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SeaBreeze Ford Shore Conference Boys Basketball Scoreboard, Dec. 21

Matt Manley|December 21, 2024|Last Updated January 6, 2025

Shore Conference Boys Basketball Scoreboard

Sponsored by SeaBreeze Ford

 

Saturday, Dec. 21

Non-Division

Point Beach 71, Long Branch 48

Senior Scot Crowley led four Point Beach players in double-figure scoring with 18 points and the Garnet Gulls (3-0) handled the Green Wave (0-2) to win their third straight game to open the season.

Sophomores Tyler Preston (14 points), George Breckenridge (11) and Dan Cavanaugh (10) all cracked double-figures as well for Point Beach.

Colts Neck 48, Neptune 23

Senior Lukas Sloan scored a game-high 20 points for his second straight outing of 20 points or more to open the season, with this one delivering the Cougars a win over the Scarlet Fliers.

Wall 58, Raritan 41

Senior Demitri Tu scored 15 points and the Crimson Knights (1-1) rode a dominant third quarter to a win over the Rockets (1-1).

Junior Liam Killea added 10 points and junior Brian McKenna pitched in eight for Wall, which outscored Raritan, 19-4, in the third to turn a 26-22 halftime deficit into a 41-30 lead heading to the fourth quarter.

Senior Sean Burnett scored a game-high 21 points — including four three-pointers — to lead Raritan.

Red Bank Catholic 76, Freehold Twp. 58

Junior James Hankowski hit five of his seven three-pointers during a scorching second quarter and finished with a game-high 23 points as the Caseys (2-0) clubbed the Patriots (0-2).

Four other RBC players scored at least eight points, led by senior Ryan Prior with 18. Sophomore Ryder Ciorciari added 12 points, senior Sean Saxton netted 10 and junior Jake Frankel dropped eight in the win.

Senior Nick Cardone scored 19 points, sophomore John O’Neill scored 12 and sophomore Cole Gerigk chipped in 11 for Freehold Township.

No. 2 CBA 63, Holmdel 36

Senior Justin Fuerbacher scored 26 points and classmate Kevin Pikiell added 18 to spark the Colts (2-0) to a win over the Hornets (1-1). Senior C.J. Karis led Holmdel with 13 points.

No. 3 Manasquan 57, No. 5 Rumson-Fair Haven 55 (OT)

Senior Griffin Linstra scored seven of Manasquan’s eight points in overtime and finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Warriors (2-1) to a road win over the Bulldogs (1-1) in a rematch of the 2024 Central Jersey Group II championship game.

Sophomore Rey Weinseimer led Manasquan with 19 points to go with five rebounds, classmate Logan Cleveland added 10 points and five rebounds and junior Jack O’Reilly posted eight points and eight rebounds in the win.

Manasquan trailed, 28-21, at halftime thanks to 8-for-14 shooting by Rumson from beyond the three-point line. The Warriors held the Bulldogs to 0-for-10 from beyond the arc in the third and fourth quarters and surged to a 40-36 lead before Rumson closed the third quarter with an old-fashioned three-point play converted by senior Carson Memmott to make it 40-39 heading to the fourth.

After Manasquan went up, 44-39, Rumson clawed back behind Memmott, who scored nine of his 15 points in the second half — including a drive that tied the game at 47-47 and another layup that gave Rumson a 49-47 lead with 1:10 left.

Manasquan responded to Memmott’s go-ahead layup with a game-tying pick-and-roll executed by Linstra and Cleveland, with Linstra finding the 6-foot-5 sophomore for the tying layup, plus the foul, with 34.3 seconds left. Linstra then hauled in the offensive rebound on Cleveland’s free-throw miss to give Manasquan the final shot of regulation, which the Warriors could not convert.

Linstra opened overtime with a three-pointer from the top of the key before Rumson junior Luke Cruz answered with his fourth three of the game to tie it and snap a string of 12 straight misses from three-point range by the Bulldogs.

On the other end, Linstra earned three trips to the foul line in one possession thanks to offensive rebounds by O’Reilly and Cleveland, with Linstra goign 1-for-2 on each of his first two trips, then hitting a pair to make it 56-52 with 34.8 seconds left. Weinseimer hit the first of two free throws to push Manasquan’s lead to 57-52 and senior David Carr hit a long with with 0.6 seconds left to pull Rumson within 57-55. After both teams used a timeout, Manasquan successfully inbounded the ball to drain the remainder of the clock.

Cruz finished with 20 points and eight rebounds to lead Rumson, which lost two players — senior starter Riley Gill and senior bench guard Nic Economou — to foul-outs before the three-minute mark of the fourth quarter. Gill fouled out with 6:07 to play in the fourth.

