JSZ kicks off the next week of coverage with highlights from two perennial Garden State powerhouses. Roselle Catholic extends their impressive win streak while St. Benedict’s Prep mows down another in-state opponent. Get your JSZ All-Access Pass to watch all the highlights now!
St. Benedict’s Prep 88 St. Joseph (Met.) 54 | Boys
Ty-Laur Johnson continues to add to an already impressive resume in his junior season. The multi-talented point guard dropped an insane stat-line – 30 points, 10 assists and 10 steals – to help push St. Benedict’s Prep (14-1) to a non-conference win. Ladji Dembele also shined with 19 points, 12 rebounds and a handful of thunderous dunks in this game. St. Joseph Met. (12-4) trailed by 30 points at the end of three quarters, but still received a team-best 27 point effort from Ethan Simmons.
JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Metuchen:
Roselle Catholic 67 Manasquan 44 | Boys
No. 2 Roselle Catholic (16-1) defeated Manasquan (12-3) 67-44 to pick up an impressive 16th consecutive win. Manasquan keeping the contest tight through two quarters trailed only 26-21 at halftime. Roselle Catholic would extend the lead to as many as 26 in the fourth quarter. University of North Carolina commit Simeon Wilcher and Nebraska bound Jamarques Lawrence combined for 35 points. Wilcher finished with 17, Lawrence had 18. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:
