Seabreeze Ford/Sea View Jeep Shore Conference Boys Basketball NJSIAA Scoreboard: Saturday, March 7
Seabreeze Ford/Sea View Jeep Shore Conference Boys Basketball Scoreboard
Saturday, March 7
NJSIAA Tournament
Sectional Championship
Central Jersey Group III
(2) Westampton Tech 66, (4) Middletown South 56
The Westampton Tech front-court duo of Jason Livingstone and Henry Njoga combined for 33 points and 21 rebounds to provide the foundation and Alexander Jeanty sparked a game-breaker third-quarter run that sparked the Panthers (23-8) to a win over the Eagles (17-12) that clinches the program its first ever sectional championship.
Livingstone scored a game-high 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds and highlighted a 9-2 start to the game with a pair of dunks. Njoga scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half and also pulled in 12 rebounds.
Jeanty scored seven of his nine points during a 14-0 third-quarter run, during which he also swiped three steals during the run. Middletown South began the third quarter with a 10-2 run that cut a nine-point halftime deficit to 31-30, but the 14-0 answer during a three-minute stretch gave Westampton Tech a 45-30 lead heading to the fourth quarter.
Freshman Ryan Gannon scored a team-high 16 points and dished out four assists and senior Beckett Oliver closed out his career with 14 points, 12 rebounds and a blocked shot to lead Middletown South. Freshman Evan Wells added nine points and six rebounds, senior Nick Cannizzaro scored all eight of his points in the fourth quarter to go with three steals and senior Matt Trimble chipped in seven points and six rebounds in the loss.
Sectional Championship
Central Jersey Group I
(1) Thrive Charter 48, (2) Point Beach 23
Marjon Skillman scored 16 points and pulled down 15 rebounds as the Titans (21-5) overpowered the Garnet Gulls (21-8) to capture their second consecutive championship in Central Jersey Group I.
Senior Jacob Edgecomb hit a three-pointer in each half to lead Point Beach with six points, while juniors Tyler Preston and George Breckenridge each added five. Breckenridge hit his first two shots of the game, but Point Beach made just two field goals in the second half, with none after scoring on each of its first three possessions of the third quarter.
Thrive will face New Egypt Wednesday at Monroe in the Group I semifinals.
Sectional Championship
South Jersey Group I
(14) New Egypt 48, (1) Salem 46 (OT)
Senior Nolan Arnold hit the go-ahead free throws with 21 seconds left and Fatah Paige missed two free throws with 0.8 seconds left, finishing off an improbable run by the Warriors (15-14) that ends with New Egypt beating the top-seeded Rams (22-6) to win the program’s first ever sectional championship.
Arnold scored 12 of his 19 points after halftime, including New Egypt’s final eight points of the game. The senior also added seven rebounds and five assists and his basket in the paint tied the game, 44-44, with 1:36 left in the fourth quarter and turned out to be the final points of regulation.
Senior Clyde Ferris scored all 18 of his points in the first three quarters, including eight in the third quarter to help New Egypt build a 36-30 lead with under three minutes to go in the period before Salem scored the last six points of the quarter to tie the game heading into the fourth. The two teams were tied at halftime (24-24), after three quarters and at the end of regulation.
After entering the NJSIAA Tournament at 11-14, New Egypt is now guaranteed to finish no worse than .500 and will play in Wednesday’s Group I semifinal at Monroe High School against Thrive Charter.
