Roundup: Smyrna girls pick up third Henlopen North victory

Smyrna High built a 23-point halftime lead before downing Polytech 60-37 in Henlopen North girls’ basketball on Friday night.

Glennyce James scored 16 points and Deleon Foster (7 steals) had 15 as the Eagles (3-1 overall) improved to 3-0 in the North. Smyrna won only four games last season.

Jayde Rivera added 11 points and five rebounds as nine Eagles scored in the contest.

Kallie Hopkins netted 12 points for the Panthers (1-2), which shot 22-of-45 from the foul line.

Seaford 66, First State Military 18: Amira Tingle tallied 21 points and 10 rebounds in the Blue Jays’ win on Thursday night.

Kimyra Cornish-Baine added 16 points for Seaford, which led 58-18 at halftime.

Middletown 43, Sussex Central 34: The Golden Knights dropped a non-conference decision on Wednesday night.

Boys’ basketball

Cape Henlopen 62, Sussex Central 60: Brody Pederson’s three-pointer in the closing seconds gave the Vikings a dramatic Henlopen North win in overtime on Thursday night.

Pederson sank five three-pointers before finishing with a team-high 20 points. Zimere Bolden added 11 points and Trey Leggins had 10.

The Golden Knights, who rallied from a nine-point, fourth-quarter deficit to force OT, got a game-high 22 points and 15 rebounds from Clarence McBride-Allen. Jaron Cannon had 14 points.

Delmarva Christian 72, Red Lion Christian 44: The Royals out-scored Red Lion by a combined 37-15 in the second and third quarters to take control of the game.

Dontarius Jones netted 20 points with Gabe Herling (17), Carter Breasure (15) and Loubens Fleurima (12) also scoring in double figures.

Wrestling

Central leads Delmar tourney: Sussex Central High is in first place in the team standings after the first day of the Delmar Invitational on Friday.

The Golden Knights have 89.5 points to lead second-place Lake Forest (70.5) and third-place Indian River (67) in the 13-team field. The tournament concludes today at Delmar.

College basketball

MEN, Delaware 94, Moravian 55: Dylan Painter recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 18 points and 14 rebounds as the Blue Hens (9-3) cruised to their fifth win in a row against the Division III Greyhounds.

Jameer Nelson Jr. added 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting and dished out a season-high five assists. Ryan Allen, who became UD’s career leader in three-pointers made, contributed 13 points while Gianmarco Arletti also scored 13 points to go with seven rebounds, three assists and four steals.

After the teams were tied 8-8 in the early going, the Hens took control by scoring 19 of the next 21 points to take a 27-10 advantage midway through the opening period.

“It’s nice to finish this stretch with a win,” said UD coach Martin Ingelsby. “I’m happy with how we shot the ball, hitting 10 threes in the first half. We want to be unselfish on offense; we have weapons and guys coming off the bench who can make shots. I’m glad we could get some other guys extended minutes, it’s a long season and we’re going to need them down the road.”

Delaware, which played without Andrew Carr (thumb) and Jyare Davis (chest tightness), shot 48.6 percent from the field and attempted a school-record 38 three-pointers.