This week in Union County girls basketball (High school Girls Basketball news)
THE STAR-LEDGER, January 25, 2010 5:52 p.m.
PLAYER TO WATCHIf you haven't already done so, check out the play of Plainfield senior guard Chanel Johnson sometime this winter.
Johnson who was an All-Union County First Team and All-Group 4 Second Team selection last year, enters tonight's 7 p.m. game against Union with a season average of 20.4 points. Plainfield (5-7) received a school-record (boys or girls) 42 points from Johnson in a 74-63 loss to Gill St. Bernard's, No. 12 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, on Jan. 7 and scored 39 in a 71-61 loss to Summit on Jan. 21.
Johnson, who has 898 career points, averaged 14.2 points a year ago in leading Plainfield to a 17-9 mark and a berth in the Union County Tournament championship game.
TEAM TO WATCH
Westfield (5-6), which began the season 1-5, has rebounded to win four of its last five, including victories over Gov. Livingston and Union.
Seniors Diana Venezia (15.1 ppg., 8.5 rpg.) and Amanda Markowski (12.1 ppg., 3.0 assists) and junior Katie Ponce (7.9 ppg., 4.0 assists, 4.0 steals) have been the offensive catalysts for head coach Joe Marino, who guided Westfield to its only Union County Tournament title in 2008.
Westfield has a chance to even its record for the first time this season when it plays host to Summit (10-1) tonight at 7.
GAMES TO WATCH
A couple of good matchups are on tap on Friday.
Roselle (11-2), which takes a nine-game winning streak into this week, will be the host to Roselle Catholic (11-1), No. 13 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, at 4 p.m. Roselle has suffered both of its losses to Roselle Catholic.
At 7 p.m., Cranford (10-2), which dealt Roselle Catholic its only loss of the season on Jan. 16, will travel to Clark to meet Johnson (7-4), which enters this week riding a season-high three-game winning streak.
-Chris Orlando
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