Bergen County Jamboree : Paramus Catholic Holds Back Indian Hills 66-58!

Ramapo College…………. Down 30-29 at the half, then trailing by 11 in the middle of the 3rd quarter Paramus Catholic faced a true gut check. What they did was answer the call in their 66-58 win over Indian Hills H.S. Paramus Catholic overcame a box and one defense implemented  on senior Andre Blackwood to finally figure it out by going inside to 6’7 big man Justin Harris(pictured in black) which  freed up Blackwood from the perimeter. The two players combined for 24 second half points as P.C. took the lead at 48-46 by the end of the quarter. Indian Hills played a great 1st half, holding Blackwood scoreless behind the defensive pressure of senior Chris Torres. Paramus Catholic’s junior Manny Hernandez( #44) kept them in the game by scoring all of his 11 points in the 1st half. P.C. then put second half pressure to cause Indian Hills into some turnovers and rushed shots. Harris scored 12 of his 14 points in the 2nd half and added 14 rebounds. Blackwood finished with 12 points and 4 assists. Senior Eddie Johnson added 10 points. Senior Johnberry Badio came away with some big rebounds down the stretch for Paramus Catholic. Indian Hills was led by Jason Chalmers with 14 points and 6 rebounds and Andrew Ballester’s 16 points.