TON OF HEART: Princeton Day School guard Langston Glaude, right, dribbles around a defender in a game earlier this season. Last Sunday, senior standout Glaude scored 17 points in a losing effort as the sixth-seeded Panthers fell 56-55 at No. 3 Montclair Kimberley in the opening round of the state Prep B tournament. The Panthers, who dropped to 5-12 with the defeat, will compete in the Mercer County Tournament (MCT) to wrap up its season. PDS, a semifinalist in the 2013 MCT, is seeded 14th and will play at No. 3 Ewing on February 18 in a first round game. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

After a stirring run to the championship in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) tournament last winter, the Hun School boys’ basketball team fell short of an encore performance at this year’s competition last weekend at the Hill School.

In opening round action on Friday, the fifth-seeded Raiders topped fourth seeded Lawrenceville 58-48 as senior star Josh McGilvray led the way with 12 points. A day later, the Raiders couldn’t get their offense going as they lost 49-31 to the host, top-seeded Hill, in the semis.

Hun, now 8-12, will start play in the state Prep A tourney this week where it is seeded fourth and is slated to host No. 5 Lawrenceville on February 12 in a first round contest.

Erica Dwyer and Johnnah Johnson starred for the Hun girls’ squad as it advanced the MAPL semis. In an opening round contest on Friday, junior guard Dwyer and senior center Johnson each scored 15 points as fourth-seeded Hun routed  No. 5 Hill 67-41. In the semis, the Raiders fell 69-49 to top-seeded Blair. Hun did enjoy a major highlight as Robert Morris-bound Johnson hit the 1,000-point milestone in her Raider career during the contest.

The Raiders, now 9-9, will wrap up their season by taking part in the state Prep A tournament this week. Hun is seeded fourth in the tourney and will host No. 5 Kent Place on February 12 in an opening round matchup.

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A year after advancing to the state Prep B title game, the Princeton Day School boys basketball team didn’t make it out of the first round this winter.

The sixth-seeded Panthers fell 56-55 at No. 3 Montclair Kimberley last Sunday in an opening round contest. Senior guards Deante Cole and Langston Glaude played their hearts out in a losing cause with Cole scoring 18 points and Glaude chipping in 17. Senior forward Ford Schneider also starred for PDS, picking up a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

The Panthers, who dropped to 5-13 with the defeat, will take part in the Mercer County Tournament to wrap up its season. PDS, a semifinalist in the 2013 MCT, is seeded 14th and will play at No. 3 Ewing on February 18 in a first round game.

The PDS girls’ squad, which features freshmen and sophomores, absorbed an important learning experience as they got a taste of postseason action. The seventh-seeded Panthers fell 61-9 at No. 2 Rutgers Prep last Saturday in the opening round of the state Prep B tourney. Freshman guard Alexis Davis led the way for the Panthers, scoring eight points.

PDS rebounded with a 65-34 win over King’s Christian School on Monday in a regular season contest in improving to 2-11. In upcoming action, the Panthers will be competing in the Mercer County Tournament where they are seeded 14th and will play at No. 3 Allentown on February 18 in the first round.

Another young team, Stuart, fought hard in dropping in the Prep B opener. The fifth-seeded Tartans lost 41-26 at No. 4 Pennington last Sunday. Stuart trailed just 28-23 after three quarters before Pennington pulled away to the win. Junior Harlyn Bell and senior Maggie Walsh each scored six points to lead Stuart, which fell to 7-7 with the defeat.

In upcoming action, the Tartans play at David Brearley High on February 13 and at Bound Brook on February 14 before hosting King’s Christian on February 18.