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16U
1. NYC Heat White
2. LI Lightning Dingle
4. LI Lightning Xtreme
5. NY Elite
6. LI Renegades-Schiavetta
7. Silver Bullets Riley
8. NYC Heat
9. LI Lightning Cerone
15U 14U
4. NY Flite
5. LI Lightning Pavinelli
6. LI Renegades-Ortiz
7. LI Lightning Fynn
8. NY Elite Martin
9. LI Storm
10. Suffolk Blitz
13U
1. Running Rebels Parham
2. LI Lightning Lapore
3. LI Lightning J. Lynch
4. LI Xtreme Flaherty/Flynn
5. Shooting Stars
6. LI Xtreme Gehring
7. NYC Heat
8. NY Flite
9. Silver Bullets Martin
10. LI Lightning Curry
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12U
1. LI Lightning Slater
2. NYC Bulldogs Murray
3. LI Lightning Maisonette
4. Running Rebels Oberg 5. LI Renegades Werner
6. NY Elite
7. NYC Heat
8. LI Lightning Boix
9. LI Lightning Bianco
10. LI Lightning Horowitz
11U
1. Coast to Coast
2. LI Lightning Hahn
3. Running Rebels Oberg
4. LI Lightning Custance
5. LI Wizards
6. LI Lightning Prisco
7. LI Lightning K. Lynch
8. LI Lightning Delacruz
9. LI Lightning Flynn
10. NY Elite
10U
1. LI Lightning Hudson
2. LI Lightning Prisco
3. LI Renegades
4. LI Storm
5. Unique All Stars
6. LI Lightning P. Bianco
7. NY Elite
8. LI Lightning Karcic
9. LI Lightning Lepore
10. Shooting Stars
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Regional winners:
9U-Staten
Island Diamonds Running Rebels Challange Recap (below)
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Running Rebels Recaps
Jay Mumford
In a full weekend of hoops split between three sites (Sayville ISA, Coastal and Central Islip HS), the Running Rebels Tournament had no shortage of solid games. Here’s a rundown of some of the action.
Running Rebels Peck, Renegades O’Connor and Running Rebels Smith Edge Lightning Eve (15 U)
LI Lightning Eve’s 1-4 mark in the tournament could’ve easily been 4-0, as the point differential over their three losses was a miniscule five points.
Vs. Running Rebels Peck (16 U), 48-47
The Central Islip HS gym had a temperature that made spectators fan themselves with magazines and newspapers, and the game was similarly hot out of the gate. Not so much offensively (Rebels Peck didn‘t net a field goal until halfway through the first half), but both teams set the tone via defense by blocking shots and hustling for steals. The ebb and flow of the game ensured that neither team led by more than three points in the first half, and each team found their means of keeping pace on the scoreboard. Lightning Eve found the touch from deep, courtesy of some solid shooting from Alex Hampton and Colleen Ames. But the scales were balanced by the interior domination of SJB duo Anastasia Williams and Brianna Thomas, who were both extremely active on the boards and scored in the paint. A mid range jumper at the buzzer from Kelsey Glanzman gave Lightning Eve a 21-19 halftime lead, but their biggest run was still ahead.
In the second half, Glanzman continued where she left off- thriving in the paint. Good team ball movement and an ability to maneuver in the post gave the rising junior the command on a 6-0 mini-run that put Lightning Eve up six (29-23), the largest lead they would hold all game. Brooke DiSiena joined the fray with a burst of three point shooting, but the Williams-Thomas duo would answer on the other end with vigor, cleaning up the mess and knocking down the mid range jumper. Their inside attack got a lift as the remainder of the Peck unit began to percolate, and PG Ronnie Peck’s triple brought the game back within three, 34-31. Peck also took the wheel and guided the offense on a comeback run, dishing a nice feed to Williams to cut the lead to one. The Rebels Peck back court again made the difference moments later, when Elizabeth O’Connor drained another key three ball, this time giving her team their first lead since the first half. Peck again put her floor generalship to use with another nice look to Kristen Bolan, before knocking down a pair of freebies to keep the Rebels’ three point lead intact, 44-41. Williams would cap off the momentum by taking a big charge with three minutes left, but Glanzman would answer with good defense and an eventual old school three point play on the other end to tie it with 1:55 left. With the game going down to the wire and the air becoming more stifling, O’Connell’s jumper was answered with a huge three from Ames with 1:25 left to give Lightning Eve a 47-46 lead, but they couldn’t Ziploc the momentum. It was none other than Thomas who hit the biggest shot of the game - a floater- with 15 seconds left to take back the lead for the Rebels and a Lightning Eve turnover moments later prevented a rebuttal.
