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New Jersey Girls Basketball: State of the Union (County)

By Chris Orlando/For The Star-Ledger

January 27, 2010, 8:14PM

I figured with that other State of the Union taking place tonight, why not take a look at the state of Union County as it pertains to girls hoops since we're just about at the halfway point of the season.

My Top 10 in Union County looked like this on Tuesday:

1-Roselle Catholic (11-2)
2-Roselle (11-2)
3-Summit (10-1)
4-Cranford (10-2)
5-Linden (7-5)
6-Plainfield (5-7)
7-New Providence (9-1)
8-Dayton (9-2)
9-Gov. Livingston (6-6)
10-Johnson (7-4)

I think that's a pretty good representation of where things stand right now with the exception of Plainfield, which lost to Union and Johnson, over the last two weeks. Also, you can make a case that a team like New Providence, with just one loss (to R.C.) should be higher, but I think things will play themselves out.

Teams like Union Catholic, Union, Westfield and Oak Knoll are not in the Top 10, but are in that next grouping and will be teams to look out for come tourney time. Oak Knoll (9-4), for instance, has lost to Summit by 3, New Providence by 1 and Roselle by 7. They'll be a team that no one wants to play come February.

I believe the Union County Tournament will be seeded in two weeks on Feb. 10 and contested throughout the rest of the month.

Roselle Catholic bested Plainfield, 55-50, in double overtime to win its first title since 2003 last year. We should be so lucky to get a game that good again in this year's final.

Roselle, which has a county-high 10 game winning streak going, will look to garner some payback when it hosts Roselle Catholic on Friday at 4 p.m. Roselle has suffered both its losses to R.C. this year.

Jess McCoy (20) of Cranford defends against Gabby Clauer (4) of Roselle Park in action on Jan. 22. I decided to do a scoring list and with a cut-off of a minimum of 110 points, so here are the top 32 scorers in Union County through games played of Wednesday, Jan. 27:

Chanel Johnson, Plainfield .......... 269 points .. 13 games .. 20.7 ppg.

Allison Skrec, Roselle Cath ........ 262 points .. 13 games .. 20.2 ppg.

Emily Cristaldi, Summit ............. 260 points .. 12 games .. 21.7 ppg.

Gabby Clauer, Roselle Park ....... 234 points .. 11 games .. 21.3 ppg.

Jakoya Duggans, Roselle ........... 253 points .. 14 games .. 18.1 ppg.

Haneah Jackson, Benedictine ..... 193 points .. 12 games .. 16.1 ppg.

Catie Mota, Oak Knoll ................ 189 points .. 13 games .. 14.5 ppg.

Diana Venezia, Westfield ............ 183 points .. 12 games .. 15.3 ppg.

Kerri Moran, Oak Knoll ............... 182 points .. 13 games .. 14.0 ppg.

Erin McDonnell, Kent Place ........ 174 points .. 10 games .. 17.4 ppg.

Jamiyah Bethune, Union ............. 171 points .. 14 games .. 12.2 ppg.

Gina Trani, Johnson .................... 154 points ..11 games .. 14.0 ppg.

Anna Lies, Dayton ...................... 154 points .. 12 games .. 12.8 ppg.

Emily MacDonnell, Dayton .......... 146 points .. 12 games .. 12.2 ppg.

Shannon Wheeler, Linden ........... 145 points .. 10 games .. 14.5 ppg.

Shan-Tasia Padgett, Roselle ....... 145 points .. 13 games .. 11.2 ppg.

Amanda Markowski, Westfield .... 141 points .. 12 games .. 11.8 ppg.

Alyssa Polimeni, Gov. Liv ........... 141 points .. 12 games .. 11.8 ppg.

Bianca Partlow, Roselle ............. 141 points .. 14 games .. 10.1 ppg.

Meghan Faughnan, Roselle Cat .. 135 points .. 13 games .. 10.4 ppg.

Jen Kuczynski, Dayton .............. 134 points .. 11 games .. 12.2 ppg.

Kristy Pflug, Johnson ................. 133 points .. 11 games .. 12.1 ppg.

Samantha Hoag, Brearley ........... 132 points .. 11 games .. 12.4 ppg.

Asia Huey, Rahway .................... 122 points .. 10 games .. 12.2 ppg.

Shanique Owens, Hillside ........... 118 points .. 12 games ... 9.8 ppg.

