A look at another week of SCBL fall basketball results

The 2023-24 high school basketball season is getting closer. The official start of practice is now five weeks away, Nov. 17, and the first games are just seven weeks from now on Dec. 1.

That means the SCBL fall league is beginning to wind down. In fact, the girls division began its playoffs last Sunday at Executive Education Charter.

Here’s a look at those results from league founder and director Ed Jennings:

GIRLS DIVISION

Playoff semifinals

NY Liberty 47, Chicago Sky 36 … Sofie Laird 22 for Liberty; Kendall Medina 10 for the Sky.

LV Aces 56, LA Sparks 46 … Makaela Bordner 31 for Aces; Marisa Price 14, Jayla Rosario 13 for Sparks.

Player of the Week

Makaela Bordner, freshman, Whitehall

Girls Division Week 4 Standouts

Jayla Rosario, sophomore, Dieruff

Kendall Medina, freshman, Liberty

Sofie Laird, junior, Emmaus

Marisa Price, junior, Dieruff

Cassie Doemling, junior, Emmaus

Anijah Davis, junior, Liberty

Sylvia Sokolofski, junior, Emmaus

Shamiya Roberts, sophomore, Dieruff

Recap from Ed Jennings

The first SCBL girtls season has been competitive and it will culminate with the championship game Sunday at 4 p.m. with the Aces meeting the Liberty. The Liberty is led by Emmaus junior Sofie Laird who is as tough a competitor as I have seen. She and the Liberty face the undefeated Aces who are led by Makaela Border, a freshman at Whitehall who should be a varsity contributor this season. She had an SCBL girls record 31 points in the semifinals. Sunday’s action begins with a consolation game at 3 p.m.

NCAA DIVISION (Grades 7-9)

Georgetown 63, Virginia 54 … Darius Kohler 17 for G’town; Jaxon Loper 24 for Virginia.

Marquette 45, Notre Dame 41 … Alani Nix 14 for Marquette; Jarel Jackson 14 for Notre Dame.

Kansas State 63, Louisville 59 … Jayden Leatherbury 33 for K-State; Greg Ebert 14 for Louisville.

Player of the Week

Jaden Leatherbury, freshman, Freedom

Week 4 Standouts

Marcus Temchatin, 7th grade, Springhouse MS

Jaxon Loper, 7th grade, Executive

Darius Kohler, freshman, Executive HS

Jarel Jackson, freshman, Stroudsburg Jr. High

Moose Rafiuddin, freshman, Parkland

Jack Garrity, 8th grade, Moravian Academy-Swain Campus

NBA DIVISION (Grades 10-12)

Spurs 72, Lakers 58 … Jacob Lewis 22 for Spurs; Jahrel Vigo 19 for Lakers.

Kings 59, Heat 47 … Tyler Beck 19 for Kings; Ben Wagner 12 for Heat.

Celtics 80, Knicks 65 … Buster Fallah 20 for Celtics; Isaac Sabater 25 for Knicks.

Player of the Week

Tyler Beck, sophomore, Parkland

Week 4 standouts

Jacob Lewis, junior, Lehigh Valley Christian Academy

Tim Spinosa, senior, Allentown CCHS

Daniel Santana, senior, Allen

Blake Hargrove, sophomore, Liberty

Lamar Bonner, sophomore, Parkland

Jahrel Vigo, junior, Allentown CCHS

NaSean Davis, senior, Allentown CCHS

Isaac Sabater, senior, Lincoln Leadership

Buster Fallah, senior, Dieruff