Brianna Thomas’ 15 points and Anastasia Williams’ 10 led Running Rebels Peck. The duo also pulled down a hefty number of rebounds between them. Ronnie Peck and Elizabeth O’Connell added 7 points each. Kelsey Glanzman led LI Lightning Eve with 15 points, Colleen Ames chipped in with 10.
Vs. Renegades O’Connor (15 U), 45-43
In similar fashion -but in a slightly cooler ISA gym- Lightning Eve were able to hang close with the Renegades, who are essentially the Harborfields HS team. But the youth infused Renegades threw a booby trap at Lightning Eve early on with a menacing 2-2-1 press and a half court zone. The steals mounted early, and rising sophomore Bridgit Ryan led the sweet shooting Renegades out to an 11-5 start.
“What we try to do is trap them once they get the ball on the wings”, said Renegades Coach Mike Kaplan. “We just wait for them to turn it over, we try not to foul or reach”. Ames and Glanzman picked up where they left off at Central Islip with some downtown dialing and inside points, respectively, while Jessica Khalbfleisch pitched in to get Lightning Eve back into the mix. Ames finally gave them a their first lead since the opening minutes, 20-19, but the Renegades were too smooth with their shooting to lose their hold. Whether it was via the mid-range game or from the charity stripe (where the Renegades shot a perfect 8-8 in the first half), their Midas shooting touch and defensive pressure kept them in the drivers’ seat at the half, 29-26.
The Lightning began to find a little more success attacking the zone in the second half, rotating the ball for better shots. But Alexia O’Connor’s prowess with the mid-range jumper carried over from the end of the first half to put the Renegades up five points. The crisp free throw shooting would also continue, and Ryan gave them their largest lead of the game (42-36) with a trey ball. Lightning would strike again, and between strong second halves from Hampton and Glanzman, they cut the Renegades’ lead to one on three separate occasions. But they would never get over the hump. With 16 seconds left and the Lightning down 44-43, the they came up short and were forced to foul. Although the Renegades flawless free throw shooting went off track at the very end, Honey Roche’s 1-2 trip to the line as time wound down helped seal the deal. In fact, free throw shooting could be pointed to as a difference maker in the game. The Renegades’ impressive 13-16 showing from the line for the game trumped Lightning Eve’s 4-13.
“Definitely”, said Coach Kaplan. “Free throw shooting is a priority, and something we work on continuously.”
Bridgit Ryan led Renegades O’Connor with 14 points. Lightning Eve were led by Alex Hampton’s 10 points and Colleen Ames’ 9.
Vs. Running Rebels Smith (16 U), 36-34
The story of Lightning Eve’s final game wasn’t too much different than those of their earlier match-ups. Long distance swishing from Hampton, Ames and Stephanie Ingenito was the anchor in their early attack, and a very active on the boards Shannon Duer gave them some juice inside. Meanwhile, SJB’s Kristen McMahon and Lindsey Minor attacked the hoop on the other end to keep the game close throughout most of the first half. Lightning Eve used their 21-16 lead as a springboard to take into the second half, but Rebels Smith wasted no time in closing the gap. McMahon quickly tied the game at 21, and from that point onward, Lightning Eve were entrenched in another tight fight. Glanzman continued to put up an effort with intangibles (taking charges, fighting for loose balls) and rebounds, while DiSienna swished back to back jumpers from the corner to keep the Lightning afloat. But Minor and Kamala Thompson answered with aggressive play on the other end, and after four ties and seven lead changes, the Rebels were up, 34-33, with a minute left. Forced shots late in the game kept the Lightning from surging ahead, and they were forced to foul the Rebels, who were attempting to kill clock as time wound down. A pair of 1-2 trips to the stripe put the Rebels up 36-33, but the Lightning had one last possession to force overtime or snatch the game. A glimmer of hope came when Ames was fouled while shooting a three, but a missed first attempt at the line and the Lightning’s failure to secure the offensive rebound on the intentional miss closed the case.
Lindsey Minor’s game high 17 points led Running Rebels Smith. Colleen Ames’ 7 points led LI Lightning Eve. The team’s one victory came against LI Lightning Biging (15 U) on Saturday.
