SeaBreeze Ford Shore Conference Boys Basketball Scoreboard, Jan. 4

Shore Conference Boys Basketball Scoreboard

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Saturday Jan. 4

Non-Division

Marlboro 71, Barnegat 43

Sophomore Nolan Gong scored a game-high 19 points and the Mustangs (3-5) pulled away for a win over the Bengals (4-3).

Sophomore Dylan McEwan scored nine of Marlboro’s 23 points in the first quarter and scored all 10 of his points in the first half. Gong, junior Drew Lubeck (six points) and junior Ajay Mathews (seven) led a 38-17 second half for Marlboro, with Gong scoring 11. Senior Cole Newman also added eight points, with six of them coming on a pair of first-quarter three-pointers.

Senior Cole Toddings led Barnegat for 13 points.

Middletown North 54, Donovan Catholic 48

Senior Colin Byrne scored 23 points to go with six rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots as the Lions (4-4) held off the Griffins (2-6). Sophomore Nate Tyburczy added 14 points and three assists for Middletown North.

Shore 62, New Egypt 60

Junior Bryce Crowe 18 points — including 8-for-8 from the free-throw line — and the Blue Devils (6-0) pulled out a road win over the Warriors (2-4) to remain unbeaten.

Junior Andrew Barham added 11 points and classmate Finn Watson chipped in 10 for Shore. Junior Nolan Arnold scored a game-high 28 points to lead New Egypt.

Wall 44, Ocean 38

Senior Brian McKenna and junior Liam Hennessy each scored 13 points and the Crimson Knights (6-2) battled past the Spartans (0-7) for their fifth straight win.

Junior Liam Killea added 10 points for Wall, which outscored Ocean, 26-14, in the second half to erase a six-point deficit at the break. Junior Aidan Saint Louis scored eight of his team-high 12 points in the first half to lead Ocean.

No. 9 Southern 59, No. 7 Freehold Boro 58

Junior Jake Sliwinski hit the game-winning free throw with 8.5 seconds left and the Rams (5-2) avoided a fourth-quarter collapse in escaping with a win over the Colonials (5-4).

Southern went ahead, 49-28 in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter before Freehold Boro turned up its full-court pressure and nearly completed an improbable comeback on the road. The Colonials went on a 12-2 run to pull within 51-40 before a score by Southern sophomore Noah Perna pushed the Southern lead back to 13.

Senior Qua’Mir Everett answered to cut the deficit to 11 and Freehold Boro then forced five turnovers and two missed shots on the next seven Southern possessions, but Freehold Boro scored just twice on its seven trips during that stretch — both layups by senior Aidan Hamlin-Woolfolk.

Perna hit a pair of free throws with 2:01 left to make it 55-46, to which Freehold Boro responded with a 9-1 run to pull within 56-55 with 43.7 seconds to go. Junior Aiden Miller hit two free throws with 27 seconds left to push the lead back to 58-55, but junior Damier Lester countered with a corner three-pointer to tie the game with 15 seconds left.

Sliwinski drew the fifth foul on Hamlin-Woolfolk while attempting to dribble across midcourt and after missing the first free-throw attempt, Sliwinski hit the second to give Southern back the lead with 8.5 seconds left.

Freehold Boro called timeout with 1.4 seconds left amid a scramble, from which Everett emerged and hit a jumper after the whistle had blown to signal the timeout. Inbounding from under the basket out of the timeout, Freehold Boro got the ball into senior Brian Tassey for a potential game-winner, but the shot missed the mark and Southern pulled out the victory.

Perna led Southern with 20 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals and Sliwinski chipped in 15 points and five assists to lead Southern. Sophomore Spencer Walsh added eight points and nine rebounds while senior Rich Flores scored all eight of his points in the second half while also grabbing six rebounds.

Tassey led Freehold Boro with 16 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Everett and Hamlin-Woolfolk each added 14, with Everett also grabbing five steals and blocking two shots, while Hamlin-Woolfolk pulled in seven rebounds to go with two blocks. Lester also cracked double-figure scoring with 12 points and also grabbed six rebounds.

Pinelands 53, Keansburg 40

Senior Ty Kline posted 15 points, eight rebounds and six steals to lead the Wildcats (4-2) to a win over the Titans (3-3). Senior Tyler Ferguson added 13 points and junior Josh Barongo pitched in nine points, six rebounds and three steals for Pinelands.

Junior A’Son Young led Keansburg with 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists.

Matawan 59, St. John Vianney 50

Senior Jayden Elijah scored 13 points while grabbing 10 rebounds and junior Ben Morales added 13 points off the bench to power the Huskies (2-5) to a win over the Lancers (4-4).

Senior Amir Martinez added 12 points and junior Colin Reitmann chipped in 11 points and five assists for Matawan. Sophomore Justin Togans scored a game-high 18 points and classmate Danny O’Neill threw in 15 to lead St. John Vianney.

 

Non-Conference

Henry Hudson 69, University Charter 38

Sophomore JoJo Newell scored a game-high 23 points and junior Billy Quinn poured in 20 as the Admirals (4-2) coasted to a win over University Charter. Senior Kevin Pharo also dropped 14 points for Henry Hudson.

Howell 83, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 48

Sophomore Noah Musto scored a career-best 23 points to pace four Howell scorers in double-figures as the Rebels (3-3) rolled to a win over the Pirates (2-8). Senior Peter Barkauskas poured in 17 points, senior Steven Schipani threw in 14 and senior Zach Padilla netted 13 for Howell.

Patrick School 75, No. 1 St. Rose 60

Senior Evan Romano and junior Jayden Hodge each scored 20 points, but the Purple Roses (4-3) could not handle the height of the Celtics in a loss the Patrick School National Team.

Romano also grabbed seven rebounds, handed out three assists and picked off five steals, while Hodge came up with four steals as part of a St. Rose defensive effort that forced 23 Patrick School turnovers. Sophomore Avery Lynch also added 11 points, six rebounds and three assists for St. Rose.