Basketball Recap: Lillie Alston Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Trenton Central

Ewing won the last time they faced Trenton Central and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Ewing Blue Devils took down the Trenton Central Tornadoes 60-44. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Tornadoes are ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ewing to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lillie Alston, who posted 22 points. The dominant performance gave Alston a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Taylor Williams, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 16 rebounds.

Ewing was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Ewing has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.5 points per game. As for Trenton Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5.

Ewing has already played their next matchup, a 73-24 win against Nottingham on the 16th. Trenton Central has also already played their next contest (against Hightstown), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.