HUDSON COUNTY TOURNAMENT: St.Peters Prep And Marist Advance!

St. Peter’s College, Jersey City……….The Hudson County Tournament got their final two teams as St.Peter’s Prep and Marist proved victorious tonight!

                     St. Peter’s Prep 73         Memorial 60

St. Peter’s Prep, behind the play of Senior Stephon Whyatt and Senior bigman Keith Lumpkin held off Memorial 73-60 to advance to the Hudson County”Chip”! Whyatt(right) was the best player on the floor today, getting to the basket at will on his way to 30 points! The 6’9 Lumpkin(bottom right), a Rutgers commit for football scored 11 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked 6 shots as he was an inside presence all day on defense and offense! Memorial made runs and gave a great effort behind the play of Senior’s David Almonte and Kermy Amparo who each scored 17 points in the contest! Senior point guard Kevin Walker and Sophomore guard Tre Bell each scored 10 points for St. Peter’s Prep!

                     Marist 62            Hudson Catholic 56   O.T.

Experience got youth as Marist beat Hudson Catholic 62-56 in overtime! Marist’s Senior laden squad stayed more poised down the stretch and more importantly held Hudson Catholic’s Sophomore Reggie Cameron scoreless down the stretch! It put the pressure on other player’s to come through and only Sophomore Kavon Stewart played up to his potential! Senior Marvin Williams(pictured) led Marist with 19 points, including a big jumper and some free throws late in the game! 6’6 Senior Jarryd Horsley added 12 points,8 rebounds and 2 blocked shots! Senior’s Jason Matthews 14 points and Senior Josh Treadwell’s 9 proved huge in the contest! Stewart sent the game to overtime by making one of two free throws to tie the game at 49 at the end of regulation, but Treadwell made a basket and then made a big”triple” to give Marist a lead they would not relinguish! Stewart finished with 17 points and 4 assists while Cameron finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds! Junior Grant Ellis added 10 points for Hudson Catholic! 

NOTE: Final will be played next Saturday at St.Peter’s College at 7:00pm