BELLEVILLE, NJ -- The Belleville High School girls basketball team has enjoyed a good start to the season.

The Buccaneers, under head coach Chris Cantarella, won two of their first three games.

In the season-opener, Belleville defeated Weequahic, 25-23, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at BHS in a Super Essex Conference-Freedom Division game..

Senior Camila Cortes-Alonso had seven points and five rebounds; freshman Elise Vasquez had seven points and three rebounds; senior McKayla Reed had six points and seven rebounds and senior Kayla Solano-Torres added five points and four rebounds for the Bucs. Junior Mya Estrict grabbed seven rebounds and sophomore Isabella Cortes-Alonso (three rebounds), junior Alexa Palma (three rebounds) and senior Naiomi Garcia (one rebound) also contributed.

BHS lost to Science Park, 54-11, on Thursday, Dec. 19, in divisional play in the Brick City Showcase hosted by Weequahic HS in Newark.