Category: High School Basketball

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – SCT Boys Semifinals: (3) Rutgers Prep 71, (2) Montgomery 62

In a Somerset County Tournament semifinal that was a rematch of last year’s title game, third-seed Rutgers Prep erased a 14-point third quarter deficit, and came back to beat second-seed Montgomery 71-62. The win sends the Argonauts to their fifth straight county final, where they’ve won the last two and three of the last four

Click below to listen to all the action as called by Mike Pavlichko and Chris Tsakonas on Central Jersey Sports Radio on February 15, 2025, from Franklin High School in Somerset, NJ.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys’ Basketball: Timothy Cristian 74, Edison 37

Senior Jalen Fleming scored 34 points – one of four players in double figures – as the Tigers beat Edison 74-37 to win their first-ever GMC Blue Division title. Senior Chukwudi Raphael-Mamah recorded a triple double, with 13 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists.

Click below to listen to all the action as called by Mike Pavlichko on Central Jersey Sports Radio on February 6, 2025, from Timothy Christian School in Piscatway, NJ.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Girls’ Basketball: South Brunswick 51, Old Bridge 34

All four seniors scored on Senior Night for South Brunswick, which got a game-high 17 points from Alexis Lease-Springer, 15 from Avery Jenne and 12 from Kendall Dixon, in a 51-34 home win over visiting Old Bridge.

Click below to listen to all the action as called by Mike Pavlichko on Central Jersey Sports Radio on February 4, 2025, from South Brunswick High School in Monmouth Junction, NJ.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys’ Basketball: No. 1 Colonia 69, No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas 53

Top-ranked Colonia got 31 points from Aiden Derkack and a solid defensive effort to beat No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas at home in a GMC Red Division game, 69-53. The win clinched the GMC Red Division for the Patriots, their first outright title since 2019.

Click below to hear all the play-by-play as called by Mike Pavlichko and Vin Ebenau on Central Jersey Sports Radio on January 23, 2025.

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys’ Basketball: No. 3 Rutgers Prep 86, Franklin 33

Rutgers Prep sophomore Andrew Kretkowski led with 19 points and three slam dunks, while fellow shoph Jacob Canton added 15 – including two three-pointers – as the No. 3 Argonauts defeated the Franklin Warriors 86-33 in a Skyland Conference Delaware Division game on January 14, 2025.

Click below to hear all the action as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio with Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel on the call:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys’ Basketball: Monroe 57, Spotswood 49

The Monroe Falcons got career highs of 20 points from senior Logan Fotiadis and 15 from senior Taran Singh, leading nearly wire-to-wire in a 57-49 win over the Spotswood Chargers in a Greater Middlesex Conference crossover game.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko call all the play-by-play from Spotswood High School on January 13th, 2025, as heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Boys’ Basketball: Somerville 40, Bound Brook 30

Closing the game with a 15-1 run, and getting 22 points from senior Brady Scheier – including 13-of-16 from the foul line – Somerville won a big rivalry game over Bound Brook, 40-30, in Skyland Conference Valley Division play.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast as heard on January 11, 2025 from Bound Brook High School on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Justin Sontupe and Mike Pavlichko on the call:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Girls’ Basketball: No. 7 Spotswood 72, Woodbridge 38

Senior Lizzie Calandruccio led with 19, while sophomore Gabrielle Hill added 17, and No. 7 Spotswood hit 12 three-pointers – their most in a game in at least 17 years – en route to a 72-38 Greater Middlesex Conference White Division win over Woodbridge.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast as heard on January 7, 2025 from Spotswood High School on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko on the call:

by Mike Pavlichko

INSTANT REPLAY – Girls’ Basketball: No. 1 Rutgers Prep 61, No. 3 Gill St. Bernard’s 38

Top-ranked Rutgers Prep had three players score in double figures – led by 13 from junior Natalia Valdez, including three treys – in a 61-38 win over No. 3 Gill St. Bernard’s. Freshman Hailey Benbow added 11 – including a triple – while junior transfer Sophia Georgiades also added 11, including three triples. UConn-bound senior Gandy Malou-Mamel led all scorers with 21 for the Knights.

Click below to listen to the full game broadcast as heard on December 16, 2024, from Rutgers Prep in Somerset, NJ, with Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino on the call.