Tournament Of Championship: Plainfield And Atlantic City Move On!

Toms River, N.J……….In T.O.C. action, Atlantic City and Plainfield advance to the Semifinals at Rutgers University Friday:

                                            ATLANTIC CITY  68                EWING  65     OT

Senior Martel Johnson’s “Triple” at the final buzzer sent the game into overtime and Senior Kayshawn Dunston’s(right) two”triples” in overtime led Atlantic City to a 68-65 victory to advance to the Semifinals of the T.O.C.! Ewing seemed to be poised to pull off the victory as Senior David Azoroh and Senior Dontae Jones played tremendously and did everything they could to make it happen and the game seemed won when after a”triple” by Dunston cut Atlantic City’s deficit to 56-55 with 17.5 seconds a long pass to Senior Ron Valentine gave Ewing what seemed to be the winning basket! That’s when Johnson’s heroic’s sent the game to overtime at 58! In the overtime session Azoroh started the scoring on a dribble drive and scored 5 of Ewing’s first 7 points as they went ahead 65-60! That’s when Dunston hit two of the biggest shots of his highschool career with the”triples” that gave them a 66-65 lead with 31 seconds! Then Junior Gebriel Chandler clinched the game with 2 free throws! Dunston finished the game with 23 points while Senior Jahleem Montague finished with 10 points and 15 rebounds and Chandler also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards! Johnson added 8 and Sophomore guard Isaiah Graves scored 9 points off the bench! Azoroh led Ewing with 21 points and 6 rebounds, while Jones scored 18 points and Senior Tyquan Crews added 13! Atlantic City will go against St. Anthony!

                                                    PLAINFIELD  68         ASBURY PARK 53

 Asbury Park came out fast in the 1st quarter and took a 16-9 lead! Plainfield then proceeded to slow walk themselves back in the game taking their first lead on Senior Sekou Harris 2 free throws which made the score 32-30! Senior Jahmal Lane(right) led the scoring with 21 points on a number of layups! Senior Justin Sears, the Yale commit played a strong post game scoring 15 points and grabbing 16 rebounds with 3 blocked shots! Senior Dijon Allen-Jordan scored 17 points(5 dunks) and pulled down 6 rebounds with 4 assists! Harris finished with 13 points and 6 assists as the big four took over the contest! The game was highlighted by a follow up dunk by Sears to end the 3rd quarter and make the score 48-40! Asbury Park was led by Senior Armond Conover with 20 points and 6 rebounds, twin brother Amir Conover with 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals and Senior Thomond Hammary with 13 points! Plainfield will now face St. Joseph Metuchen in the Semifinals at Rutgers!