EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ–In the nightcap round of games taking place during the 8:30 PM hour, North Brunswick battled Sayreville in a highly anticipated matchup between White Division rivals at the 2014 East Brunswick Team Camp. With the Bombers playing without the likes of point guard Justin Santos, shooting guard Myles Hartsfield, who committed to Penn State to play football earlier this week, and big man, Jehvye Floyd, and North Brunswick having all hands on deck, the Raiders were able to get off to a fast start and dominate the matchup. NBTHS jumped out to a 15-0 lead over the first 3:24 as guards Eric Slade and Pranay Bhandare scored 5 and 4 points respectively. North Brunswick went on to take a 43-12 halftime lead thanks to its suffocating full court pressure, and coasted from there to a 56-26 victory. Below are game notes from much of the contest.
First Half
19:16–NBT–jumps out to a 6-0 lead on a jumper from left corner by Kishan Patel and a layup off stl and a jumper from left wing by Pranay Bhandare.
17:11–NBT–now up 11-0 after a three point play by Eric Slade.
16:36–SAY–timeout after a stl by NBT leads to putback by Slade for a 15-0 lead.
16:14–SAY–Mike Valentin gets Sayreville on board with three point play for 15-3 NBT lead.
11:55–NBT–Bhandare fires in jumper from right wing for a 20-5 lead.
9:07–NBT–on a 5-3 run thanks to two breakaway layups by Soloman Gayle for a 25-8 lead.
3:10–NBT–on an 8-2 run on fts by Francis Omowole and a layup by Slade off dish by Andrew Tsygan for a 33-10 lead.
1:56–NBT–Basit Khan scores on layup in traffic for a 35-10 lead.
0:00–NBT–after score by Sayreville, NBT ends half on an 8-0 run including a score at buzzer for a 43-12 lead.
Second Half
5:30–NBT leads comfortably 53-23 after Sayreville opens the half with a more respectable 11-10 showing. Not making much of a difference thanks to huge first half by Raiders.
NBT wins 56-26. Sayreville outscores North Brunswick by a margin of just 14-13 in the second half.