Egg Harbor defeats Holy Spirit - Boys basketball recap

Jay-Nelly Reyes (3) of Egg Harbor tries to score.
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Jay-Nelly Reyes scored a game-high 22 points to lead Egg Harbor past Holy Spirit 60-50 in Egg Harbor Township. With the victory, the Eagles have won nine of their last 10 games.

Egg Harbor (18-4) sprang out to a 17-6 lead in the first quarter before Holy Spirit (7-14) made it an eight-point game at halftime. However, Egg Harbor did just enough in the second half to come away with the win as it outscored Holy Spirit 34-32.

Keion Elliot also pitched in 16 points for Egg Harbor.

Emmitt Kane led Holy Spirit with 19 points while David Legette had 15.

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Craig Epstein may be reached at cepstein@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @CraigEpstein18.

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