AURORA | Jada Moore made a total of 19 3-pointers during the recently completed season for the Regis Jesuit girls basketball team.
It seemed like the Raiders’ junior standout guard matched that number of triples in Saturday’s A-Town All-Star Girls Game.
Moore in fact drained four 3-pointers — including two she banked in from more than 30 feet away — on her way to a game-high 18 points in Team West’s 76-48 win over Team East at Smoky Hill in the third annual contest presented by Sentinel Colorado featuring 20 of the city’s top girls basketball players.
Team West — coached by Eaglecrest’s Robby Gabrielli and his staff — got nine points apiece from Cherokee Trail’s Makayla Hemingway and Grandview’s Tomia Johnson connected on 10 3-pointers in all, which helped it pull away from Team East, led by Regis Jesuit’s Francesca Belibi.
Belibi, a Stanford recruit, McDonald’s All-American and Colorado’s Gatorade Player of the Year, didn’t get a dunk in the game, but displayed her abundant athleticism on her way to a team-high 15 points for coach Howard Payne (Vista PEAK)’s Team East.
Regis Jesuit’s Avery VanSickle, Rangeview’ Angel Broadus and Gateway’s Kaushnic Noble added six points apiece for Team East.
A 3-pointer by Belibi brought Team East within seven points in the opening minute of the second half, but Team West went on a 22-3 run to put the game away. Included in that was four points from 6-foot-7 freshman Lauren Betts — who helped Grandview make it to the Class 5A state championship game — and five from Moore.
Moore banked in her fourth 3-pointer inside the final five minutes.
Notes: Nineteen of the 20 players in the game — selected by Sentinel Colorado in conjunction with nominations and balloting of Aurora coaches — scored at least two points. …Eaglecrest senior Raquel Turner scored eight points for Team West as a replacement for Regis Jesuit’s Sidney Weigand, who was unable to play in the game due to a conflict with lacrosse, where she is a West Point recruit. Grandview’s Alisha Davis and Addison O’Grady were also selected, but were unable to play due to previous commitments.
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TEAM WEST 76, TEAM EAST 48
Score by halves:
Team West 35 41 — 76
Team East 25 23 — 48
TEAM WEST (76)
Makayla Hemingway (Cherokee Trail) 3 0-0 9, Raquel Turner (Eaglecrest) 4 0-1 8, Lauren Betts (Grandview) 3 0-0 6, Denali Hughes (Vista PEAK) 3 1-2 7, Dominique Rodriguez (Cherokee Trail) 1 1-2 5, Jada Moore (Regis Jesuit) 7 0-0 18, Seiarra Hughes (Vista PEAK) 2 0-1 4, Tomia Johnson (Grandview) 3 1-1 9, Zana’e Hodges (Aurora Central) 1 1-1 5, Jadyn Ross (Eaglecrest) 2 0-0 5. Totals 29 4-8 76.
TEAM EAST (48)
Francesca Belibi (Regis Jesuit) 7 0-0 15, Kaushnic Noble (Gateway) 2 1-2 6, Aaliyah Caston (Hinkley) 1 0-0 2, Angel Broadus (Rangeview) 3 0-0 6, Keara Felix (Overland) 1 0-0 2, Allyah Marlett (Grandview) 2 0-0 5, Avery VanSickle (Regis Jesuit) 2 0-0 6, Brianna Linnear (Rangeview) 2 0-0 4, Kaya Evans (Vista PEAK) 1 0-0 2, Bri Paige (Smoky Hill) 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 1-2 48.
3-point field goals — Team West (10): Jada Moore 4, Makayla Hemingway 3, Zana’e Hodges, Tomia Johnson, Jadyn Ross; Team East (4): Avery VanSickle 2, Francesca Belibi, Allyah Marlett.
