Hightstown girls basketball surprises WW-P South with second-half flourish

HIGHTSTOWN — The Hightstown High varsity girls’ basketball roster may be different from what it has been in recent years, but when the Rams play with the grit and tenacity their sixth-year head coach Jenna Marcus expects, they can still do big things. Marcus’ charges showed that Monday when they rallied from what had been a 21-point deficit one minute into the third quarter to pull out a heart-pounding, 45-44 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro South. “Today was a great win. What we accomplished was pretty big,” Rams’ 5-foot-3 junior guard Kylie Gulli said. “Our energy changed, and the momentum shifted. We started to jell as a team.” Part of the change had to do with 5-10 sophomore guard Hayley...