Summit vs Parsippany Hills 12/17/99

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL

Summit
9 8 13 8 38
Parsippany Hills 13 5 12 12 42

Player SHOTS FG 3PT FTA FTM POINTS REBs
Kurt Forsyth 15 9 0 0 0 18 5
Ryan Carey 14 3 0 2 2 8 4
Lamar Freeman 5 1 1 0 0 5 2
Jon Campagna 4 2 0 0 0 4 4
Jason Holmes 2 0 1 0 0 3 3
Ted Schraft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Martini 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Game Totals 30 15 2 2 2 38 16
Summit began its season with a loss to a strong Parsippany Hills squad, but in doing so they gave notice that they will be a strong force in the Iron Hills Conference. The final score doesn't reflect how close this game was. With 14sec. left Summit was down 3 points and had the ball with a chance to send the game into overtime. Unfortunately, Par Hills' quickness enabled them to steal the inbounds pass and Summit's bid for the upset ended. To a large extent this was a great defensive battle. Par Hills employed a very aggressive, and quick, man-to-man while Summit unveiled a stifling zone. For example, the 2nd quarter began with Summit down 13-9 but the zone defense held Par Hills scoreless for the next 6 minutes. This enabled Summit to close the gap to one point, 18-17. As was true in the football season, Par Hills was led by 6'-7" 240 lbs. Johnnie Morant and his cohort Cobbs (between them they garnered 30 of Par Hills' 42 points). Kurt Forsyth contributed 10 of his team high 18 points in the first half to help Summit stay close. Summit continued the zone pressure in the 3rd quarter and a pair of field goals by Jon Campagna, four points by Ryan Carey and a key 3-pointer by Lamar Freeman helped Summit gain a 30-30 tie as the quarter ended. Par Hill's Morant scored 5 points early in the 4th, but a Forsyth FG got Summit to within 3 points. Morant made it 37-32. Hoops by Forsyth and Freeman again made it one point game. After another basket by Par Hills, Forsyth scored again and the score was 39-38 with 38 seconds left in the game. Summit was forced to foul and Par Hills took a three point lead. With 14 seconds left Summit took a time out at midfield but the inbounds pass was stolen and it was all over.

It was gratifying to see a large turnout for the game. The gym was almost 3/4 filled and a big proportion of the noisy and spirited crowd was students.


JV Results

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL

Summit
8 11 22 8 49
Parsippany Hills 13 6 18 17 54

Player SHOTS FG 3PT FTA FTM POINTS REBs
Alex Sprinzen 15 9 1 3 2 23 1
Dan McGaw 8 5 0 3 2 12 3
Steve Bariexca 18 6 0 0 0 12 2
Greg Mortenson 6 1 0 0 0 2 6
Corey Hershey 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Mormak 5 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tom Slaughter 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Matt Audibert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game Totals 53 21 1 6 4 49 20
After a slow 1st quarter start Summit came on strong to tie the score at half time. Freshman Alex Sprinzen led the 1st half scoring with 11 of his game high 23 points. In the 3rd quarter Summit outscored Par Hill 22-18 to grab a 41-37 lead. Sprinzen dropped in another 9 points, Freshman Steve Bariexca added 6 points and Dan McGaw picked up 5 points in the quarter. In the 4th quarter Par Hills went on a 10-4 run and took a 47-46 lead with 2 minutes left. It remained a one point game (50-49) with less than a minute left, but Par Hills hit four free throws down the stretch to secure the victory.

Bariexca and McGaw both contributed 12 points