Madonna 50, Valley 34
Madonna 23 14 9 4 -- 50
Valley 8 7 4 15 -- 34
MADONNA (2-5): Melnyk 8 4-4 23; Moore 1 3-6 5; Martinez 3 0-0 6; Backel 0 0-0 0; Alatis 3 1-2 7; Yacos 1 0-0 2; Wingett 1 0-0 3; Lenhart 1 0-0 3; McCoy 0 1-8 1; Pietranton 0 0-0 0; Bine 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18, 9-20: 50.
VALLEY: Higgins 3 6-13 12; Barnette 1 0-0 2; R. Bates 4 4-5 12; Bassett 3 0-0 6; Booher 0 0-2 0; C. Bates 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 12, 10-20: 34.
3-POINT GOALS: Madonna 5 (Melnyk 3, Wingett, Lenhart); Valley none.