Glen Ridge HS girls’ basketball team tops foes, falls in ECT

GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Golda Och Academy, 50-30, at Golda Och in West Orange on Feb. 2.

GRHS then defeated Belleville, 54-27, at home on Feb. 4. Leslie Jaiyesimi had 12 points; Julia Lawson had 10 points and Meghan Marhan had nine points and seven assists for the Ridgers, who led 16-0 at the end of the first quarter.

The Ridgers, seeded 24th, lost at 21-seeded Verona in a heartbreaker, 27-26, in the Essex County Tournament first preliminary round on Feb. 6 to move to an 8-9 record.