There is no change this week at the top of the Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Basketball Rankings for Week 7, the next to the last rankings before the county tournaments get underway.
Rutgers Prep, St. Joseph of Metuchen and Colonia all kept their positions at one, two and three this week while the rest of the teams moved around, though no one new joined the Top Ten, and nobody dropped out.
Rutgers Prep (11-5) had a 1-1 week, beating Hillsborough on the road Tuesday in a game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio, to get a leg up on the race for the top seed in the Somerset County Tournament. The Argonauts fell Sunday to St. Peter’s Prep, 53-45.
St. Joseph-Metuchen (14-5) dropped a weekend game to Linden in the Investors Savings Scholarship Games at AL Johnson in Clark, but beat two non-conference opponents during the week, topping Union City and Delbarton.
Colonia (11-7) lost a non-conference game to Phillipsburg on Tuesday, but picked up two GMC Red Division wins the rest of the week, beating East Brunswick at home and Monroe on the road.
Montgomery (14-1) nudged up one spot from fifth to fourth, and has won seven straight since a loss to Lenape on January 6th. They picked up wins this week over Somerville, North Hunterdon, and another Saturday at the Jeff Coney Classic over Cherry Hill East.
Down a spot to fifth is St. Thomas Aquinas (12-6), which dropped a pair this week to St. Peter’s Prep and Union Catholic.
Up a spot to No. 6 is Ridge (11-4). The Red Devils sandwiched a loss at Phillipsburg with a pair of wins over Somerset County foes Watchung Hills and Gill St. Bernard’s.
At seven is Monroe (13-5) after the Falcons went 2-1 this past week, getting wins over Piscataway and Lawrence, then dropping a home game to Colonia.
Watchung Hills (14-3) is up a spot to eighth coming off a 2-0 week, getting wins over Voorhees and North Bergen.
South Plainfield (13-5) drops to ninth. They were 2-1 this past week with wins over Sayreville and at North Plainfield bookending a loss to unranked Woodbridge Thursday.
Hillsborough (10-5) had a rough week, losing three straight, including to Rutgers Prep on Tuesday, then at Franklin Thursday and on the road against Westfield Saturday.
Below are the full Bellamy & Son Paving Boys’ Basketball Top Ten Rankings for Week 7:
