Gill St. Bernard’s and Hudson Catholic tip off in the Non-Public North B girls semifinals in Peapack-Gladstone on March 6, 2025. (Source: Hudl)
Forcing turnovers, avoiding their own, getting in transition, defensive rebounding, three-point shots.
All of those facets of the game went exceedingly well Thursday night for the Gill St. Bernard’s girls’ basketball team.
The top-seeded Knights topped fourth-seed Hudson Catholic, 85-39, in the semifinals of the Non-Public North B section of the NJSIAA state tournament, sending Gill to the title game for the first time in eleven years.
The last time they were there, they lost 78-74 to St. Rose of Belmar. They last won it in 2012, when they reached the now-defunct Tournament of Champions final, falling to Manasquan. They beat Morris Catholic in the sectional final that year.
Gill jumped out to a 10-3 lead, and was up 32-13 after one, 45-15 at the half, and they maintained from there. Balanced scoring was the story, as Gandy Malou-Mamel scored 16, while Tessa Lozner and Sidney Quinn each chipped in 13. And freshman Nadia Mikalainis came off the bench to score ten – all in the fourth quarter – including a pair of treys.
The Knights (23-8) move on to play the second-seed Montclair-Immaculate (19-9), which beat third-seed Saddle River Day at home, 68-56.
Click below to hear Gill St. Bernard’s head coach Mark Gnapp talk about the Knights’ win over Hudson Catholic:
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