Emana Dent, Elizabeth ............... 115 points .. 11 games .. 10.5 ppg.

Jamie Webb, Cranford ................ 113 points .. 10 games .. 11.3 ppg.

Morgan Miller, Cranford ............... 112 points .. 10 games .. 11.2 ppg.

Evie Klotz, Scotch Plains ........... 110 points .. 11 games .. 10.0 ppg.

Jasmine Serano, Union Cath. ...... 110 points .. 11 games .. 10.0 ppg.

Kaitlyn Cresencia, New Prov ........ 110 points .. 10 games ..10.3 ppg.

Jessica McCoy, Cranford .............110 points .. 12 games .. 9.2 ppg.

Feel free to email any discrepencies to us here.

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THE RECRUITING PROCESS

Filed under: Hoop Group Headquarters — Tiny Green @ 3:22 pm

The topic I want to talk about today is recruiting. Hopefully parents and players can take advantage of the advice that I will pass along. First, I want everyone to understand there is no science to recruiting. For example, some schools like players who play a certain style. Some coaches will only recruit a kid who has length. When I coached at FDU we only recruited athletes. While at St. Bonaventure, all our post players needed to be able to step away from the basket. I coached with the great Butch van Breda Kolff at Hofstra (who happens to be the inventor of the Princeton offense). He wanted players who knew how to play and more importantly had a great basketball IQ. You have to understand everyone recruits differently. But understand this one point, if you are good enough, a school somewhere will want you. You may send me any questions you have and I will answer them ASAP. If I don’t have an answer I will call some of my college coaching friends.

WHAT ARE THE LEVELS OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL?

The recruiting process is different at each level. Let me start with the Top 10 programs and work my way down. If a player is being recruited by the Rutgers, U-Conn’s and the Tennessee‘s of the world. They are among a small group of players. These kids are likely identified as early as the 8^th grade. Many play for powerhouse AAU teams sponsored by major shoe companies. Often time’s colleges will make an offer before the sophomore year begins. These kids are among the best in the country. This is not to say a player won’t be recruited by a top 10 school if they haven’t heard from one. It just means they will have to prove to these schools they have the talent. The recruiting lists of these schools are very small. There is not one senior in the Jersey recruiting class of 2009 who will play at a top ten school. Next year, Lauren Mincey may be the only player in the class of 2010 who is being recruited by a national championship contender. … These high major schools are in a different recruiting world.

Now all the other schools fall into the following categories. Major College (ACC, Big East, and Pac 10 type schools), Mid-Major (Atlantic 10, Colonial type schools) and then you have low major, which no college likes to be called (MACC, American East, NEC). Lastly, you have the academics schools (Ivy’s and Patriot). All these conferences can have a school that can move up or down from time to time. Marist College for example was a major college team playing in a low major conference last year. The difference is they do not recruit American born top 50 players’ year in and year out. So it’s hard for them to sustain a top 20 program.

Next you have div 2; this is where most of the problems for kids begin. First, there are many and I mean many, div 2 girls basketball teams that can beat div 1 schools. There are different levels of Div 2. You have your high Div 2 schools which give out full scholarships and have recruiting budgets. These schools tend to be looking for div 1 players who have been missed during the recruiting process or a kid who prefers that school for whatever special reason. Then you have the div 2 schools that give out the tuition only scholarships. Many times they want a kid from their state or a kid they can put a financial aid package together for. Then you have the Div 2 schools that are given a certain amount of scholarship money and the coach can split it up any way they want. These schools tend to have small recruiting budgets and rarely have a full time coach outside of the head coach. Which means recruiting is always an ongoing process right up until the time the school year starts.

Next comes the Div 3 level and this is the hardest level for people to understand. More players play at this level than any other. Now here is the problem. Div 3 schools say they don’t give out scholarships. This is the biggest joke I have heard in all my years of coaching. Remember I am one the few coaches in the country that can say they have been to the NCAA tournament at the Div 1, 2 and 3 levels. I am also one of the few coaches and maybe the only one that can say they have had players drafted into the NBA from the Div 1, 2 and 3 levels. I think I have the background to discuss this. Many Div 3 schools with large endowments have scholarship money with many names. Here are a few! The Martin Luther King Scholarship, Academic Aid, Work Study. Mt St Mary’s of New York can give a player up to 14,000 thousand dollars to any kid with 1200 on their SAT’s. Personally I don’t care what they call it. It’s money which may allow a kid to get to college. It’s money that allows a family to survive while their kid is in college. Div 3 basketball is the most important part of the NCAA in my opinion. Many kids just don’t understand the talent that shows up on these div 3 campuses. The kids are shocked to find many players are div 3 in name only. Kean College for example can play with any low major school on the east coach. Same goes for NYU in a good year.

