The St. Thomas Aquinas girls basketball team with its 2022 Championship Banner. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
The second half of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament is now set, with top-seed St. Thomas Aquinas and fourth-seed Monroe advancing to Tuesday’s semifinals at Middlesex County College in Edison. They will square off at 7 pm, immediately following the opener between 4th-seed Colonia and 3rd-seed South Brunswick.
Both games can be heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio – presented by Dayton Toyota Service and Dayton Collision of South Brunswick – with Mike Pavlickho and Chris Tsakonas calling all the action. Click here to listen on Tuesday.
#1 St. Thomas Aquinas 86, #4 Middlesex 60: The three-time defending champion Lady Trojans (19-6) are a win away from making it to the finals once again. (They won last year and in 2020 – there was no full tournament in 2021 due to COVID-19 – and won in 2019 as Bishop Ahr.) The Blue Jays (17-6) gave it all they got, and were within three at 37-34 at the half. But Aquinas pulled away in the third quarter.
Click below to hear from St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Joe Whalen:
#4 Monroe 58, #5 Edison 39: The Falcons (14-7) had three players score in double figures Saturday afternoon, led by Nicole Turco’s 14 points, a dozen from Haley Higgins and 10 from Evangelina Francisco. Monroe doubled up Edison (19-5) in each of the first two quarters, leading 18-9 after one, and 42-23 at the half, in a game that saw them in control virtually wire to wire. The Lady Eagles were led by Keisha Ortiz, who scored 16 points.
Click below to hear from Monroe head coach Leigh Vogtman:
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