Running Rebels Petre (14 U) Top Lightning Biging (15 U)
What began as a tit for tat match became a slight advantage for Rebels Petre at the half. But second halves are good for revealing the whole truth, and Rebels Petre blew the contest wide open by outscoring Lightning Biging 19-6 in the second stanza to notch a 35-19 victory.
Forward Jessica Ruggiero got off to a well-oiled start for Lightning Biging, producing results via grabbing boards and converting in the paint. But their defensive debut by way of a 2-3 zone allowed Rebels Petre -who are for the most part the North Babylon HS team- to stroke the ball with good results. Lauren Williams and rising freshman PG Sharice Wilson combined for a shooting assault from both mid and long range, and when their 8-0 run came to a close, Rebels Petre were holding a 14-6 lead. If their shooting touch didn’t stump Lightning Biging, their defense did, and the aggressive press and trap was just as much a factor. Lightning Biging switched up defenses and Ruggiero and Ariel Fieldman put up a fight to cut Rebels Petre’s lead to three at the half, but they would pull no closer. The second half showcased a solid defensive effort from the Biging unit, but they simply couldn’t find the firepower. Rebels Petre left the window of opportunity open with a 9:30 field goal drought, but when Lightning didn’t strike, they instead were struck. The Rebels’ late burst of offense coupled with their ability to limit the Lightning on the offensive glass and play good interior defense sealed the win.
Sharice Wilson’s game high 12 points led Running Rebels Petre, while Lauren Williams added 10. Jessica Ruggiero scored a team high 10 points for LI Lightning Biging.
NYC Heat White (16 U) Melts Running Rebels Smith (16 U)
Neither team was hot from the field as far as offense goes, and when the points came, they did so in spurts ad surges. But the Heat’s feverish press and trap and Rebels Smith’s tight man to man set made the game a war of defense. Ultimately, the former proved more successful, as the Heat outlasted a talent stacked but quickly-assembled Rebels Smith unit, 30-24.
With a number of teams withdrawing from the tournament at the last minute, the Rebels came equipped with a last minute amalgamation of players including Catlin Hopkins (Sachem East) and a good chunk of St. John The Baptist’s varsity team. But their struggles taking care of the ball came early and often, thanks to a high octane pace to start and a relentless press and trap from the Heat. The Rebels returned the favor in tight half court defense, but the Heat got their first burst of offense from Amber Davis and solid PG Christine Klein in a 7-0 run. The turnovers continued to plague the Rebels, and they were looking up from a 19-10 hole at halftime.
The match became a defensive standoff with brief bursts of offense, and the SJB quintet of Lindsey Minor, Anastasia Williams, Kristen McMahon, Brianna Thomas and Kamala Thompson all pitched in to eventually make it a one point game, 25-24. But it was the Heat’s turn, and when Kamani Jackson sounded off with a three and Jamie O’Hare drove to the hoop to put them back up six, neither team would do any more scoring for the final minutes of play.
Nobody scored in double figures, with Jamie O’Hare’s 7 points being the high for the NYC Heat White and Kristen McMahon and Brianna Thomas’ 4 points each being the high for Running Rebels Smith.
Running Rebels Oberg (12U) Outlast NYC Bulldogs Murray (13 U)
Rebels Oberg had seemingly run smack into a typhoon in the Bulldogs’ hot shooting back court of Debra Chen and Alex Scauri. But the confidence that a big buzzer beater at the half can conjure up is seemingly enough to change the tide of a game, and the Rebels used that philosophy to take the bite out of the Bulldogs in the second half, pulling out a 38-35 win.
The Chen-Scauri connection was potent enough to get a convincing early handle on the game, as the duo simply couldn’t miss from beyond the arc. In a good rendition of pre-three point competition practice, Chen and Scauri sunk two each out of the gate, giving the Bulldogs a promising 12-5 start. PG Sydney Zambatto answered for the Rebels with a solid showing of her own, but with the Bulldogs’ duo also converting on the break and Chen nailing another trey for good measure, they were slowly building a commanding lead. Center Mary Kate Derby muscled in one from close range to give the Bulldogs the first and only double-digit lead of the game, 27-17. But Zambatto answered quickly with a three at the buzzer to cut the lead back to seven, and when the Rebels stepped out on the floor in the second half, they snatched the game away.
