MONROE, NJ–The Monroe Falcons, the host school in the MSC Fall League opened up their season with a rematch against Robbinsville, a team that it had lost to in the Score at the Shore Holiday Tournament at Southern Regional High School in December last year. In this contest, Monroe stormed out to a 31-12 lead late in the first half, and then outscored the Ravens by a 26-9 margin over the final 18:32 of the contest for a 64-32 victory. Below are some game notes from the contest.
First Half
Monroe led 31-12 with about three minutes to go in the first half.
Second Half
18:40–arrive–MON leads 38-18.
18:23–ROB–gets basket for a 5-0 run, and a 38-23 MON lead.
16:14–MON–Jair Davis–draws foul, and makes both FTs for a 40-23 lead.
15:05–MON–Davis–fouled again, and makes both FTs for a 42-23 lead.
13:49–MON–nice passes by Chris Germano and Tyler Salzer, but Falcons unable to scorer.
13:00–MON–Salzer puts in follow of own miss for a 44-23 lead.
12:36–ROB–fouled down on the left low block, and makes both FTs for a 44-25 lead.
11:35–MON–layup down low for a 46-25 lead.
10:14–MON–three pointer from the right wing for a 49-25 lead.
8:37–ROB–turnover.
7:00–MON–Matt Gonzalez drives baseline for a reverse layup, and a 51-25 lead.
6:37–ROB–scores on short shot for a 51-27 MON lead.
5:24–MON–Rahul Patel nets triple from top of the key for a 55-28 lead.
3:15–MON–three pointer by Matt Cocorikis for a 58-28 lead.
2:31–MON–Germano with a nice dish to teammate for layup and a 60-28 lead.
1:54–MON–Salzer fouled–makes both FTs for a 62-28 lead.
1:14–ROB–scores on follow for a 62-30 MON lead.
55.7–MON–Cocorikis gets kind bounce on foul line jumper for a 64-30 lead.
46.0–ROB–fouled–missed FT
35.3–ROB–scores on putback for a 64-32 MON lead.
0.0–MON–runs out the clock for a 64-32 win.