St. Thomas Aquinas senior Terrell Pitts and his teammates hold the 2023 GMC Tournament Trophy after beating South Brunswick in the finals on February 17, 2023 at Monroe High School. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
The top four teams all remained the same, while Hillsborough climbed into the Top 5 after a huge win over Gill St. Bernard’s, in the Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Basketball Top Ten for Week One.
St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0) held in first after a pair of wins over JP Stevens and St. Joseph by the Sea (NY) to open the season.
Colonia (1-0) stayed at No. 2 after a win to open the season Saturday at JP Stevens, 65-35, while St. Joseph-Metuchen (2-0) held at No. 3 with a pair of wins at Piscataway, 92-82, and over Msgr. Farrell (NY), 56-43 on Saturday at the Friends of South Amboy games. The Patriots and Falcons meet in a big GMC clash Tuesday evening at Colonia.
Rutgers Prep (2-0) held at No. 4 this week, after opening wins over Franklin on Thursday, 53-49, and Saturday against Paramus Catholic, 98-45.
Hillsborough (1-1) is in fifth this week after a huge win over Gill St. Bernard’s, 49-48, its first over the Knights in nearly ten years. The Raiders lost to Delbarton Saturday, 64-56.
Gill St. Bernard’s (0-1) dropped to sixth after the loss to Hillsborough.
Checking in at No. 7 is Woodbridge (2-0), which had season-opening wins Thursday against Perth Amboy, 47-35, and Saturday at Edison, 69-40.
In eighth is Franklin (1-1), which came close to knocking off Rutgers Prep in is season opener Thursday, falling by four, 53-49, but them came back Saturday to beat Plainfield, 54-40. The Warriors travel to Gill St. Bernard’s Tuesday evening for a big Skyland Delaware Division game that can be heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio; click here to listen.
At No. 9 is Immaculata (1-1), up one spot. They beat Parsippany Hills on the road Thursday in their opener, but lost to a solid Delaware Valley team Saturday, 55-44. Tuesday night, they host Rutgers Prep.
And joining the rankings this week for the first time is Bridgewater-Raritan (2-0), which beat previous No. 9 Bound Brook, 53-45 on Opening Night Thursday as heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio, knocking the Crusaders (1-1) out of the rankings. The Panthers then beat JFK Saturday, 71-46.
Below are the full Week One Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Basketball rankings:
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