SeaBreeze Ford Shore Conference Boys Basketball Scoreboard, Jan. 9
Shore Conference Boys Basketball Scoreboard
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Thursday, Jan. 9
Class A North
Freehold Twp. 63, Manalapan 60
Sophomore Jake Schultzel scored 22 points and the Patriots held on to beat the Braves at home in a match-up of Class A North teams on either side of the cutoff for the Shore Conference Tournament heading into play on Thursday.
Senior Jordan Dulnuan poured in 15 points, while senior Nick Cardone and sophomore Dakota Lasater each chipped in eight for Freehold Township, which led by as many as 10 in the third quarter.
Senior Aidan Sosinov drained a game-high 25 points to lead Manalapan, while junior Dean Aviles added 12, sophomore Cooper Levy netted 10 and sophomore Spencer Schoenfeld contributed eight in the loss.
Manalapan entered the day in the 20th and final spot in the Shore Conference Tournament, which begins on Feb. 11 with a Feb. 8 cutoff. Freehold Township entered at No. 21 and will leapfrog the Braves on power points for the time being with Thursday’s win.
No. 3 CBA 68, No. 8 Ranney 64
Junior Connor Andree posted 22 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots as the Colts overcame injuries to two of their starters to pull out a win over the Panthers.
Senior Justin Fuerbacher and junior Charlie Marcoullier aggrevated ankle injuries they initially suffered in the same game — a win over West Morris Central on Dec. 27. The two players missed just one full game, but both left Thursday’s game — Furbacher in the first quarter and Marcoullier in the third — and did not return.
Senior Kevin Pikiell scored 17 points and sophomore David Buley chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Marcoullier contributed 10 points before leaving with the injury.
Senior MeSean Williams led three Ranney players in double-figure scoring with 16 points and also added three assists and three steals. Junior Shaan Nayar scored 15 points on five three-pointers, with four coming in the fourth quarter, when the Panthers cut a 16-point deficit to three. Sophomore Brody Mauro also poured in 12 points to go with five rebounds.
No. 10 Colts Neck 65, Marlboro 54
Senior Bryce Belcher and junior Dillon Younger each scored 15 points as part of a balanced effort that carried the Cougars to a win over the Mustangs.
Senior Lukas Sloane contributed 12 points and three players — senior Jack Fried, senior Dan Buoncore and sophomore Nate Sloane — scored seven points apiece.
Sophomore Dylan McEwan scored a game-high 20 points to lead Marboro.
Class A Coastal
Red Bank Catholic 58, Middletown South 41
No. 5 Rumson-Fair Haven 54, Holmdel 48
Junior Luke Cruz scored 18 points and senior teammate David Carr added 16 as the Bulldogs turned the tide on a six-point halftime deficit to foil the Hornets.
No. 6 Red Bank at St. John Vianney, 6:45 p.m.
Class B North
Long Branch 73, Asbury Park 45
Cameron DeJesus erupted for 30 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocked shots as the Green Wave rolled through the Blue Bishops for their first win of the season.
Joseph Corely pitched in 12 points and six rebounds and Josh Guzman added 11 points for Long Branch. Quentin Fisher also contributed eight points, five rebounds, six assists and four steals in the win.
Ocean 62, Shore 46
Junior Aidan Saint Louis scored a career-high 31 points and the Spartans handed the Blue Devils their first loss of the season while also winning their second straight following an 0-7 start.
Junior Vernon Taylor added 13 points and classmate Niall Tantrum pitched in eight for Ocean, which put up 20 points in the first quarer and outscored Shore, 30-17, in the second half.
Senior Bryce Crowe scored 13 points and junior Andrew Barham chipped in 11 to lead Shore.
No. 7 Freehold Boro 76, Monmouth 41
Senior Brian Tassey scored the 1,000th point of his career and finished with 17 points, six rebounds and eight assists to lead the Colonials to a rout of the Falcons.
Tassey completed a three-point play in the second quarter to reach the milestone and finished the game with 1,006 points. Senior Qua’Mir Everett chipped in 14 points, junior Mike Cush netted 13 and classmate Aidan Hamlin-Woolfolk added 12 points and eight rebounds for Freehold Boro.
Junior Judah Uter led Monmouth with 16 points.
Class B Coastal
Henry Hudson 80, Matawan 65
Senior Jack Fitzpatrick scored 19 points in his season debut and combined with sophomore teammate JoJo Newell to power a big third quarter that sealed an Admirals win over the Huskies.
Fitzpatrick went 11-for-13 from the free-throw line and had his best stretch of shooting in the third quarter, when he hit a pair of three-pointers and scored nine points. Newell, meanwhile, scored 11 of his 15 points in the third, during which Henry Hudson outscored Matawan, 25-16 to go up, 60-41.
Juniors Michael Fitzpatrick and Billy Quinn each scored 10 points, senior Phinn Kozic poured in nine and junior Blakely Smith chipped in eight in the win.
Senior Amir Martinez scored 22 points and junior Ben Morales chipped in 14 to lead Matawan.
Raritan 51, Keansburg 48
Middletown North 45, Keyport 42
Class B South
Pinelands 57, Toms River East 30
Non-Division
Lakewood 53, Lacey 50
Jackson Liberty at Toms River South, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 8
Non-Division
Neptune 40, Raritan 36 (2 OT)
Senior JayVion Rogers scored nine of his game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and seniors Darren Fonrose and David Boone each made key tying baskets to deliver the Scarlet Fliers (7-1) a win over the Rockets (3-4) — their fifth straight win and seventh win in their first eight games.
Rogers found Fonrose for a game-tying layup as the clock expired on the fourth quarter, sending the two teams into overtime tied, 30-30. With Neptune trailing, 32-30, in the final minute of overtime, senior Cameron Stukes stole the ball and got it up to Boone for the tying score with 22 seconds left. Stukes then hit Fonrose for a layup to open the scoring in the second overtime.
Senior Xavier Nunez and freshman Mario Diamantis each scored nine points to lead Raritan.
