Staff report

SALISBURY — Salisbury’s girls basketball team had the 3s, but Robinson had the trees.

Robinson, with 6-foot-4 Ohio State signee Ella Hobbs, and her 6-foot-3 sister Camri Hobbs, beat Salisbury 57-48 on Friday in a marquee non-conference game.

“We got in bad foul trouble,” Salisbury head coach Lakai Brice said. “But we fought. We played hard to the end.”

MaKayla Noble got her fourth foul in the third quarter. Shamya Arnold had four fouls in the second quarter, Jamyrah Cherry fouled out in the third.

That’s Salisbury’s top three scorers. All were burdened with the weight of the whistles, so it was an uphill fight.

Arnold made 3-pointers back to-back in the second quarter to keep the Hornets in it. Robinson (1-1) led 32-23 at the half.

The Hornets (0-3) had a strong run to start the second half, scoring nine in a row at one point. Cherry hit two 3s during that burst, and the Hornets tied the game at 34-all on  her second one.

When Noble made a pull-up jumper, the Hornets led 36-35, but Robinson moved back ahead 43-39 heading to the fourth, and the Bulldogs were able to hold off Salisbury’s last charge.

Noble scored 14 to lead the Hornets. Arnold scored a career-best 13. Cherry had 10.

Robinson      17    15    11    14   — 57

Salisbury       15     8     16     9    — 48

SALISBURY — Noble 14, Arnold 13, Cherry 10, Evans 8, Spruill 2, Zapata 1.