Cape girls’ basketball runs the clock over Sussex Central
Cape senior Havyn Greene hit for her fourth double-double in the last six games Feb. 6, as the Vikings dominated visiting Sussex Central 61-20. The Vikings move to 11-5, while Central is 2-13.
Greene also tallied two blocks. Junior Amalia Fruchtman dropped 17 points, six rebounds, four steals and a block. Senior Faith Re scored 14 points, seven rebounds and two steals.
“We got to work on some things we needed to and maybe got some miscommunication problems worked out,” said Re.
“I’m getting comfortable under the basket,” said Greene. “I love doing what I can under the basket. I love our team dynamic and what each player brings to the table. We have some size advantage, and getting more reps under the basket is what I need right now to get ready for the tough opponents down the line.”
“We treated the first half of Central as a means of working on some zone offense alignments and some defensive looks that we wanted to add as we approach playoffs,” said Cape head coach Pat Woods. “We want to make sure we have all the necessary tools in our bag. We have to be great at what we are good at, and also have some counters to what other teams might try to do to us.”
Cape loses to Ursuline
No. 1 Ursuline Academy brought its upstate swagger to the Vikings’ home court Feb. 8, but the Vikings gave them all they wanted, as the Raiders snuck out of Lewes with a 64-53 victory over Cape.
The Vikings were down just two points with 2:40 left when the Raiders’ nationally ranked point guard Jezelle Banks dropped most of her 11 fourth-quarter points (18 in the second half) to close the door on the Vikings.
Fruchtman scored 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Junior Maya Yngve had 12 points. Re scored nine points, five rebounds and six assists. Hayden Hudson keeps adding onto her record-breaking season with seven rebounds to go along with five points.
“Ursuline exposed some weaknesses on our team that hadn’t been so obvious before,” Woods said. “In some games, you can get away with making mistakes. With a team like that, they make you pay for every error. That’s why it’s fun to have those matchups. It makes us better. I loved how together we were as a team. There was a single focus and a single mindset, and we were all just trying to win each possession.”
Cape (11-6) hosts Polytech (15-2) Tuesday, Feb. 11.
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
