By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor
Photos by Steve Galluzzo
The Palisades High boys basketball team had plenty of incentive to win Monday night’s Western League game at Westchester.
Over the last 25 years, no opponent has had the Dolphins’ number like Westchester and that trend continued, as the Comets pulled away in the second half for a 73-47 victory.
Palisades smelled an upset trailing by only seven points at halftime, but the Dolphins were outscored 21-9 in the third quarter and had trouble adjusting to the Comets’ stifling man-on-man defense.
Ed Azzam, the winningest coach in City Section history, gave his team a stern talking-to at intermission and
junior guard TJ Wainwright (15 points) and 6-foot-9 center Marland Harris (11 points) responded for Westchester (10-6 overall, 2-1 in league).
Palisades dropped to 7-7, 2-2 despite 11 points and nine rebounds from top scorer, senior Graham Alphson. Forward Caden Arnold had nine points and six rebounds, Anthony Spencer had eight points, Dylan Griffin had six, Keyshawn Parks had five and Sheldon Zanders had four. Roman Hartwell and Owen Larbalestier each made a basket.
The Dolphins hosted University yesterday and will host Venice tomorrow night at 6:30 to close out the first round of league action. They begin the second round of league play Jan. 24 at LACES before three straight home games against Fairfax, Hamilton and Westchester.
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