SFIC FESTIVAL: ST.BENEDICTS, ROSELLE CATHOLIC, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, ST. PETERS PREP AND BERGEN CATHOLIC WIN!

Kean University Union, N.J….. The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children(SFIC) had five games consisting of some of the Top teams in the State! St. Benedict’s, Roselle Catholic, Immaculate Conception, St.Peters Prep and Bergen Catholic came away winners!

                                                                             ST. BENEDICT’S   66        HUDSON CATHOLIC  60

Junior Lester Quinones(near right) scored 23 points, including his 1,00th point of his career and Junior Precious Achiuwa(far right) scored 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists to lead St. Benedict’s to a 66-60 win over Hudson Catholic! This game was as high level a contest as  highschool game can be and it was evident in the play of Hudson Catholic’s Jahvon Quinerly( 22pts,5asts) Lou King(12pts,5rebs,3stls), Luther Muhammad(12pts) and Shackylle Dezonie(12pts,7rebs) and Benedict’s Souleymane Diakite(12pts,5rebs,4asts)! Hudson took a 30-29 halftime lead as Quinerly and King made buckets to end the stanza! Achiuwa’s 14 second half points was key to Benedict’s 2nd half run!

 

 

                                                                     ROSELLE CATHOLIC  64      ST. MARY’S(ELIZ.)  59  OT.

Delaware commit Ithiel Horton scored 19 points, LSU commit Nazreon Reid(far right) scored 16 points and pulled down 15 rebounds and Junior Khalil Whitney(near right) scored 13 points with 7 rebounds, including a 6 points in overtime to lead Roselle Catholic to a 64-59 win over St.Mary’s(Elizabeth)! St. Mary’s trailed 45-39 going into the 4th quarter, but St. Mary’s tied and eventually took the lead behind Junior guard Papie Roberts(16pts) and Senior Casmir Ochiaka(11pts) who put them up 55-53 on a bucket late in the game! roselle took control in the overtime stanza! 

 

 

                                                              IMMACULATE CONCEPTION  70      TRENTON CATHOLIC  68

Syracuse commit Jalen Carey(far right) scored 29 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists and Junior Justin Winston(near right) added 19 points as Immaculate Conception held on to defeat Trenton Catholic 70-68! Trenton Catholic started out shooting the ball well from deep and led at the end of the 1st quarter 13-11! Immaculate and Trenton went back and forth as Senior Quashawn Lane(19pts,7rebs) and Senior Donovan Ryland(17pts) led the way for Trenton! Free throws by Carey late helped lift Immaculate to the win!

 

 

 

                                                                      ST.PETERS PREP   51         ST. JOSEPH(MONTVALE)  44

Army commit Brendan Thiele(right) scored 16 of his 20 points in the 1st half and Sophomore Will White went 10 for 11 from the line late as St.Peters Prep beat St.Joseph(Mont.) 51-44! Prep took a 35-18 lead at the half, but St.Joe‘s fought back to make it a game! Sophomore Nazir Williams led them with 19 points and Senior Smith Vilbert added 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds!

 

 

 

                                                                             BERGEN CATHOLIC  69      UNION CATHOLIC  40

Junior Zach Freemantle(near right) scored 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Bergen Catholic to a 69-40 trouncing over Union Catholic! Sophomore Matt Zona(far right) scored 10 points with 6 rebounds as Bergen had 11 players score in the contest! Senior Ibn Lynn led Union Cathoilc with 14 points!