Dixon, Queen of Peace Tops Ramapo
Merry Christmas... two words you hear during the holiday season. For Queen of Peace, their favorite two words are Bilal Dixon. The big fella led all scorers with 25 points en route to the Griffins 73-51 rout of Ramapo in the first round of the Indian Hills Holiday Basketball Festival. Queen of Peace also got clutch guard play from Dwayne Moffatt. He added 15 in the win.
Ramapo was outplayed but kept things close thanks to good shooting from junior Eric Halejian. He finished with a team high 15 points. Peter Garrambone chipped in 10.
Queen of Peace is scheduled to play the St. Joseph's Green Knights, a four-peat champion of the Indian Hills tournament in the semi-finals on Friday.
Leading Scorers
Queen of Peace
Bilal Dixon - 25
Dwayne Moffatt - 15
Al-Don Mohammad - 13
Javae Gilchrist - 12
Zaire Harris - 8
Ramapo
Eric Halejian - 15
Peter Garrambone - 10
Brian Kincade - 7
St. Joe's Regional Passes Passaic Tech
With four minutes to go, Larry Burroughs and the Passaic Tech Bulldogs held a five-point lead over the St.Joseph's Green Knights. But the four-peat Indian Hills Holiday Tournament champions were not about to go down without a fight. With one minute left, senior Marvin Fulford scored, knotting the game at 60. After some clutch free throw shooting, the Green Knights pulled out the victory 65-62. Hakeem Williams led with 21. Fulford had 11.
Passaic Tech's Larry Burroughs led all scorers with 23 and Maynard Freeman had 13, including a buzzer beater at the end of the first half to keep Passaic Tech in the game.
St. Joe's will have to figure out a way to contain Queen of Peace's Bilal Dixon as the two powerhouses will meet in the semi-finals Friday.
Top Scorers
St. Joe's
Hakeem Williams - 21
Kyle Thomas - 11
Marvin Fulford - 11
Passaic Tech
Larry Burroughs - 23
Maynard Freeman - 13
Asmar Edwards - 11
Bergen Catholic Beats Buzzer and Kennedy
The Bergen Catholic Crusaders are one of the top basketball teams in Bergen County, but someone forgot to pass the memo to the Kennedy Knights. Kennedy matched Bergen Catholic shot for shot, until the final 9 seconds of the game. Crusader senior point guard Dan Marconi drove to the hoop, put up a shot, and as the ball rolled off, Colin Lewis was there to clean it up at the buzzer for the win. Bergen Catholic beat kennedy 51-49. Jon Rigg had 15 points to lead the Crusaders and Lewis, while only scoring 6 points, made the biggest shot of the game.
Kennedy was led by Quadir Leary with 11 and senior LaQuan Peterkin had 10.
Bergen Catholic meets Englewood in the semi-finals on Friday.
Top Scorers
Bergen Catholic
Jon Rigg - 15
Mark Rogalski - 12
Nolan Hill - 9
Dan Marconi - 7
Rob Tolentino - 2
Kennedy
Quadir Leary - 11
LaQuan Peterkin - 10
Englewood Needs OT to Beat Indian Hills
The Englewood Maroon Raiders came out firing against Indian Hills, holding a comfortable 17-4 lead early. The Braves battled back behind Justin VanGroww who scored more than 30 points and send the game into overtime. That's when Englewood took over, going on a 7-0 run that led to a 75-69 win. Englewood's big man Dante Drakeford had a tough time defending VanGroww, but made up for it on offense, making bug shots down the stretch.
Englewood and Bergen Catholic meet in the semi-finals.
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