You must understand the information above. Why do you ask? Knowing what level you can play at is important. There is no reason to call, write and wait for a top 10 team to recruit you, if you are a low major player. I think all players have the ability to be recruited one level above or below their ability. The sooner you know your level, the sooner your recruiting process will begin. THE EARLIER YOU START THE BETTER.

The recruiting process starts very early now. For each level it is different. I will not discuss the top 10 schools. Those players don’t need advice. They need information so they can pick a school. The Ivy’s and Patriot schools fall into a category of their own. You must be a great student and a pretty good player as well. These players have a different recruiting route as well. So let’s just start with everyone else.

WHEN DOES THE PROCESS START?

The process starts when a player goes to an AAU event which college coaches are attending. Most schools will be taking names of the best young players at the event. They will put these names on a mailing list. If a player is playing up they will almost always get mail. My daughter’s first college letter was from Tennessee. Pat Summit had no idea who she was or where she was from. It’s called getting in early “just in case”. Sophomores are watched closely by major colleges and mid major schools. The low major’s tend to pay attention to only sophomores in their area. They understand if a player is a great sophomore and is not from the area it’s a long shot. The Div 2 and 3’s are very rarely looking at anyone other than seniors. Now the high Div 2 schools are working like a low Div 1 school. Rising juniors have the most pressure in my mind. Many colleges form their recruiting list from how the juniors play in the summer. They want to know if the junior is worth going to see during the high school season and if they are someone worth a scholarship in 8 months or before the start of their senior year. The seniors are on the spot as well. Div 1 schools are babysitting a player, which is when a school has have offered the player a scholarship and is following her to show how important she is to their program. Then you have the senior a school has not been offered a scholarship. This is most likely a low major player or a player the Mid Major’s are not sure about. Div 2 schools are watching and doing more evaluation than recruiting, they are hoping the div 1 schools miss evaluate a player. Div 3’s are most likely in the evaluation mode as well. Here is the one thing about the process you must understand, in the case of most Div 1 schools the recruiting process is ending before your senior year starts. Most div 1 schools are looking at Junior’s when you are playing your senior year. There are some cases when Div 1 schools are recruiting late. This is because a scholarship has opened late or the school has missed on their top recruits. This is what coaches call scrambling, when a school is trying to find a diamond in the rough or a player that has been missed. Most Div 2 and 3 schools are recruiting all year or until they have no money left. Div 1 schools will hold on to scholarship more often rather than give it away… START THE PROCESS EARLY.
HOW DO YOU START THE PROCESS?
1. Know the NCAA rules. There are certain times a coach can call and write you. You can call a coach at anytime. (ncaa.org)
2. Make contact with the schools that interest you. Don’t wait till you are a senior!
3. Know what level player you are.
4. Send schools personal information about you.
*use the mail not an e-mail (coaches always open mail. The same cannot be said about e-mails)
5. Call the chief recruiter of the school.
*don’t call the head coach
6. Send your summer schedule to as many schools as possible
7. Ask your High School coach to call any schools you have an interest in.
8. Attend college basketball camps of schools you have an interest in.
9. Div 1 Coaches are allowed to call a player in April of their junior year
* Div 2 and 3 schools tend to wait longer
* If you do not get a call it means you are not on the radar
* Don’t panic if you have not received a call. Many coaches will still be evaluating in the summer
11. Be honest with yourself about what level you are as a player
12. Send Colleges any information about your playing skills
*no highlight tapes
*.Do not let your AAU coach control your recruiting (coaches always prefer to talk with YOU!)
*send newspaper clipping
* start a web site and drive coaches to it
13. Send your transcript to coaches
14. Know the NCAA recruiting dates
15. FIND OUT HOW RECRUTING SERVICES ARE RATING YOU AS A PLAYER!
*almost all colleges use recruiting services




