The schedule and seeds for the Somerset County Tournament were released yesterday. The top 4 seeds get byes into the quarterfinals.
THE SKINNY
NJ HOOPS PRE-SEASON PICK
Gill St. Bernards over Rutgers Prep
NJ HOOPS PRE-TOURNAMENT PICK
Gill St. Bernards over Rutgers Prep
1ST ROUND
Feb 17
11th seeded Pingry topped 14th seeded Manville 56-41. 6 foot 7 Sr. Liam Royster tallied 16.
13th seeded Bernards upset 12th seeded Somerville 57-46. 5 foot 11 Sr. Vincent White scored 22.
10th seeded Bridgewater knocked off 15th seeded North Plainfield 57-42. 5 foot 10 So. Tyler Simpson scored 14.
2ND ROUND
Saturday February 19
9th seeded Hillsborough upset 8th seeded Immaculata 49-46. 6 foot 2 So. John Kelly hit for 21.
5th seeded Bound Brook beat Bernards 80-56. 6 foot 6 Jr. Jordan Summers scored 34.
6th seeded Franklin ousted Pingry 55-49. 6 foot 5 Jr. Cam Snowden scored 17.
7th seeded Ridge beat Bridgewater 71-38. 6 foot 1 Jr. Brad Feringa scored 14.
QUARTERFINALS
Tuesday February 22
Gill St. Bernards held off Hillsborough 67-42. 6 foot 8 Jr. Mackenzie MgBako netted 20.
4th seeded Montgomery beat Bound Brook 54-49. 6 foot 2 Jr. Luke Smith scored 11.
Watchung Hills ousted Franklin 70-50. 6 foot 4 Adelphi bound Sr. Elijah Lewis led with 27.
2nd seeded Rutgers Prep scaled Ridge 92-52. 6 foot 7 Sr. Ryan Zan went for 37.
SEMIFINALS
Thursday February 24 at higher seeds
Gill St. Bernards ousted Montgomery 58-50. MgBako notched 22.
Rutgers Prep eliminated Watchung Hills 73-55. Zan scored 21.
FINAL
Saturday February 26 at Montgomery HS
Gill St. Bernards got past Rutgers Prep 84-63. MgBako notched 29. Zan scored 23 for Rutgers Prep.
NJHOOPS.COM ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Mackenzie MgBako
6 foot 8 Jr.
Gill St. Bernards
Ryan Zan
6 foot 8
Rutgers Prep
Denver Anglin
6 foot 2 Sr.
Gill St. Bernards
Cam Pigee
6 foot 2 Jr.
Rutgers Prep
Geancarlo Peguero
6 foot 5 Jr.
Gill St. Bernards
TWO YEAR'S AGO
Rutgers Prep downed Watchung Hills 71-57. Oweh and 6 foot 6 Sacred Heart bound Sr. Nico Galette divided 40. Bressler had 20 for WH.
3 YEAR'S AGO
Gill St. Bernards climbed over Watchung Hills 73-53. Mulcahy had 20 points. Bressler hit for 21 for Watchung Hills.
4 YEAR'S AGO
Gill St. Bernards held off Rutgers Prep 56-54. 6 foot 5 Jr. Mulchay had 25 and 5 foot 8 Sr. Alex Schachne 18. 6 foot 3 Jr. Nahshon Battle tallied 11 for Rutgers Prep.
5 YEARS AGO
Gill St. Bernards got past Rutgers Prep 71-61. Schachne tallied 24.
6 YEARS AGO
Gill St. Bernard's held off Somerville 66-51. 6-foot Fr. Jake Betlow went for 21 with 7 treys. 6-foot-3 Sr. Randy Walko had 20 for Somerville.
7 YEARS AGO
Gill St. Bernards beat Ridge 48-39. 6-foot Sr. John Michael-Mea had 15.
8 YEARS AGO
Hillsborough edged Gill St. Bernards 53-52 in an overtime thriller. 5-foot-10 Sr. James Smithhad 14 including 4 big points in overtime. 6-foot-5 So. Tyus Battle had 22 for Gill.