2025 Girls Basketball SCT Watch: Feb. 8 Update

Nick Lowe|February 8, 2025|Last Updated February 9, 2025

SSI Basketball Editor Matt Manley contributed to this post

With all Shore Conference games being completed today to qualify for the Shore Conference Tournament, we broke down where all the teams stand based on their power points as of 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. Barring a drastic change in the strength of schedule multipliers for each team (OOWP) in Sunday morning’s update on NJ.com, below are the likely match-ups come Tuesday. St. Rose, who leads the Shore Conference in power points will be the the No. 3 seed due to head-to-head and Middletown North earned enough points to take over the No. 20 seed, so there will not be 21 teams in the bracket. Doug Brustman and Nick Lowe will be doing a podcast preview on Monday with the projected winners being posted on the website Tuesday morning.

Matt Manley ran down the new rules for the Shore Conference Tournament seeding and qualification for 2025 a few weeks ago when he rolled out the first watch list on the boys side. Just in case you need a refresher, here are the basics, with one rule from last week no longer on the list.

Teams will be seeded based on the NJSIAA power points formula (power points divided by games played) as of games complete on Saturday, Feb. 8. The top 20 seeds will qualify for the Shore Conference Tournament. The remaining teams will be entered into the Shore Conference Coaches Cup.
In addition to the teams ranked within the top 20 in power points, teams that win a Shore Conference division championship that are not within the top 20 will be eligible to enter either the Shore Conference Tournament or the Coaches Cup. If such teams opt into the Shore Conference Tournament, said teams will be seeded according to their power points.
If two teams seeded consecutively have played against each other head-to-head, the team with the advantage in the head-to-head results will be seeded first. Head-to-head comparisons will start at the top of the seeding chart and work down to the bottom of the list. Teams can be dropped multiple spots if new teams listed directly below them own the head-to-head advantage.

The Shore Conference Tournament schedule will be as follows:

First Round: Tuesday, Feb. 11
Round of 16: Thursday, Feb. 13
Quarterfinals (Girls): Saturday, Feb. 15 at Holmdel High School
Quarterfinals (Boys): Saturday, Feb. 15 at Middletown South High School
Semifinals (Girls): Tuesday, Feb. 18 at RWJ Barnabas Health Arena, Toms River
Semifinals (Boys): Wednesday, Feb. 19 at RWJ Barnabas Health Arena, Toms River
Championship: Friday, Feb. 21 at Monmouth University

2025 Girls Basketball Shore Conference Tournament Seeding through Saturday, Feb. 8

SCT Seed	Team	Power Points	PP/Game	NJSIAA Section	Section Seed
1	Manasquan*	663.74	33.187	CJ 2	1
2	St. John Vianney*	752.997	32.739	SJ Non-Public A	3
3	St. Rose*	743.116	33.778	SJ Non-Public A	2
4	Red Bank Catholic	752.353	32.711	SJ Non-Public A	4
5	Red Bank Regional	510.036	26.844	CJ 3	1
6	Howell	523.14	26.157	SJ 4	3
7	Ranney*	514.38	25.719	SJ Non-Public B	4
8	Trinity Hall*	598.897	26.039	SJ Non-Public A	6
9	Rumson-Fair Haven	506.877	24.137	CJ 2	2
10	Point Boro	479.094	22.814	CJ 2	4
11	Toms River East	452.088	21.528	SJ 3	4
12	Barnegat	422.14	21.107	SJ 2	6
13	Brick Twp	441.408	20.064	CJ 3	4
14	Middletown South	397.36	19.868	CJ 3	5
15	Shore Regonal*	412.839	19.659	CJ 1	6
16	Neptune*	394.68	19.734	CJ 3	6
17	Colts Neck	349.362	19.409	CJ 3	7
18	Freehold Boro	347.058	19.281	CJ 3	8
19	Lacey	416.372	18.926	SJ 3	6
20	Middletown North	431.986	18.782	CJ 3	9
21	Freehold Township-x	349.296	18.384	CJ 4	5
	Holmdel	352.165	18.535	CJ 2	9
	Jackson Memorial	344.622	18.138	CJ 3	11
	Manchester*	334.06	16.703	SJ 2	9
	Marlboro*	318.66	15.933	CJ 4	10
	Wall	311.4	15.57	CJ 2	11
	Keansburg	274.554	15.253	CJ 1	8
	Toms River South	280.782	14.778	SJ 3	13
	Point Beach	286.96	14.348	CJ 1	10
	Southern	246.942	13.719	SJ 4	15
	Long Branch	244.008	13.556	CJ 4	15
	Manalapan*	258.28	11.74	CJ 4	19
	Raritan*	259.539	12.359	CJ 2	15
	Central	225.792	10.752	SJ 4	19
	Toms River North	212.94	10.647	SJ 4	20
	Donovan Catholic	217.665	10.365	SJ Non-Public A	15
	Brick Memorial	221.1	10.05	CJ 3	15
	Monmouth*	162.792	9.576	CJ 2	16
	Pinelands*	192.92	9.646	SJ 3	20
	New Egypt	160.242	9.426	SJ 1	16
	Matawan	212.635	9.245	CJ 3	19
	Ocean	173.84	8.692	CJ 2	18
	Keyport	134.424	7.468	CJ 1	22
	Henry Hudson	133.668	7.426	CJ 1	23
	Lakewood	107.19	7.146	CJ 3	20
	Jackson Liberty*	88.816	5.551	CJ 2	21
	Asbury Park*	86.268	6.162	CJ 1	26

*Head-to-Head

Manasquan owns the head-to-head advantage over St. Rose for the No. 1 seed.
St. John Vianney owns the head-to-head advantage over St. Rose for the No. 2 seed.
Shore Regional owns the head-to-head advantage over Neptune for the No. 15 seed
Manchester owns the head-to-head advantage over Marlboro for the No. 4 Coaches Cup Seed.
Manalapan owns the head-to-head advantage over Raritan for the No. 12 Coaches Cup seed.
Monmouth owns the head-to-head advantage over Pinelands for the No. 18 Coaches Cup seed.
Jackson Liberty owns the head-to-head advantage over Asbury Park for the No. 26 Coaches Cup seed.

Shore Conference Tournament projected pairings through Saturday, Feb. 8

Opening Round

(21) Freehold Township at (12) Barnegat

(20) Middletown North at (13) Brick Township

(19) Lacey at (14) Middletown South

(18) Freehold Boro at (15) Shore Regional

(17) Colts Neck at (16) Neptune

Round of 16

(17) Colts Neck/(16) Neptune winner at (1) Manasquan

(18) Freehold Boro/(15) Shore Regional winner at (2) St. John Vianney

(19) Lacey/(14) Middletown South winner at (3) St. Rose

(20) Middletown North/(13) Brick Township winner at (4) Red Bank Catholic