Glen Cove girls inch closer to playoffs

The Glen Cove girls’ basketball team continue their winning streak, scoring 66-43 against Roosevelt.

After a rough start to their winter season, the girls team is just one win away from the playoffs, with just three games left.

The team started out strong and maintained the lead, keeping up a relentless defense that kept Roosevelt at bay. Trinity Hudson and Destiny Howell led the team’s scoring drives, banking 37 and 19 points respectively.

The team’s coach Navro Allen told the Herald Gazette last week that he’s hopeful that the improvements he’s seen will lead to a playoff spot. “The team is making a huge jump both offensively and defensively.” Allen said. “The next big jump we need to make is execution while the pressure is on.”

Of the team’s final three games of the season, two of them — Plainedge and Bellmore-JFK — have double digit overall wins. Glen Cove’s best bet for the playoffs is a home game against Roslyn — which has twice as many losses as wins — on February 9.

—Zach Gottehrer-Cohen