PREPARING FOR THE RECRUITING PERIOD.
This always causes debates. Let me say this first. Do what is best for you. Many AAU coaches simply enjoy coaching and want players to play. Many players only want to play games in the summer. This can cause problems for everyone. First the High School coach wants the player to work on their skills. The AAU coach wants to win games. The coaches want to work on plays and getting ready for the summer. I say this to the player, Do one thing. GET BETTER! You will not get on a recruiter’s list because your AAU team wins or loses. You get on coaches radar by playing well. I feel you must put together a program that addresses these 3 areas
CONDITIONING- You must be in great shape by the time the summer recruiting period starts. Why? You will play more basketball in the July period than any other time of the year. Many times you play 6 games in three days. If a college coach gets to you on game six they are not concerned about how many games you played. They want to know if you are performing well. I say a running program along with a weight program is a must. KNOW THE HISTORY OF YOUR TRAINER!
AAU TEAM- I want to start with a story of a young lady. She had a chance to be the 6^th or 7^th man on a great AAU team. Instead she chooses to stay with her local AAU team and start and be one of the better players. Today very few colleges even know her name. Your AAU TEAM must do three things for you

1. GET YOU EXPROSURE
2. GIVE YOU PLAYING TIME
3. CREATE A BUZZ FOR YOU AMONG COLLEGE COACHES.
If you are on an AAU team that only plays in tourneys in the south and west coast part of the country in July, you better be a national player. Mid and low major, div 2 and 3 schools tend to stay in their area. I know of an AAU team that spent the entire summer out west. No east coast mid or low major colleges saw them play all summer. Then you must be on an AAU team that plays on the main court at an event during the recruiting period. If your AAU team is playing off the main site, forget it. Few colleges are going to watch you. Coaches want to see as many players as possible. Remember starting and winning are not important. It’s about being seen. Next try to create a buzz for yourself before the summer starts, using the list above as guidance. Remember college coaches all talk. Example, Rutgers may not think a kid can play for the, but they may have a friend at Manhattan College who may want that player. During the past year I heard people say I was promoting players. News Flash!! If an organization will promote you…Join ASAP. It’s about getting your name out there.
SKILL WORK- I hope every kid will listen to me about this. The time to get better is during the off season. Pat Summit says players are made and championships are won in the off season. I can’t agree more. You must find an AAU program that allows you to do skill work during the week. I know at NBS we spend hours on working on skills in the off season. Players will play almost 60 games in the summer. That’s about 2 high school seasons. That is more than enough playing. The skills are what kids need to remember to do. Must AAU teams practice twice week and play on the weekends. That leaves 3 days. I say join a program like NBS and improve your skills. The skill work and games go hand and hand. There are no short cuts!
QUICK THOUGHTS ABOUT RECRUTING.
If a college coach has not contacted your high school coach or family, trust me, they are not recruiting you. A letter from a school only means you are on someone’s radar. It doesn’t mean you are being recruited. Coaches do not offer scholarships though third parties. If they want you, they will tell you or your coach. Get rid of the middle man in your recruiting. Anything that needs to be said can be said by you or your family. Don’t allow an AAU coach or outsider to speak about your recruiting. Don’t discuss your recruiting outside of your family and Coach. Don’t be afraid of rejection. This is part of the process. The more schools you contact the better.
FOR THE PARENTS
I want to relay a story for you to think about. During my daughter’s senior year of high school, she refused to open mail from college coaches. I was putting pressure on her to perform and then make a decision about college. She had many schools during the process do things that upset me and my family. One coach showed up at my house without calling, stating he was in the area. Another coach verbally abused my son because my daughter would not take her calls. All of this was the result of stress that I was putting on my daughter. She was hiding from process because of me. She had an idea of what type of school she wanted to attend. She did not want me in the middle of her recruitment. I asked coach Sourlis to step in. The first thing he did was tell my daughter not to come to practice if she did not answer the college coaches letter’s back and he wanted proof to that fact. Then he told her not to attend practice unless she showed up with a list a schools she wanted to attend. The one school she wanted to attend signed a player from the west coast. All the other schools which offered her she did not want to attend. George then took over; he sent tapes to Colgate and called the coach. Then he asked his good friend Joe Montano of RBC to help out and give him a few tapes. Now keep in mind George did all of this on his own. A few weeks later Candice fell in love with Colgate and they offered her a scholarship. That is not the end of the story. As the signing day got closer some schools started trying to confuse Candice. George stepped right in and said this process is over. He reminded Candice and me that education is the only thing that should matter when picking a school. Why do I tell you this story? It’s simple! Be very careful trying to tell your kid where to go to school. Sometimes they need a new voice and sometimes as parents we need advice as well! ….Don’t be stubborn!

