Daily Sports Digest: Rye Neck Outlasts Broncos, ETB Rolls by Yorktown

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McSharar Continues Stellar Season

Jen McSharar of Garnerville, a forward on the Manhattanville College women’s basketball team, was named Freedom Conference player of the week on the heels of her third double-double of the season.

McSharar, a graduate of North Rockland High School, had 12 points and 12 rebounds as the Valiants beat rival Purchase College, 76-47. She also had back-to-back double-doubles earlier this season against New York University and Messiah College on Dec. 7 and Dec. 17, respectively.

Against Purchase, McSharar also had three steals and a blocked shot. The junior leads the team averaging 7.8 rebounds per game through the first 12 games of the season. She also leads the team in steals with 22, blocked shots with six, and is second on the team in assists with 23.

Junior guard Taylor Wilson of Pearl River had eights and two assists in the win over Purchase. For the Panthers, senior guard Alyse LaPadula of New Rochelle dished off on nine baskets, to go along with six rebounds and two points.

Manhattanville (5-7, 0-2 Freedom) enters the conference portion of the schedule for the rest of the season that starts Wednesday night (Jan. 11) at 6 p.m. when the Valiants visit FDU-Florham in Madison, NJ. Game coverage will be available for both the women’s game and the men’s game which follows at 8 p.m. on WMVL 88.1 FM.

The Valiants are back at Kennedy Gym in Purchase on Jan. 14 to battle Wilkes University (4-8) in Wilkes-Barre, PA, at 1 p.m.

The Purchase women’s team (3-6, 0-3 Skyline Conference) hosts SUNY College at Old Westbury on Thursday night (Jan. 12) at 5 p.m.

The Purchase men’s team (6-5, 4-0 Skyline Conference) meets their counterparts from SUNY College at Old Westbury at approximately 7 p.m., following the women’s game. The Panthers’ roster includes veteran forward Justin Person of Greenburgh and Woodlands HS, and freshman center Joel Neri of Port Chester.

Down and out

The Rider University women’s basketball team is 8-4, but the Broncs most likely would have been doing even better if Shereen Lightbourne of Elmsford was in the lineup.

Lightbourne, a junior guard out of Alexander Hamilton HS, was lost for the season after suffering a knee injury in September.

Lightbourne was the team’s most valuable player as a sophomore after leading the team in scoring and field goals made while playing in 29 games, making 26 starts. She was also tied as Rider’s second-best free-throw shooter at 75 percent.

At Alexander Hamilton, Lightbourne was a four-year letter-winner in basketball, earning all-League and team MVP honors each year as a team captain. She scored more than 1,000 points in her scholastic career, and also earned three varsity letters in track and one in volleyball.

A member of the honor roll and student council, Lightbourne’s father, Lester, is a Lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department, and her mother, Delores, is a social worker.

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Girls Basketball

Game: Rye Neck vs. Bronxville

Score: Rye Neck Won 32-28

Highlights: Rye Neck’s Marisa Bella led all scorers with 12 points and teammate Paige O’Donnell added eight points in the victory. Grace Devlin led the Broncos with nine points in the loss. Check out our photo album of the game on the Patch Sports Facebook site.

Sport: Ice Hockey

Game: ETB vs. Yorktown

Score: ETB Won 7-4

Highlights: Matt Power had two goals while Ian Palfrey picked up three scores and Mark Luciano had a goal and three assists for the Eagles in the win. Tyler Proscia had two goals for Yorktown in the loss.

Today’s Schedule:

In Girls Gymnastics, Mahopac heads to Eastchester at 4:30 p.m.

In Ice Hockey, Eastchester and Suffern will face off at Sport-O-Rama at 7:15 p.m.

In Wrestling, Eastchester heads to New Rochelle at 4:15 p.m.

In Boys Basketball, Tuckahoe heads to Riverside High School at 4:15 p.m.