HUDSON COUNTY TOURNAMENT RESULTS: #1 HUDSON CATHOLIC TO MEET #2 ST. PETERS PREP!
St. Peters University, Jersey City, NJ……..The Hudson County Tournament Semis played out as expected as #1 Hudson Catholic and #2 St. Peters Prep move on to the “Chip”!
#2 SEED ST.PETERS PREP 63 #3 SEED MARIST 53
St. Peters Prep guard tandem of Senior Trevis Wyche and Junior Austin White combined for 47 points as they beat Marist 63-53 to advance to the Hudson County Championship Saturday! The St. Peters University commit Wyche (right)scored 24 points, dished out 8 assists and grabbed 7 rebounds and White scored 23 points to offset the play of 6’10 Fordham commit Manny Suarez who finished with 25 points,12 rebounds and 3 blocked shots! Marist hung around in the 1st half, trailing 31-27 at the intermission, but in the 3rd quarter down 35-31 a technical foul was handed to Marist and St. Peters Prep took full advantage by converting the free throws and going on a 13-3 run to end the quarter up 48-34! Marist who aren’t very deep in their rotation soon tired out in the 4th and allowed Prep to coast to the victory!
#1 SEED HUDSON CATHOLIC 69 #4 SEED BAYONNE 47
Senior Kavon Stewart(right) scored 15 of his 16 points in the 1st half and Senior’s Reggie Cameron and Kyle McLeggan each added 17 points as Hudson Catholic moved into the Hudson County Championship vs St. Peters Prep! Stewart and McLeggan carried the Hawks in the 1st half as McLeggan. the new Adelphi University commit scored 13 of his points in the 1st half and Hudson took a 37-29 lead at intermission! Bayonne cut the lead to 4 in the 3rd, but Cameron scored 11 straight points,including 3″triples” to give Hudson a 57-42 lead at the end of the 3rd! Stewart added 10 assists and Cameron added 10 rebouinds in the contest! Bayonne was led by Senior Garry Gaston with 14 points and Senior Cancro Biaggio with 10!