2025 Girls Basketball SCT Watch: Jan. 26 Update

Nick Lowe|January 27, 2025|Last Updated January 29, 2025

There has been many changes in the Shore Conference Tournament seeding since we published what it would look like on Jan. 14th, but the top four seeds have remained the same. St. Rose sits as the top seed if the tournament was to start to tomorrow with 32.47 power points and Manasquan, who beat St. Rose last week, is in the second seed with 28.427 points. Red Bank Catholic, who was sitting as the No. 12 seed, has moved up to the No. 7 seed and would have a first-round bye. There also has been a lot of movement with teams that were in SCT are now on the outside looking to get back in. Below will show where every team sits as of Jan. 26.

Two weeks ago, Matt Manley ran down the new rules for the Shore Conference Tournament seeding and qualification for 2025. 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.

The rule that was listed last week but is not currently in play is the head-to-head provision, which stipulates that if two teams that played one another prior to the Feb. 8 cutoff are seeded consecutively by power points, the team with the head-to-head advantage will be seeded ahead, regardless of power points. According to tournament director Nick Pizzulli, that provision is not official at the moment, although Pizzuli said it is under consideration. That being the case, this week’s seeds are listed purely on power points.

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 Sunday, Jan. 26

SCT Seed	Team	Power Points	PP/Game	NJSIAA Section	Section Seed
1	St. Rose	487.05	32.47	SJ Non-Public A	1
2	Manasquan	426.405	28.427	CJ 2	1
3	St. John Vianney	496.242	27.569	SJ Non-Public A	3
4	Red Bank Regional	355.362	25.383	CJ 3	1
5	Trinity Hall	424.286	24.958	SJ Non-Public A	5
6	Howell	344.876	24.634	SJ 4	3
7	Red Bank Catholic	400.911	23.583	SJ Non-Public A	6
8	Ranney	327.105	21.807	SJ Non-Public B	6
9	Rumson-Fair Haven	316.56	21.104	CJ 2	2
10	Point Boro	314.1	20.94	CJ 2	3
11	Middletown South	326.944	20.434	CJ 3	3
12	Barnegat	285.25	20.375	SJ 2	3
13	Colts Neck	247.377	19.029	CJ 3	4
14	Toms River East	276.03	18.402	SJ 3	5
15	Freehold Boro	219.048	18.254	CJ 3	5
16	Jackson Memorial	236.405	18.185	CJ 3	6
17	Shore Regonal	244.79	17.485	CJ 1	6
18	Middletown North	307.206	17.067	CJ 3	8
19	Holmdel	220.532	16.964	CJ 2	8
20	Lacey	234.514	16.751	SJ 3	7
	Brick Township	267.36	16.71	CJ 3	9
	Marlboro	222.978	15.927	CJ 4	9
	Neptune	220.64	15.76	CJ 3	10
	Keansburg	194.961	14.997	CJ 1	9
	Freehold Township	201.432	14.388	CJ 4	12
	Wall	213.99	14.266	CJ 2	11
	Toms River South	198.254	14.161	SJ 3	11
	Long Branch	181.207	13.939	CJ 4	13
	Manchester	204.12	13.608	SJ 2	10
	Point Beach	206.144	12.884	CJ 1	12
	Toms River North	161.42	11.53	SJ 4	16
	Southern	134.988	11.249	SJ 4	17
	Manalapan	167.232	10.462	CJ 4	19
	Central	161.344	10.084	SJ 4	20
	Raritan	157.264	9.829	CJ 2	14
	Donovan Catholic	134.425	8.961	SJ Non-Public A	15
	Brick Memorial	128.896	8.056	CJ 3	17
	Pinelands	118.575	7.905	SJ 3	20
	Ocean	124.848	7.803	CJ 2	17
	Monmouth	84.007	7.637	CJ 2	18
	Matawan	128.673	7.569	CJ 3	19
	Keyport	84.955	6.535	CJ 1	21
	Lakewood	64.493	5.863	CJ 3	21
	Asbury Park	40.565	5.795	CJ 1	23
	Henry Hudson	67.56	5.63	CJ 1	24
	Jackson Liberty	57.409	5.219	CJ 2	21