MONROE, NJ–On Wednesday night, GMC Hoops made a return trip to the Monroe Sports Center Fall League for the first time in several weeks, and was treated to five contests: Two at 7:00 PM, one at 8:00 PM, and two more to round out the night at 9:00 PM. Three GMC teams were in action including J.F. Kennedy, South River, and New Brunswick. Both the Mustangs and Rams won easily while the Zebras lost a close battle with Bordentown of the Burlington County Scholastic League. Below are the results from all five games with capsules.
2012 Monroe Sports Center Fall League–Some Results–Week Seven–October 24th
- JFK 43–West Windsor-Plainsboro North 26. JFK led 24-10 at half. Mike Weinstein ran the floor very well, and scored the last four points of the half. In the second half, Kyle Alvarez opened things up with a jumper before WWPN rallied with eight of the next 10 points to pull within 28-18. However, Alvarez added another jumper, sophomore Joe Duffy added a three point play and Weinstein added a bucket down low to cap a 9-2 run for a 37-20 lead. Alvarez then added another jumper, and two free throws before Duffy closed out the Mustang scoring with a score down low.
- South River over Red Bank Catholic–The Rams jumped out to an 18-16 lead at the 13:25 mark of the first half. South River then went on a 7-0 run for a 25-16 edge with less than ten minutes to go in the first half. The Rams coasted a bit though with some lapses on defense and not boxing out. RBC took advantage with a little run before Tim Darrar and Tyler Harris got buckets to help the Rams take a 33-24 lead at the intermission. South River started out strong in the second half thanks to some nice shooting by Harris and a dunk by William Simmons for a 47-33 lead. The Rams coasted from there to the win.
- Bordentown 63–New Brunswick 58–The Scotties from Burlington County jumped out to a 4-0 lead before NBHS called for time and responded out of the stoppage with a 9-0 spurt to take a 9-4 advantage. The Zebras increased their lead to 23-14 with a 14-10 run before Bordentown responded with an 11-4 tear to pull within two at the intermission. The Scottie’s continued their fine run in the second half with a 20-11 surge for a 47-38 lead. NBHS rallied though with a couple threes and then a three point play by Nadir Whitney as well as a couple transition baskets by Paul McKenzie to put together an 18-9 tear for a 58-56 lead with under two minutes to go. However, Bordentown got a three with 1:20 left and a layup for a 63-58 win.
- Franklin 48–Rumson 46–RFH led 24-17 at the half. FHS outscored RFH by a margin of 30-18 in second half for a 47-42 lead with 25 seconds left, but RFH forced FHS to go to the line where the Warriors struggled. The Bulldogs took advantage with a 4-1 run and got the ball back with 6 seconds left, but after calling timeout they were unable to score as Fhs won, 48-46.
- Marlboro 47–Princeton 36–Mustangs led 25-22 at the half, and then began the second half with a 16-4 run for a 41-26 lead with 9:39 left. Marlboro went on to win from there 47-36.
GMC Hoops plans to be back out at Monroe next week for more action at MSC.