Pirates Daily Preview: February 12

Pirates Daily Preview: February 12

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June 8

The Pirates Daily Preview for Friday, February 12 features just one team in action as girl’s basketball looks to end a three-game skid.

Girl’s Basketball: At Haddon Heights at Eastern at 4:30pm.

Game Preview Capsule: The Pirates come into this one in the midst of a three-game losing streak that snapped an 11-game win streak. Their most recent loss, a 57-45 setback to Bordentown in a Freedom game, came on Thursday night. Fiona Flynn led the Pirates in scoring with 11 points. Anne O’Malley added 10 and Marisa DiLeo finished with 9. The Pirates are now 14-5 overall and earned the one-seed in the South, Group 2 playoffs.

Haddon Heights boasts a 16-4 overall mark and has won three games in a row. Their most recent victory, a 65-28 drubbing of Lindenwold, came on Thursday night. Jynazha Davis led the Garnets with 20 points. Ashley Reynolds poured in 11 points as 10 players found the basket in the victory, a Colonial-Patriot Division contest. 

These two teams have not met in the last eight years. 

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Jim is the creator and editor of Cinn City Sports. He also created At the Dish, Life With Tony and Enzo and is the owner of JAVFreelancing. He coached baseball for five years, three at his former high school (Holy Cross in Delran, NJ) and two at prominent Division III program Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He has worked for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, NJ; Metro Networks in Bala Cynwyd, PA; and was the play-by-play announcer for the Camden Riversharks of the Independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for two seasons (2007-2008) on Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, the student-run radio station at Rowan University. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and minor in Journalism from Rowan University in 2008. While in school he was the Assistant Sports Director at WGLS for two years and the Sports Director for one year. He also covered the football, baseball, softball and both basketball teams for the school newspaper 'The Whit.' He is the former Sports Editor for the Cinnaminson and Moorestown Patch websites. Jim lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole, sons Tony and Enzo and dog Phoebe. He can be reached at jimvassallo@cinncitynews.com

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