Teaneck Repeat Champs Of Jingle Bell Jubilee!

       Paterson, N.J………Teaneck is again Jingle Bells Jubilee champs as they defeated Hackensack in the final with a dominating 74-49 win! Right now, especially with Junior Joel Hernandez out due to a hand injury, Senior Chris Jones is playing at as high a level as anyone in the state! The 6’5 swingman(right) was on the attack mode from the beginning, scoring 10 1st quarter points on his way to a 27 point,6 rebound,3 assists, 2 steals game! Hackensack kept the game within striking distance in the 1st half down only 36-28 as Sophomore Rashard Figures and Junior Gene Marshall led the way for the Comets! The 2nd half became another story as Teaneck behind the play of Jones, Junior’s Neville Fincher and Shakir Lindsey and Senior Siddiq Patterson blew the game wide open! Lindsey scored 16 points, dished out 6 assists and 2 steals, Fincher scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds with 4 blocked shots and Patterson scored 8 points with 4 dimes, 4 rebounds and a steal! Hackensack had cut the game to 2 with a few minutes left in the 1st half, but a run culminating in a Fincher dunk got the game under control again! This was the second impressive win by Teaneck over Hackensack in the early part of the season! Figures and Marshall led the scoring for Hackensack with 12 points apiece while Junior Chris Myers added 8 points! Jones play not only made him Most Outstanding Player Of the Game, but Player of the Tournament also! Figures,Myers,Lindsey and Fincher(right to left) all were named to the All Tournament team! The third place contest consisted of Newark Tech and St.Peters Prep! Junior Jared Hall scored 18 points to pace Tech to a 48-43 win! Junior Dwayne Merrill added 14 points, Senior Abel Yekeh scored 8 points with 11 rebounds and Senior Dwayne Dixon scored 7 points with 6 rebounds! Prep’s Senior Tyrone O’Garro led them in scoring with 12 points, while Junior Tre Bell added 10 points! Dixon and O’Garro(right) also made the All Tournament team!  In the 5th place game Christian Brothers Academy defeated Passaic Valley 47-37 as Junior Tom Aldridge finished with 15 points and Senior Eric Shaw and Senior Kiernan Hughes each adde d9 points with Hughes also grabbing 9 rebounds! Sophomore Stefan Minic led P.V. with 12 points and Senior Jamir Lennon scored 11 points and dished out 5 asssists! Senior Olumide Onajide also added 8 points to go with 10 boards!