Zambatto and forward Alyssa Murphy turned it up a notch in the second half, and when Murphy made a nice extra pass to Page Flaherty under the hoop, the Rebels Oberg had closed an 11-0 run and taken their first lead since the opening moments of play. Derby continued to box out and fight for rebounds while the Rebels began to settle for jump shots, but the Bulldogs couldn’t muster enough ammunition to take advantage. Down the stretch, the Rebels’ solid interior defense, along with key steals and defensive hustle from Murphy, made the difference. When she sunk a pair of free throws late, she had given the Rebels a five point lead (38-33) that the Bulldogs couldn’t overcome. The Rebels outscored the Bulldogs 18-8 in the second half.
Sydney Zambatto led Running Rebels Oberg with 12 points. Alyssa Murphy added 9. Debra Chen’s game high 14 points led NYC Bulldogs Murray. Alex Scauri chipped in with 9 points.
Jay Mumford
In a full weekend of hoops split between three sites (Sayville ISA, Coastal and Central Islip HS), the Running Rebels Tournament had no shortage of solid games. Here’s a rundown of some of the action.
Running Rebels Peck, Renegades O’Connor and Running Rebels Smith Edge Lightning Eve (15 U)
LI Lightning Eve’s 1-4 mark in the tournament could’ve easily been 4-0, as the point differential over their three losses was a miniscule five points.
Vs. Running Rebels Peck (16 U), 48-47
The Central Islip HS gym had a temperature that made spectators fan themselves with magazines and newspapers, and the game was similarly hot out of the gate. Not so much offensively (Rebels Peck didn‘t net a field goal until halfway through the first half), but both teams set the tone via defense by blocking shots and hustling for steals. The ebb and flow of the game ensured that neither team led by more than three points in the first half, and each team found their means of keeping pace on the scoreboard. Lightning Eve found the touch from deep, courtesy of some solid shooting from Alex Hampton and Colleen Ames. But the scales were balanced by the interior domination of SJB duo Anastasia Williams and Brianna Thomas, who were both extremely active on the boards and scored in the paint. A mid range jumper at the buzzer from Kelsey Glanzman gave Lightning Eve a 21-19 halftime lead, but their biggest run was still ahead.
In the second half, Glanzman continued where she left off- thriving in the paint. Good team ball movement and an ability to maneuver in the post gave the rising junior the command on a 6-0 mini-run that put Lightning Eve up six (29-23), the largest lead they would hold all game. Brooke DiSiena joined the fray with a burst of three point shooting, but the Williams-Thomas duo would answer on the other end with vigor, cleaning up the mess and knocking down the mid range jumper. Their inside attack got a lift as the remainder of the Peck unit began to percolate, and PG Ronnie Peck’s triple brought the game back within three, 34-31. Peck also took the wheel and guided the offense on a comeback run, dishing a nice feed to Williams to cut the lead to one. The Rebels Peck back court again made the difference moments later, when Elizabeth O’Connor drained another key three ball, this time giving her team their first lead since the first half. Peck again put her floor generalship to use with another nice look to Kristen Bolan, before knocking down a pair of freebies to keep the Rebels’ three point lead intact, 44-41. Williams would cap off the momentum by taking a big charge with three minutes left, but Glanzman would answer with good defense and an eventual old school three point play on the other end to tie it with 1:55 left. With the game going down to the wire and the air becoming more stifling, O’Connell’s jumper was answered with a huge three from Ames with 1:25 left to give Lightning Eve a 47-46 lead, but they couldn’t Ziploc the momentum. It was none other than Thomas who hit the biggest shot of the game - a floater- with 15 seconds left to take back the lead for the Rebels and a Lightning Eve turnover moments later prevented a rebuttal.
Brianna Thomas’ 15 points and Anastasia Williams’ 10 led Running Rebels Peck. The duo also pulled down a hefty number of rebounds between them. Ronnie Peck and Elizabeth O’Connell added 7 points each. Kelsey Glanzman led LI Lightning Eve with 15 points, Colleen Ames chipped in with 10.
Vs. Renegades O’Connor (15 U), 45-43
In similar fashion -but in a slightly cooler ISA gym- Lightning Eve were able to hang close with the Renegades, who are essentially the Harborfields HS team. But the youth infused Renegades threw a booby trap at Lightning Eve early on with a menacing 2-2-1 press and a half court zone. The steals mounted early, and rising sophomore Bridgit Ryan led the sweet shooting Renegades out to an 11-5 start.
