WEST ORANGE, NJ — The third-seeded West Orange High School girls basketball team defeated No. 14 seed Columbia High School of Maplewood, 72-24, Saturday, Jan. 27, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament.
Zoe Francis-Bunkley had 14 points, four steals and three rebounds; Kyley Gary-Grayson had 12 points and five rebounds; Rhyan Watt had 11 points, six steals, five rebounds and three assists; Anaya Karriem had 10 points and 13 rebounds; Adrienne Taylor Kamara had 9 points, four steals and four rebounds; and Mya Bushrod adde 8 points and four rebounds to lead the Mountaineers, who won their fourth straight game to improve to 14-5 on the season.
West Orange will host No. 6 seed Newark Central in the quarterfinals on Saturday, Feb. 3.
In its previous game, WOHS defeated Bayonne, 35-27, at home on Friday, Jan. 26. Karriem had 11 points and 15 rebounds and Watt scored 11 points. Gary-Grayson recorded 5 points, five rebounds and four assists and Kamara (five rebounds) and Bunkley each had 3 points.
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