NJ PREP B

Games were played at higher seeds.

THE SKINNY

NJ HOOPS PRE-SEASON PICK

Pennington over Princeton Day

NJ HOOPS PRE-TOURNAMENT PICK

Pennington over Princeton Day

OPENING ROUND

Saturday February 8

2nd seeded Princeton Day knocked off 7th seeded Newark Academy 86-47. 6 foot 1 Sr. Jaylen Champion tallied 23.

Sunday February 9

4th seeded Pennington topped 5th seeded Morristown Beard 67-56. 6 foot 4 So. Ethan Pires scored 13.

3rd seeded Wardlaw ousted 6th seeded Montclair Kimberly 64-52. 5 foot 10 So. Saivon Pressley tallied 22.

SEMIFINAL ROUND

Friday February 14

2nd seeded Princeton Day topped Wardlaw 55-39. 6 foot 8 Sr. Ethan Garita tallied 17.

Sunday February 16

top seeded Doane Academy downed Pennington 75-40. 6 foot 2 Sr. Chris Evans scored 20.

FINAL ROUND

Sunday February 23

Princeton Day beat Doane Academy 64-50. Garita scored 18.

Jaylin Champion-Adams

6 foot 1 Sr.

Princeton Day

Ethan Garita

6 foot 8 Sr.

Princeton Day

Chris Evans

6 foot 2 Sr.

Doane Academy

Shawn Congelton

6 foot 3 Jr.

Doane Academy

Saivon Pressley

5 foot 10 So.

Wardlaw

LAST YEAR

Doane Academy downed Pennington 57-51. 5 foot 10 Sr. Arian Gomez led

TWO YEAR'S AGO

In a thriller Morristown Beard edged Pennington 71-68 in three overtimes. Rodriguez went for 31. 6 foot 7 Sr. Mitch Phillips had 15 points and 16 rebounds for Pennington

THREE YEARS AGO

Morristown Beard trimmed Doane Academy 92-85 in ot. 5-foot-11 Jr. Justin Rodriguez went for 31. 6-foot-3 Jr. Raphael Castillo added 26 points and 14 rebounds. 6-foot-3 Sr. Chase Lane led Doane with 21.

FOUR YEARS AGO

Princeton Day edged Morristown Beard 66-62 in overtime. 6-foot-5 Jr. John McArthur had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Justin Rodriguez had 26 for MB.

FIVE YEARS AGO

Pennington topped Morristown Beard as 6-foot-2 Sr. Elijah Wright scored 26.

SIX YEARS AGO

The final was held Wednesday February 19, 2014 at the Pennington School. Pennington held off Montclair Kimberly 67-60. 6-foot-2 Jr. Elijah Wright led the effort with 24 points. 6-foot-4 Montclair Kimberly Jr. Josh Cherry finished with 26 points and 16 rebounds.