Jersey City…….Once again St.Anthony can thank their lucky stars on getting Paterson Catholic’s best two returning players as Rutger’s commit, guard Myles Mack(right) and Junior point forward Kyle Anderson(bottom right) were the best players on the court in the Friars 59-39 victory over St. Peters Prep in The Dan Finn Classic! Mack led the scoring with 16 points and also had 6 dimes as well as 5 steals! Anderson(the player of game) who is Mr. Statman had 15 points,8 rebounds,5 assists and 4 steals! The Marauders hung in there tough behind guard Stephon Whyatt who led them in scoring with 15 points and center Keith Lumpkin who scored 6 points,but grabbed 11 rebounds! Lumpkins dunk in the 3rd quarter was his 1,000th point of his career! But St. Anthony was never really in trouble after a 19-14 1st quarter lead! Junior Jerome Frink added 10 points for St. Anthony while Senior’s Chase Fluellen and Kevin Walker each scored 8 points in the loss for St. Peter’s Prep! 

Ramapo College, Mahwah……. Don Bosco Prep and Teaneck advanced to the finals of the Bergen County Jamboree with wins Sunday!

                       Teaneck 59         Hackensack 37

Junior Chris Jones(right) led Teaneck with 16 points and they outscored Hackensack 20-7 in the 4th quarter to pull off a 59-37 win! Senior Danta Davis added 12 points and Sophomore Joel Hernandez had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds! Sophomore Eugene Marshall led the Comets with 12 points while Sophomore Chris Myers added 8! 

                      Don Bosco Prep 52       Pascack Valley 48

Freshman Paul Jorgenson hit a big shot late in the game and Junior Jemal Mosley(right) led the scoring with 20 points as Don Bosco Prep held on to a 52-48 victory! Leonte Carroo added 11 points for Prep! Eric Buchsbaum led Pascack Valley with 14 points while Joe DeCotiis contributed 11!

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