Gill St. Bernard’s won its record tenth Somerset County Tournament title – and second straight – beating Rutgers Prep 84-73 at Montgomery Twp. H.S. in Skillman on February 21, 2025. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
The Bridgewater-Raritan boys’ basketball team has held the record for most Somerset County titles for more than a quarter century, all by themselves. Their fourth title came in 1998, putting them ahead of Franklin, and then won six more through 2007.
But as of Saturday afternoon, they have some company.
Gill St. Bernard’s won its 10th Somerset County Tournament championship Saturday at Montgomery Twp. High School in Skillman, as the top-seeded Knights powered past second-seed Rutgers Prep, 84-73, in a game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.
The game was a back-and-forth affair, with high intensity and end-to-end action from the opening tip until just about the final horn. There were three lead changes in the first half, seven overall, but the last two were the most consequential.
Rutgers Prep’s Will Brunson hit an and-one with 1:43 to go in the third, and though he didn’t make the free throw, he gave his team a 49-48 lead. But that seemed to inspire Gill (24-2), which followed it up with a 9-2 tun to close the quarter with a 57-51 advantage.
They never looked back.
Jahmal Dixon led the way for the Knights, tied for game-high honors with 25. Connor Junker added 20, including three treys, while senior point guard Dorsett Mulcahy added 18.
Rutgers Prep (16-9) was led by Nicolas Nsenkyire; the senior shared game-high honors with Gill’s Dixon, scoring 25, including one three.
The Argonauts – who led the state with 252 threes coming into the game, tops in the state, and a 10.5 per game average – only hit four in the game, three in the second half, with a couple in the fourth quarter from Dixon, as Prep tried to rally, but fell short.
It’s the eighth title in eleven years for Gill St. Bernard’s, which has now won two straight, swept three games from Rutgers Prep this year, and has now won six straight against their biggest rival in Somerset County.
Click below for postgame reaction from Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko with Gill St. Bernard’s head coach Mergin Sina, as well as sophomore Connor Junker and senior Dorsett Mulcahy, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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