Tues. S.J. boys’ roundup: Duo stars in Sterling win

Vince Rivera and Will Stallworth worked the boards and also provided most of the points for Sterling, which handed visiting Collingswood its first loss in Colonial Conference Liberty Division basketball play, 78-77, on Tuesday.

Rivera scored 13 of his 27 points in the first quarter and finished with nine rebounds, while Stallworth registered 17 points and 11 boards, and Dante Smith added 13 points and six assists for Sterling (8-5 overall, 4-4 division).

Collingswood (10-3, 7-1), which was led by Karon Waller's 25 points and B.J. Jones' 22, trailed by four points but got a last-second three-pointer to close the gap.

Also in the Colonial, Dan Wilson became the first Overbrook boy to reach 1,000 career points in 12 years, but visiting Haddonfield won the game, 69-57.

Wyatt Polk led the Bulldogs with 27 points, including 12 in a 27-11 third quarter. Wilson, a senior guard and four-year starter, reached the milestone with a third-quarter three-pointer and finished the game with 22 points, seven rebounds, five assists and 1,009 career points.

Woodbury's fifth straight win was a 57-52 verdict over visiting Haddon Township in which Aamir Petrose had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocked shots.

Haddon Heights' balanced attack, topped by Michael Pitts' 13 points, produced a 49-36 win over visiting West Deptford.

Audubon's 67-52 win over visiting Gateway included T. J. Tassi's 27 points and eight assists, and Adin Borden's 22 points, eight rebounds and six steals.

Olympic. Fourth-ranked Camden Catholic trailed host Seneca by 27-24 at halftime before reeling off a 21-4 third quarter with seven points by Kyle Green (20) en route to a 58-41 win.

Shawnee ended its five-game losing skid, 52-38, at Timber Creek, getting seven three-point baskets from Joe Bodnar (30).

Bishop Eustace's Mike Puriefoy (24) had a basket and made 8 of 10 fourth-quarter free throws, sealing a 48-39 win at Camden.

Mike Wilson scored all of his 11 points in the opening period with the help of three three-pointers as Eastern grabbed a 15-6 lead and defeated host Cherokee, 53-42.

Pennsauken outgunned host Triton, 80-70, as Malcolm Johnson's 18 points topped five Indians in double figures, offsetting a 33-point, 10-rebound game by Triton's Dominic Scafidi.

Top-rated Paul VI claimed an 81-52 triumph over visiting Woodrow Wilson, benefiting from Ron Curry's 20 points and six steals, Rob Poole's 15 points and seven steals, and Kris O'Connor's 11 points and three steals.

Tri-County. Penns Grove won the battle for first place in the Diamond Division by rallying from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter and stunning visiting Gloucester Catholic, 42-39. Malcolm Chase netted 12 of the Red Devils' points in the 18-4 fourth-period comeback.

Fifth-ranked Kingsway narrowly stayed unbeaten in the Royal Division (10-1, 6-0) with a 38-34 win over visiting Delsea. Rondell Gilmore's two foul shots with a minute left provided a three-point lead.

Chris Washington's 20-point, 12-rebound double-double included 12 points in a 29-11 fourth quarter that boosted Woodstown past visiting GCIT, 60-43.

Brandan Merchant, a 6-foot-1 center, grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds to go with nine points, and freshman guard DaRon Curry added nine points and five assists to Deptford's 43-39 success against visiting Glassboro.

Dylan Colgate had 23 points and 10 rebounds while playing just two quarters of Pitman's 75-34 win over visiting Pennsville.

Julian Martin came off the Williamstown bench to combine with Alssene Saintilus for 13 points in an 18-9 third quarter, fueling the Braves' 52-37 win over visiting Highland.

Woody Furbush piled up 17 points, 10 rebounds and three assists, steering Salem past visiting Schalick, 79-56.

Aquil Simmons' first double-double of the season consisted of 18 points and 10 assists, highlighting Clearview's 75-41 win over visiting Cumberland.

Gloucester rolled past visiting Clayton, 63-36, with 16 rebounds from 6-3 junior Tajee Almon, and 17 points by point guard Stefano Okoro.

Burlington County. Senior center Gregory Lawson chalked up career highs in points (25) and rebounds (17) while pushing Medford Tech past visiting Bordentown, 83-65. Lawson had nine offensive boards.

Rancocas Valley made 25 of 36 foul shots, including a combined 13 for 14 by Tariq Jett (16) and Dom Twitty, and defeated host Pemberton, 65-58.