No. 1 Rutgers Prep and No. 3 Gill St. Bernard’s play in Somerset on January 4, 2024. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
While Rutgers Prep extended its record streak to 33 weeks at the top of the Bellamy & Son Paving Girls’ Basketball rankings – the only team ever to hold that spot in its more than three years in existence – there was some movement in the middle, as Colonia moved up with a win over Monroe.
Rutgers Prep (8-2) holds the top spot yet again after a 3-0 week, which started Thursday with a 71-46 home win over No. 3 Gill St. Bernards, as heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio. They also won at Ewing on Saturday and on Sunday against St. John’s College HS out of Washington, D.C., at the Blue Star Invitational.
St. Thomas Aquinas (8-3) holds at No. 2 after a 3-1 week, with Red Division wins over East Brunswick, Monroe and Piscataway, while they lost Sunday in the Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase to Trinity Hall, 49-35.
Holding at third is Gill St. Bernard’s (8-2), despite an 0-2 week, with losses to Prep, as well as to Manasquan – the top-ranked public school in the state – Sunday in the Hoop Group Boardwalk Classic, 41-38.
In fourth, North Plainfield (8-2) continues its stellar year, going 3-0 with wins at Woodbridge, and home against South Brunswick and South Plainfield.
Moving up from No. 8 to No. 5 is Colonia (9-2), which has more wins than anyone in the rankings, and has picked up six straight victories, since starting 3-2. This week, they were 3-0 with Red Division wins at Old Bridge and Monroe, sandwiched around a home defeat of East Brunswick.
Hillsborough (5-3) moves up a spot top sixth – after a 1-1 week with a win over Franklin and a loss to out-of-area Madison – while South Brunswick (5-4) drops from six to seven with a win over North Brunswick and a loss to No. 4 North Plainfield.
Monroe (6-3) falls to No. 8 after a 1-2 week, which began with a win over Piscataway, but then saw losses – albeit to a pair of ranked clubs – in Colonia and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Checking in at No. 9 and 10 are Somerville (7-1) and Bound Brook (6-1), who will square off Tuesday night at 7 on Central Jersey Sports Radio. The Pioneers went 1-2 this past week, beginning with a loss to New Providence, but then followed it up with wins over Manville and Watchung Hills. The Crusaders lost their only game of the past week, a 42-25 decision to Delaware Valley out in Alexandria on Thursday.
Below are the full Week 4 Bellamy & Son Paving Girls’ Basketball Rankings:
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