Manville’s Sadie Fleming overshadows joining 1,000-point club with buzzer-beating layup to top College Achieve Central, 36-34

It was supposed to be a celebratory night in Manville, with senior Sadie Fleming needing just nine points to join the 1,000 point club, with just four others in Mustang girls’ history.

And it was, but not just for that reason.

While Fleming easily cracked the milestone, it was the last basket she hit, a layup in the lane with two seconds to go that broke a 34-34 tie, that really set off a celebration. It gave Manville a rousing 36-34 home win over College Achieve Central Thursday night.

Even more unique, as if you needed anything else, she’s just the second in school history – girls or boys – to score a thousand points, while also grabbing 1,000 rebounds. Fleming got that the day after Christmas in a 50-25 win over Dunellen in the opening round of the Manville Holiday Tournament, had ten on Thursday to give her her fifth double-double of the season, and is 38 away from breaking the all-time record set by Candy Kaschak in 1980, now at 1,040 in her career.

Kaschak also is a member of the “Double 1K” club.

Fleming is now fifth on the all-time girls’ scoring list, behind Julie Pankowski (1,205), who graduated in 2017.

“Personally, for me it’s cool to have coached two 1,000 point scorers, said head coach mike Knitkowski, a Manville alum himself. “I was 25 points short of my 1,000 and ended with 975 in 2007, but I only played in 68 career games, and missed 12 games my freshman year due to injury, or I would have easily gotten it too.”

Knitkowski called it a “full circle moment” for the team, which, with the rest of the starting five – including Val Fonseca, Sarah Alfraro, Deanna Betancourth and Sophia Grosk – “have all been playing basketball together since fifth grade recreation, and have basically grown up together.”

Fleming is committed to play basketball next year at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, just outside of Harrisburg.

Currently fifth overall on the all-time girls’ scoring list, depending how deep Manville goes in the Somerset County and state tournaments this year, Fleming – a four-year varsity player – has a legitimate shot to end up at least fourth, perhaps third on the all-time scoring list. Sandy Baranowski (1986) is No. 1 all-time, at 1,796

Click below to hear Manville senior Sadie Fleming talk about being the newest member of the Mustangs’ 1,000 point club with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko:

Manville All-Time Girls’ Basketball Scoring Leaders

1. Sandy Baranowski – 1,796 (1986)
2. Gibika Hilinka – 1,596 (1991)
3. Candy Kaschak – 1,292 (1980)
4. Julie Pankowski – 1,205 (2017)*
5. Sadie Fleming – 1,010 (active)

*coached by Mike Knitkowski

Manville All-Time Boys’ Basketball Scoring Leaders

1. Edryn Morales – 1,350 (2025)
2. Kevin Collins – 1,080 (1972)
3. Tyler Kesolitz – 1,066 (2024)