Here are highlights from the action in top seeded St. Joseph’s win over second seeded Roselle Catholic in the Championship Game of the 2016 Colonia JV Summer League. The two teams played each other during the regular season with St. Joe’s winning that contest, 47-42 on July 11th.
This game was pretty close through much of the contest, especially at the beginning as both teams traded basket for basket, and run for run. Roselle Catholic trailed 16-10 midway through the first half when it went on a 9-0 run capped by a three pointer from the right side of the key for a 19-16 lead. St. Joseph’s battled back though with a 19-7 surge to end the half including a pair of free throws in the final half minute for a 35-26 halftime lead.
Roselle Catholic would charge back though with a 19-7 outburst of its own to retake the lead at 45-42 midway through the second half. Then, St. Joseph’s put on a display of firepower from both inside and out by first knocking down several threes to take a 51-45 lead, and then scoring 16 of the next 22 points thanks to a several more threes for a 67-51 lead with under two minutes to play.
The Junior Lions would outscore Joes 6-2 down the stretch thanks to a couple threes of their own, but the Junior Falcons came away with the Colonia JV Summer League Championship by the score of 69-57. Matthew Cruz and incoming freshman, Ethan Hillman led the way for the Junior Falcons.