Jade Williams scores 28 points as Rhodes prevails

Jade Williams scored 11 of her 28 points in the third quarter, helping host Rhodes erase a halftime deficit and earn a 47-39 Public League basketball win over University City on Monday.

The Roadrunners (3-4) trailed by 22-20 at halftime before Williams took over in the third quarter and helped them to a 39-34 lead. Saniyah Williams scored only two points for Rhodes but contributed in a big way with 15 rebounds.

In other league games:

Tanisha Chambers, a 5-foot-11 senior center/forward, scored 21 points and pulled down 21 rebounds for host Parkway West in a 54-33 win over Randolph.

Betty Teachey scored 31 points for Strawberry Mansion in its 77-23 win at Science Leadership.

Communications Tech got seven steals apiece from Khadijah Gardner and Shalee Davenport in a 62-17 win over visiting New Media Charter.

Emily Dash's 18 points helped host Imhotep Charter speed past Elverson, 41-24.

Brittany Davis had 11 points and six rebounds for host Paul Robeson in a 47-20 win over Math, Civics and Sciences.

Tanaya Lofton-Williams had half of Frankford's eight three-pointers in a 57-40 win at Overbrook. She led the Pioneers with 16 points. Overbrook's Dianna Murhead-Dwyer had 16 points and 14 rebounds.

Nonleague. Kaila Blumenthal scored a career-high 14 points for Kohelet Yeshiva in its 39-26 win at City Center.