Marquez’s Basket Lifts DePaul Past Wayne Valley 72-70!

Wayne……It took Wayne Valley an entire game to tie the score at 70 and it took Sophomore Josh Marquez 40 seconds to make it short lived as his short jumper in the lane was the game winner in a DePaul 72-70 victory! DePaul had control most of the game in the 1st half behind the play of Junior Davon Jacobs,who finished with 21 points and 5 steals, Freshman Kiy Hester(11pts) and Marquez(18pts,7rebs,6asts), but Wayne Valley kept fighting back behind the play of Sophomore Andrew Keane who had a career high 23 points and 10 rebounds, Senior Tom Larranga(13pts) and Junior Jay Mustafa who finished with 11 points and 11 assists! Down 10 at the half, Valley kept inching closer only to be matched by DePaul’s Mas Aronson who scored all 12 of his points in the 2nd half! But Valley made one final push and finally tied it when Senior Andrew Herasimtchuk drained a “triple” from the corner to put it at 70! That set the stage for Marquez’s heroics! With about 40 seconds on the clock, DePaul pulled it out and without calling a timeout ran the clock down when Marquez(pictured) made a spinning move in the lane and hit a short jumper to send them home! This game was another example of why the Passaic County Tournament is wide open!