NJ Girls Basketball: State rankings, Jan. 25 - NJ.com

NJ Girls Basketball: State rankings, Jan. 25 - NJ.com

UNION
1-Roselle Catholic (11-1)
2-Roselle (11-2)
3-Summit (10-1)
4-Cranford (10-2)
5-Linden (7-5)
6-Plainfield (5-7)
7-New Providence (9-1)
8-Dayton (9-2)
9-Gov. Livingston (6-6)

GROUP 3
1-Neptune (11-1)
2-Teaneck (11-2)
3-Ramapo (12-2)
4-Middletown South (8-3)
5-Pascack Valley (11-2)
6-West Morris (10-2)
7-Timber Creek (9-2)
8-Point Pleasant Boro (10-2)
9-Voorhees (10-2)
10-Seneca (7-4)

Note: West Morris and Voorhees are in North Jersey Section II, Group 3 with Cranford.

This week in Union County girls basketball (High school Girls Basketball news) - NJ.com

This week in Union County girls basketball (High school Girls Basketball news) - NJ.com

This week in Union County girls basketball (High school Girls Basketball news)

THE STAR-LEDGER, January 25, 2010 5:52 p.m.

PLAYER TO WATCH
If you haven't already done so, check out the play of Plainfield senior guard Chanel Johnson sometime this winter.
Johnson who was an All-Union County First Team and All-Group 4 Second Team selection last year, enters tonight's 7 p.m. game against Union with a season average of 20.4 points. Plainfield (5-7) received a school-record (boys or girls) 42 points from Johnson in a 74-63 loss to Gill St. Bernard's, No. 12 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, on Jan. 7 and scored 39 in a 71-61 loss to Summit on Jan. 21.
Johnson, who has 898 career points, averaged 14.2 points a year ago in leading Plainfield to a 17-9 mark and a berth in the Union County Tournament championship game.
TEAM TO WATCH
Westfield (5-6), which began the season 1-5, has rebounded to win four of its last five, including victories over Gov. Livingston and Union.
Seniors Diana Venezia (15.1 ppg., 8.5 rpg.) and Amanda Markowski (12.1 ppg., 3.0 assists) and junior Katie Ponce (7.9 ppg., 4.0 assists, 4.0 steals) have been the offensive catalysts for head coach Joe Marino, who guided Westfield to its only Union County Tournament title in 2008.
Westfield has a chance to even its record for the first time this season when it plays host to Summit (10-1) tonight at 7.
GAMES TO WATCH
A couple of good matchups are on tap on Friday.
Roselle (11-2), which takes a nine-game winning streak into this week, will be the host to Roselle Catholic (11-1), No. 13 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, at 4 p.m. Roselle has suffered both of its losses to Roselle Catholic.
At 7 p.m., Cranford (10-2), which dealt Roselle Catholic its only loss of the season on Jan. 16, will travel to Clark to meet Johnson (7-4), which enters this week riding a season-high three-game winning streak.
-Chris Orlando

Cranford boys', girls' basketball teams begin week with 5-game winning streaks; Boys' host Hillside Tuesday, girls' are at Johnson Friday, Jan. 29 - Cranford Navigator

Cranford boys', girls' basketball teams begin week with 5-game winning streaks; Boys' host Hillside Tuesday, girls' are at Johnson Friday, Jan. 29 - Cranford Navigator

By JR Parachini
Union County Sports Editor

The Cranford boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are on a roll heading into play for the week of Monday, Jan. 25.

The boys’ are 7-3 and have won five straight leading into Tuesday’s 4 p.m. Union County Conference-Mountain Division home game against Hillside.

Cranford is 6-0 and in first place in the Mountain Division standings.

Hillside, as of Saturday, Jan. 23, stood at 6-7 overall and 3-4 in the Mountain Division.

The teams in the Mountain Division this year are: Cranford, Rahway, Roselle, Hillside, Johnson, Union Catholic, Governor Livingston and Summit.

Cranford’s latest win was a 79-66 conference triumph against Johnson Friday night in Clark. The Cougars outscored the Crusaders 31-10 in the third quarter and had eight of 13 players score points.

Kendall Grier paced Cranford with 22 points, while Will Green added 18, Chris Gross 14, Nick Pace nine and Greg Goode five.

