Summit @ Cranford 12/16/2016
 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Summit 9 19 18 17 63
Cranford 16 4 18 17 55
The new season opened with an unusual distribution of players on the Varsity bench. There were only 3 returning seniors, a 7 foot senior who had not gone out for the team in the past, 3 juniors, 5 sophomores and 2 Freshmen.

The first quarter got off to a bad start as Cranford grabbed a 16-9 lead. The game turned around in the 2nd quarter as Malcolm Sidebottom drained 3 straight 3-pointers ( to add to the two treys he had in the 1st quarter) and Jack Washburn added 5 points. When the 2nd quarter ended Summit had outscored Cranford 19-4 and Summit led 28-20.

Chip Roriston held the hot hand in the in the 3rd quarter, scoring 11 points. Cranford matched Summit’s 18 3rd quarter points so Summit carried an 8 point lead into the final 8 minutes. Six more points by Roriston, 4 of 4 key free throws by Finbar McCormick and 4 points by Will Schaffer allowed Summit to retain its 8 point lead.

Sidebottom led the scoring with 20 points and Roriston (18 points) and Schaffer (12 points) were also in double digits. Schaffer led the rebounders with eight.

Player SHOTS FG 3PT FTA FTM PTS REBs
Malcolm Sidebottom 10 2 5 2 1 20 1
Chip Rorison 15 6 1 4 3 18 7
Will Schaffer 10 2 1 10 5 12 8
Jack Washburn 3 1 1 0 0 5 2
Finbar McCormick 3 0 0 4 4 4 4
Jackson Tyler 2 2 0 1 0 4 3
Eric Baier 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
David Axtell 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Will Hellings 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Poyner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Axtell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game Totals 43 13 8 22 14 63 26

JV Result

 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Summit 13 15 16 14 58
Cranford 12 15 10 18 55
Player FG 3PT FTA FTM PTS
Patrick Smolyn 5 0 4 2 12
Tucker MacMillan 4 0 4 1 9
David Axtell 4 0 4 1 9
DJ Jackson 2 0 5 4 8
Eric Baier 0 1 6 5 8
Harry Walsh 2 0 0 0 4
Kyle Standing 0 1 0 0 3
Sam Cahil 1 0 0 0 2
Dante Ardolino 1 0 0 0 2
Will Hellings 0 0 4 2 2
Eddie Kaes 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Loeloff 0 0 0 0 0
Game Totals 19 2 27 15 58