Summit vs West Essex 2/26/2009
| | 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
TOTAL |
| Summit |
16 |
12 |
9 |
23 |
60 |
| West Essex |
15 |
15 |
11 |
15 |
56 |
Summit, who had easily defeated West Essex in their fist meeting, had to face them in the regular finale without the services of Matt Wholey and David Newton. They had scored 20 and 13 points respectively in the first encounter. However, Kendall Baker was on fire in the 1st quarter and scored 12 of his game high 16 in the first 8 minutes. and Summit was up by 1. In the 2nd quarter three 3-pointers by West Essex helped propel them to a 30-28 halftime lead at the half.
The summit fans were hoping the Hilltoppers would come out with guns blazing in the 3rd quarter. Instead West Essex out scored Summit 11-9 and entered the final quarter ahead 41-37 and the situation was getting scary. Two free throws by Andre Torres and trey by Jordan Healy helped Summit close the gap to one point (43-42). Field Goals by Healy and TJ Hall counter acted points by West Essex and with 4 minutes left Summit was still down by one. Another field goal by Hall and two free throws by Healy put Summit on top for good 50-47 at the 3:19 mark. It still wasn't easy as West Essex kept closing the gap. However, field goals by Hall and Baker plus fine free throw shooting by Torres and Kennedy helped Summit stay on top. Down the final stretch Torres was 5 for 6 from the foul line, Kennedy 2 for 2 and Healy 2 for 2.
Baker was Summit top scorer (16 points) and Healy the leading rebounder with 8. Healy (15 points) , Torres 11 points) and Hall (11 points) were also in double digits.
The regular season ended with a winning record of 13-10 (11-6 in the conference). Summit will take on Scotch Plains in the North 2 - Group 3 Sectional Tournament at Summit on Tuesday at 7PM.
| Player |
SHOTS |
FG |
3PT |
FTA |
FTM |
PTS |
REBs |
| Kendall Baker |
10 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
2 |
| Jordan Healy |
14 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
8 |
| Andre Torres |
9 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
| TJ Hall |
6 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
| James Kennedy |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
| Doug Williamson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Matt Rea |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Pat Birosak |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Shawn Hillas |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Clayton Johnson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Game Totals |
45 |
17 |
4 |
21 |
14 |
61 |
16 |
|
JV Result
| | 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
TOTAL |
| Summit |
12 |
14 |
26 |
11 |
63 |
| West Essex |
11 |
15 |
11 |
9 |
46 |
| Player |
FG |
3PT |
FTA |
FTM |
PTS |
| Cris Cafiero |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| Shawn Hilllas |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
| Pat Birosak |
3 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
| Clayton Johnson |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
| Curtis Slaght |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Ryan O'Malley |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| Matt Stephens |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| Mike Ford |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| George Plaza |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Chet Joffe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Terry McKenna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kevin Chao |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Game Totals |
14 |
8 |
17 |
12 |
64 |
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