Cranford will also host conference foe Rahway next Friday night at 7 and then is scheduled to play at non-league opponent Metuchen Saturday, Jan. 30 at 1 p.m.

Cranford boys' 5-game winning streak:
Jan. 8: (H) Cranford 59, Union Catholic 56
Jan. 12: (H) Cranford 64, Roselle 50
Jan. 14: (A) Cranford 74, North Plainfield 56 – non-league
Jan. 15: (H) Cranford 48, Summit 34
Jan. 22: (A) Cranford 79, Johnson 66

The girls’ begin the week 10-2 overall, winners of five straight, and 5-2 in the UCC’s Mountain Division. Roselle Catholic and Roselle are tied for first in the Mountain Division with just one loss each – RC to Cranford and Roselle to RC. Cranford’s setbacks are both by two points at GL 37-35 and at Roselle 52-50.

Cranford is scheduled to host Roselle Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. and GL Feb. 19 at 7 p.m., with the GL home game scheduled to be its 14th and final Mountain Division contest.

The teams in the Mountain Division this year are: Roselle Catholic, Roselle, Cranford, Johnson, Governor Livingston, Hillside, Union Catholic and Roselle Park.

Cranford’s only game this week is at Johnson this Friday night at 7. Johnson, after winning at Union Catholic 36-23 Friday night, improved to 7-4 overall with its third straight win. That put the Crusaders at 3-4 in the Mountain Division.

When Cranford and Johnson first clashed in conference play back on Dec. 22 in Cranford, the host Cougars downed the visiting Crusaders 46-31.

Cranford received fine games from junior Sara Gugliuci and sophomore Morgan Miller in Friday’s 58-30 home conference win over Roselle Park. Gugliuci poured in a team-high 17 points, while Miller added 10.

Miller nailed a three-pointer with 12 seconds left to send Tuesday’s non-conference game at Linden to overtime. Then senior Taylor D’Antico hit a three-pointer and Miller produced a conventional three-point play to lift the Cougars past the host Tigers 44-39 in single overtime.

Cranford followed that win with a dominating 56-18 non-conference triumph at Brearley Thursday.

Cranford girls' 5-game winning streak:
Jan. 12: (A) Cranford 46, Westfield 40 – non-league
Jan. 16: (A) Cranford 49, Roselle Catholic 47
Jan. 19: (A) Cranford 44, Linden 39 (OT) – non-league
Jan. 21: (A) Cranford 56, Brearley 18 – non-league
Jan. 22: (H) Cranford 58, Roselle Park 50

Cranford 58, Roselle Park 30

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/6008950498433530773/cranford-58-roselle-park-30-high-school-girls-basketball-scores-and-results/

Cranford 58, Roselle Park 30 (High school Girls Basketball scores and results)

The Star Ledger, January 22, 2010 8:14 p.m.

Sara Gugliuci had a team-high 17 points and Morgan Miller added 10 to power Cranford in Cranford. Gabby Clauer had a game-high 23 points for Roselle Park.

Roselle Park 30
Name                          2-pt.   3-pt.   FT   Total
Jennifer Casselli               0       0      1       1
Gabby  Clauer                   9       0      5      23
Lauren  Corigliano              2       0      1       5
Codi Dugan                      0       0      1       1
Jessica Johns                   0       0      0       0

        Totals:                        11       0      8   

Cranford 58
Name                          2-pt.   3-pt.   FT   Total
Brianna Capece                  0       1      0       3
Taylor D'Antico                 1       1      1       6
Jenna  Goeller                  1       1      0       5
Danielle Gross                  0       0      0       0
Sara Gugliuci                   4       3      0      17
Nicole  Kleiman                 0       0      0       0
Jessica McCoy                   4       0      1       9
Kaitlin McGovern                3       0      0       6
Morgan  Miller                  1       1      5      10
Jackie Monteagudo               1       0      0       2

        Totals:                        15       7      7   

Cranford (10-2)               12   13   16   17   58
Roselle Park (1-10)            4    6   10   10   30

 

  

  

  

 

Picture of Sara from NJ.com

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-192282237883872178/new-jersey-girls-basketball-no-17-paterson-catholic-rallies-past-glen-rock/

 New Jersey Girls Basketball: No. 17 Paterson Catholic rallies past Glen Rock

Gregg Lerner, January 22, 2010 10:44 p.m.