“What we try to do is trap them once they get the ball on the wings”, said Renegades Coach Mike Kaplan. “We just wait for them to turn it over, we try not to foul or reach”. Ames and Glanzman picked up where they left off at Central Islip with some downtown dialing and inside points, respectively, while Jessica Khalbfleisch pitched in to get Lightning Eve back into the mix. Ames finally gave them a their first lead since the opening minutes, 20-19, but the Renegades were too smooth with their shooting to lose their hold. Whether it was via the mid-range game or from the charity stripe (where the Renegades shot a perfect 8-8 in the first half), their Midas shooting touch and defensive pressure kept them in the drivers’ seat at the half, 29-26.
The Lightning began to find a little more success attacking the zone in the second half, rotating the ball for better shots. But Alexia O’Connor’s prowess with the mid-range jumper carried over from the end of the first half to put the Renegades up five points. The crisp free throw shooting would also continue, and Ryan gave them their largest lead of the game (42-36) with a trey ball. Lightning would strike again, and between strong second halves from Hampton and Glanzman, they cut the Renegades’ lead to one on three separate occasions. But they would never get over the hump. With 16 seconds left and the Lightning down 44-43, the they came up short and were forced to foul. Although the Renegades flawless free throw shooting went off track at the very end, Honey Roche’s 1-2 trip to the line as time wound down helped seal the deal. In fact, free throw shooting could be pointed to as a difference maker in the game. The Renegades’ impressive 13-16 showing from the line for the game trumped Lightning Eve’s 4-13.
“Definitely”, said Coach Kaplan. “Free throw shooting is a priority, and something we work on continuously.”
Bridgit Ryan led Renegades O’Connor with 14 points. Lightning Eve were led by Alex Hampton’s 10 points and Colleen Ames’ 9.
Vs. Running Rebels Smith (16 U), 36-34
The story of Lightning Eve’s final game wasn’t too much different than those of their earlier match-ups. Long distance swishing from Hampton, Ames and Stephanie Ingenito was the anchor in their early attack, and a very active on the boards Shannon Duer gave them some juice inside. Meanwhile, SJB’s Kristen McMahon and Lindsey Minor attacked the hoop on the other end to keep the game close throughout most of the first half. Lightning Eve used their 21-16 lead as a springboard to take into the second half, but Rebels Smith wasted no time in closing the gap. McMahon quickly tied the game at 21, and from that point onward, Lightning Eve were entrenched in another tight fight. Glanzman continued to put up an effort with intangibles (taking charges, fighting for loose balls) and rebounds, while DiSienna swished back to back jumpers from the corner to keep the Lightning afloat. But Minor and Kamala Thompson answered with aggressive play on the other end, and after four ties and seven lead changes, the Rebels were up, 34-33, with a minute left. Forced shots late in the game kept the Lightning from surging ahead, and they were forced to foul the Rebels, who were attempting to kill clock as time wound down. A pair of 1-2 trips to the stripe put the Rebels up 36-33, but the Lightning had one last possession to force overtime or snatch the game. A glimmer of hope came when Ames was fouled while shooting a three, but a missed first attempt at the line and the Lightning’s failure to secure the offensive rebound on the intentional miss closed the case.
Lindsey Minor’s game high 17 points led Running Rebels Smith. Colleen Ames’ 7 points led LI Lightning Eve. The team’s one victory came against LI Lightning Biging (15 U) on Saturday.
Running Rebels Petre (14 U) Top Lightning Biging (15 U)
What began as a tit for tat match became a slight advantage for Rebels Petre at the half. But second halves are good for revealing the whole truth, and Rebels Petre blew the contest wide open by outscoring Lightning Biging 19-6 in the second stanza to notch a 35-19 victory.
Forward Jessica Ruggiero got off to a well-oiled start for Lightning Biging, producing results via grabbing boards and converting in the paint. But their defensive debut by way of a 2-3 zone allowed Rebels Petre -who are for the most part the North Babylon HS team- to stroke the ball with good results. Lauren Williams and rising freshman PG Sharice Wilson combined for a shooting assault from both mid and long range, and when their 8-0 run came to a close, Rebels Petre were holding a 14-6 lead. If their shooting touch didn’t stump Lightning Biging, their defense did, and the aggressive press and trap was just as much a factor. Lightning Biging switched up defenses and Ruggiero and Ariel Fieldman put up a fight to cut Rebels Petre’s lead to three at the half, but they would pull no closer. The second half showcased a solid defensive effort from the Biging unit, but they simply couldn’t find the firepower. Rebels Petre left the window of opportunity open with a 9:30 field goal drought, but when Lightning didn’t strike, they instead were struck. The Rebels’ late burst of offense coupled with their ability to limit the Lightning on the offensive glass and play good interior defense sealed the win.
Sharice Wilson’s game high 12 points led Running Rebels Petre, while Lauren Williams added 10. Jessica Ruggiero scored a team high 10 points for LI Lightning Biging.
NYC Heat White (16 U) Melts Running Rebels Smith (16 U)
Neither team was hot from the field as far as offense goes, and when the points came, they did so in spurts ad surges. But the Heat’s feverish press and trap and Rebels Smith’s tight man to man set made the game a war of defense. Ultimately, the former proved more successful, as the Heat outlasted a talent stacked but quickly-assembled Rebels Smith unit, 30-24.
With a number of teams withdrawing from the tournament at the last minute, the Rebels came equipped with a last minute amalgamation of players including Catlin Hopkins (Sachem East) and a good chunk of St. John The Baptist’s varsity team. But their struggles taking care of the ball came early and often, thanks to a high octane pace to start and a relentless press and trap from the Heat. The Rebels returned the favor in tight half court defense, but the Heat got their first burst of offense from Amber Davis and solid PG Christine Klein in a 7-0 run. The turnovers continued to plague the Rebels, and they were looking up from a 19-10 hole at halftime.
The match became a defensive standoff with brief bursts of offense, and the SJB quintet of Lindsey Minor, Anastasia Williams, Kristen McMahon, Brianna Thomas and Kamala Thompson all pitched in to eventually make it a one point game, 25-24. But it was the Heat’s turn, and when Kamani Jackson sounded off with a three and Jamie O’Hare drove to the hoop to put them back up six, neither team would do any more scoring for the final minutes of play.
Nobody scored in double figures, with Jamie O’Hare’s 7 points being the high for the NYC Heat White and Kristen McMahon and Brianna Thomas’ 4 points each being the high for Running Rebels Smith.
Running Rebels Oberg (12U) Outlast NYC Bulldogs Murray (13 U)
Rebels Oberg had seemingly run smack into a typhoon in the Bulldogs’ hot shooting back court of Debra Chen and Alex Scauri. But the confidence that a big buzzer beater at the half can conjure up is seemingly enough to change the tide of a game, and the Rebels used that philosophy to take the bite out of the Bulldogs in the second half, pulling out a 38-35 win.
The Chen-Scauri connection was potent enough to get a convincing early handle on the game, as the duo simply couldn’t miss from beyond the arc. In a good rendition of pre-three point competition practice, Chen and Scauri sunk two each out of the gate, giving the Bulldogs a promising 12-5 start. PG Sydney Zambatto answered for the Rebels with a solid showing of her own, but with the Bulldogs’ duo also converting on the break and Chen nailing another trey for good measure, they were slowly building a commanding lead. Center Mary Kate Derby muscled in one from close range to give the Bulldogs the first and only double-digit lead of the game, 27-17. But Zambatto answered quickly with a three at the buzzer to cut the lead back to seven, and when the Rebels stepped out on the floor in the second half, they snatched the game away.
Zambatto and forward Alyssa Murphy turned it up a notch in the second half, and when Murphy made a nice extra pass to Page Flaherty under the hoop, the Rebels Oberg had closed an 11-0 run and taken their first lead since the opening moments of play. Derby continued to box out and fight for rebounds while the Rebels began to settle for jump shots, but the Bulldogs couldn’t muster enough ammunition to take advantage. Down the stretch, the Rebels’ solid interior defense, along with key steals and defensive hustle from Murphy, made the difference. When she sunk a pair of free throws late, she had given the Rebels a five point lead (38-33) that the Bulldogs couldn’t overcome. The Rebels outscored the Bulldogs 18-8 in the second half.
Sydney Zambatto led Running Rebels Oberg with 12 points. Alyssa Murphy added 9. Debra Chen’s game high 14 points led NYC Bulldogs Murray. Alex Scauri chipped in with 9 points.
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