 

Donovan Catholic Tip-Off Classic

At Donovan Catholic

Championship

Point Boro 57, Donovan Catholic 53

Sophomore Hunter Hynes followed up his career-high 24 points from round one of the Donovan Classic with 25 points in the final to lead the Panthers (3-0) to a win over the host Griffins (1-1) to win the championship.

Junior Jovin Steinmetz backed up Hynes with 19 points, including three three-pointers and 8-for-12 from the free-throw line.

Junior Kai Pritchard led a balanced Donovan Catholic effort with 17 points, with senior James Gibbons adding 15 points in the loss. Sophomore Gabe Feliciano pitched in 10 points for the Griffins and Point Boro held Donovan Catholic senior Ryan Jacobs — the Griffins’ leading scorer in 2023-24 — to nine points.

Consolation

Brick 53, Toms River East 50 (OT)

Sophomore Jamel Pitts scored 25 points to go with three steals in carrying the Green Dragons (2-1) to a consolation win over the Raiders (0-3) at Gepp Gymnasium on the campus of Donovan Catholic.

Senior Jaylen Johnson pitched in eight points and three steals while senior Dom Giovine contributed six points and seven rebounds for Brick.

Freshman Brady Gillen posted 21 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead Toms River East, which erased a 12-point, second-half deficit to send the game to overtime. Junior Shamus O’Grady also chipped in eight points and 10 rebounds in the loss.

 

Non-Conference

Nottingham 55, New Egypt 49

Junior Nolan Arnold scored 17 points, but his scoring effort was not enough for the Warriors (1-2) in a loss to the Northstars (3-0). Liam Cox scored a game-high 18 points to lead Nottingham, while junior Ryan Reynolds also scored 12 points for New Egypt.

 

Coaches vs. Cancer

At Cherokee High School

Eastern 57, Toms River North 55

Senior Sherrod Nelson scored 19 points and freshman Jake Greenberg poured in 18 to lead Toms River North, but the Mariners (1-1) fell to the Vikings (2-1) in a game that came down to the final possession.

Senior Mekai Morse went scoreless, but led Toms River North with 13 rebounds and four steals. Kaedon Harper made his season debut for Eastern and scored a game-high 24 points to power the win.

 

CVC vs. Shore Classic

At Hightstown

Middletown South 66, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 47

Junior Beckett Oliver scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to snag MVP honors as the Eagles (2-2) rolled to a win over the Pirates (1-4) in the first game of the CVC-Shore Classic.

Junior Matt Trimble added 14 points and five assists and classmate Nick Cannizzaro added nine points and six assists for Middletown South.

West Windsor-Plainsboro North 53, No. 10 Jackson Memorial 39

Junior Randy Holmes Jr. scored a game-high 16 points, but the Jaguars (1-3) came up short against the Knights (3-0). Junior Jimmy Papalardo added nine points for Jackson Memorial, while Blake Amos Whitfield led a balanced West Windsor-Plainsboro North scoring effort with 15 points.

Manalapan 73, Steinert 49

Senior Aiden Sosinov erupted for a career-high 39 points and the Braves (2-0) rolled through the Spartans (0-4) for their second straight win to open the season. In two games so far, Sosinov has already scored 74 points.

Junior Dean Aviles added 15 points for Manalapan, powered by three three-pointers.

Shore 60, Princeton 55

Senior Bryce Crowe scored 19 points and junior Andrew Barham poured in 18 as the Blue Devils (3-0) held on for a win over the Little Tigers (1-2). Sophomore Maddox Paulin added 11 points for Shore, which overcame a game-high 32 points by Princeton’s Michael Bess.

Notre Dame 67, Marlboro 56

Junior Christian Elmasri led three players in double-figures with 15 points, but the Mustangs (1-3) could not slow down Josh Gatete and the Irish (4-1) in a Notre Dame win. Gatete finished with a game-high 20 points, Will Foley poured in 16 and Wyatt Moore netted 14 in the win.

Sophomore Nolan Gong and junior Dylan McEwan each scored 11 points for Marlboro.

No. 6 Freehold Boro 47, Hopewell Valley 44

Senior Brian Tassey scored 19 points and grabbed five rebounds to earn game MVP honors as the Colonials (3-1) won their third straight by fighting back the Bulldogs (1-2).

Senior Aidan Hamlin-Woolfolk backed up Tassey’s effort with 15 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots.

 

KSA Basketball Classic

Gaylord Palms Convention Center, Orlando

Gray Bracket

Third Place Game

St. John Vianney 50, McGuffey (Pa.) 37

Junior Nick Roselli led a balanced scoring attack with 11 points and the Lancers (3-1) seized third-place in the KSA Gray Bracket by beating McGuffey of Pennsylvania. Roselli also added three assists and six steals.

Sophomore Dan Lavan added eight points, senior Jesse Plunkett posted seven points, four assists and three steals, and sophomore Danny O’Neill contributed six points and 10 rebounds for St. John Vianney.

 

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