Sara Gugliucci (24) of Cranford drives to the basket against Jessica Johns of Roselle in the first half. - (Noah K. Murray/The Star Ledger)

Briana Cook pumped in 20 points and No. 17 Paterson Catholic overcame an early deficit to down Glen Rock, 52-45.
Glen Rock (11-2) built a 15-9 lead through one quarter and entered the fourth with a 38-37 edge before Paterson Catholic (13-1) closed with a 15-7 showing over the final eight minutes. Leah Johnson added 14 points to the triumph. Jessie Maitner led a even-handed Glen Rock effort with nine points.

Can you guess who the lone unbeaten team is left in Bergen County?
Tick, tock, tick, tock...
Times up.
The answer is New Milford (11-0), which beat Saddle River Day, 47-25, behind a really balanced offense. Cassiday Holoway led the way with nine points.
Winslow (8-4) notched its third straight victory with a 70-28 triumph over Oakcrest. Shamira Weaver collected 19 points while Chardae Ducille and Geneva McCoy pulled down eight rebounds each.
Sarah Marakos drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send Holy Spirit past Middle Twp., 37-36.
West Windsor North gave unbeaten Trenton a run for the money. Trenton held a slim 38-37 lead heading into the fourth before pulling away for the 51-45. Ashley Hines had 16 points and Kyra Dayon added 12 for Trenton. West Windsor North got 12 points from Jenna Greenstein, all on 3-pointers, and 10 from Lexie Forsell.

Cranford girls' basketball begins January 3-1 after capturing Livingston Tournament - Cranford Navigator

Cranford girls' basketball begins January 3-1 after capturing Livingston Tournament - Cranford Navigator

An old article, but one I just discovered

Cranford girls' basketball dominates Union Catholic 38-21 for 5th straight victory; Cougars have big game at Roselle Friday, Jan. 8 - Cranford Navigator

Cranford girls' basketball dominates Union Catholic 38-21 for 5th straight victory; Cougars have big game at Roselle Friday, Jan. 8 - Cranford Navigator

An old article, but one I just discovered.

Webb buzzer-beating layup stuns undefeated and state-ranked Roselle Catholic; Her shot, off a pass from freshman standout McCoy, propels the Cougars to a wild, comeback 49-47 league triumph -

Webb buzzer-beating layup stuns undefeated and state-ranked Roselle Catholic; Her shot, off a pass from freshman standout McCoy, propels the Cougars to a wild, comeback 49-47 league triumph -

