Trey Lowe becomes CVC's all-time leading scorer, leads Ewing boys basketball past Robbinsville

ROBBINSVILLE — Of all the wise moves that Shelly Dearden has made during her illustrious coaching career at Ewing High, none may have been smarter then the one she made before the 2010-11 season when she gave then freshman Trey Lowe a green light to shoot anytime he was on the floor and the ball was in his hands.

That foresight continued to pay dividends last night as the Temple University-bound Lowe became the Colonial Valley Conference's all-time leading scorer as Ewing rolled past Robbinsville, 80-33, at Robbinsville High.

“He’s the full package,” Dearden said. “Everyone knows he’s a great basketball player but he’s a great kid as well. His character is outstanding. He’s a wonderful person and a great teammate.”

Lowe needed 22 points to tie the mark set by former Princeton star Bram Reynolds, who scored 1,717 from 1991-94 and 23 to establish a new record of his own. He finished with 24, fittingly banging a trey from the left corner with 1:04 to play in the third quarter to surpass Reynolds, who was in attendance and handed the ball to Lowe during a celebratory stoppage.

“That was real nice of him,” Lowe said of Reynolds. “I give him all the respect for holding the record and passing it off to me. I have a lot of respect for him coming her tonight and handing me the ball.”

The night got off to an ideal start for Lowe and the Blue Devils as James Wright, playing in his first game for Ewing after transferring from Trenton Catholic Academy, found Lowe streaking down the right baseline for an all-oop.

“We’ve been practicing a lot of oops during practice,” Lowe said with a laugh. “That’s a momentum kind of play but any kind of bucket we can get we’ll take.”

Ewing effectively put the game out of reach with a 30-0 run that spanned from late in the first quarter to late in the second quarter to take a 43-18 lead into the break.

Wright and Herbie Ellis, also playing in his first game for Ewing after transferring from Trenton, each finished with 12 points. Justin Porter chipped in with 10 points and six rebounds.

Lowe entered the half with 12 points, leaving him 11 shy of the mark. He had an offensive rebound and putback early in the third quarter, followed that up with a two-handed slam and then a lay-up before draining a 3-pointer from deep off the right wing to pull within two points of breaking the record.

Off an inbounds play, Lowe was open in the left corner and swished a 3-pointer. The packed house – probably the biggest attendance ever for a basketball game at Robbinsville – rose to their feet to fete the popular and humble Lowe.

“Absolutely fitting,” Dearden said of Lowe breaking the record on a 3-pointer. That’s what he’s been known for since he was young so it was a perfect setting for him. I don’t think he could have done it any better.”

Up next for Lowe is another rare milestone as he finished the night with 1,719 points, putting him 281 points of joining Hun’s Ron Payton, Marie Katzenbach’s Ernie Goodis and Princeton Day School’s Davon Reed in the illustrious 2,000-point club.

“I’m just going to score and do what I have to do to help my team first,” Lowe said, “and if I get to 2,000 I get to 2,000.”

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