By JR Parachini
Union County Sports Editor

ROSELLE – Jamie Webb began the fourth quarter driving to the lane for two and ended the period doing the same.
What made the second of those layups special was that it went in right at the buzzer to propel the Cougars past undefeated and state-ranked Roselle Catholic 49-47 Saturday afternoon in a thrilling Union County Conference-Mountain Division girls’ basketball contest at Roselle Catholic’s Lions Den.
Cranford came to Roselle Catholic and handed the Lions their first loss after an 8-0 start, limiting the Lions to their second-lowest offensive output of the season. Last year the Cougars defeated a 9-0 Lion squad here at Roselle Catholic 44-33, holding the home team to its lowest output of the season up to that point.
It was déjà vu all over again.
“We always give them their first loss and we even did so two years ago,” said the right-handed No. 15 Webb, the senior finishing with 15 points after banking in a lefty layup from the left side off a pass from freshman Jessica McCoy for the winning points. “We seemed all calm, cool and collected when they were up by 11, but we just came into the fourth quarter and we know that’s our best quarter.”
Cranford won its second straight to improve to 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the UCC’s Mountain Division. Roselle Catholic fell to 8-1 overall and is now 6-1 in the Mountain Division.
After Roselle Catholic senior Allison Skrec scored the final two points of a career-tying 31 with her 18th and 19th free throws in 23 attempts – the Lions made 27 of 39 for 72 percent, but made only nine field goals off six assists – Cranford came down with the ball with nine seconds left.
“I didn’t want to call a timeout there because I didn’t want to disrupt our rhythm,” third-year Cranford head coach Jackie Huber said.
Freshman Jessica McCoy, with the ball past half court, got it to Webb at the left side of the lane. Webb took the pass, dribbled and then put it up right away, the ball hitting squarely inside the box on the glass and falling in – “Hoosiers” style.
“I was thinking that it had to go in,” said Webb, who is clearly Cranford’s go-to player and was her team’s leading scorer Saturday.
One day McCoy, who also had three steals in the fourth quarter and totaled three blocks and five rebounds, may become that player. She stepped up big-time for a freshman on the court of a team that had not lost yet, is the defending Union County Tournament champion, returns four starters and is ranked among the elite teams in the state.
Roselle Catholic finished 22-4 last year, winning its second UCT crown, while Cranford went 18-11, won three straight road playoff games and did quite well to reach the Central Jersey, Group 2 championship game.
“I was so tired because I’ve been sick for our last three games and have had to come out a lot,” Webb said. “I really wanted to win it right there and it felt really good.”
There was just enough space for Webb to drive and put the ball up once she received the game-winning assist from McCoy. Webb disclosed that it was her first buzzer-beater basket – a sports moment she will remember for a long time.
“I always feel lucky going with my left hand, even though I’m right-handed,” Webb said. “I feel more confident with my left hand, so I just went to the left.”
Roselle Catholic led by four or five points for most of the way until going on the game’s first real run at the end of the third quarter, finishing the period 7-0 to take its biggest lead at 42-31.
Cranford scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 42-36 after Webb’s layup and a lefty layup and free throw by sophomore Morgan Miller.
In between Webb’s basket and the points by Miller, Roselle Catholic took a minute off the clock by completing 16 straight passes before McCoy came up with a big steal.
“I don’t think we slowed it down in the sense of we thought the game was over or we had enough points,” Roselle Catholic 14th-year head coach Joe Skrec said. “We slowed it down first and they came out of their zone. Maybe we should have attacked the zone a bit.”
The Cougars continued to chip away at the lead and pulled to within four at 45-41 on two McCoy free throws.
Roselle Catholic junior forward Melissa Tobie then missed two free throws after she was fouled by Webb, which was her fourth with 2:54 remaining.
After a Cranford turnover, Tobie missed a layup that was rebounded by Webb, who also finished with nine boards and one steal.
Then Cranford senior Taylor D’Antico came up big, nailing her second 3-point basket of the game – this one from the right side - to make it 45-44. At that point, Roselle Catholic took a timeout with 2:13 left.
A heads-up play by Morgan, with her assisting a Roselle Catholic player in touching the ball and turning it over – RC’s fifth turnover of the fourth quarter – gave Cranford back the ball with 1:51 left.
Webb was then fouled by Tobie, which was her fourth. Tobie played aggressive for the Lions and finished with 10 points.
Webb made her first free throw to tie the game for only the second of three times and first time since 2-2, making the score 45-45. She then made her second to give Cranford only its second lead at 46-45 and first since a 2-0 advantage when McCoy began the game with a layup on the left side of the basket.
Roselle Catholic quickly committed its sixth turnover on a backcourt violation with 1:39 to go. At that point, Cranford was 5-for-5 from the free throw line in the fourth and Roselle Catholic only 3-for-8.
Now on a 15-3 run after trailing by 11 at 42-31 when the fourth quarter commenced, Cranford passed the ball around 15 times before the 16th went out of bounds for a critical turnover.
Roselle Catholic senior point guard Jenny Malone then passed to senior shooter Meghan Faughnan, who had an outstanding look for a 3-pointer on the left side of the basket. Faughnan let go and it looked like the shot might go in.
However, it bounced off the rim, with Miller grabbing the huge rebound and immediately getting fouled by Skrec - her third – with just 19 seconds remaining.
Faughnan made only one shot, which was her first 3-point attempt that gave Roselle Catholic a 7-2 lead in the first quarter. Averaging more than 10 points, she was held to a season-low three points.
Miller made her first free throw to increase Cranford’s lead to 47-45, but missed her second, with Faughnan coming down with the rebound.
Once Roselle Catholic got the ball past half court, coach Skrec called his last timeout with just 12 seconds remaining.
Malone then got the ball to Tobie, who drove to the right side of the basket. Tobie then passed to Skrec, who tried to score underneath from the left side, but was fouled by Cranford senior Danielle Gross.
Skrec then made both of her free throws to tie the game at 47-47.
Then McCoy got the ball to Webb and Cranford was able to come away with one of its biggest wins in some time.
Cranford outscored Roselle Catholic 18-5 on its home court in the crucial fourth quarter after being outscored 14-11, 10-9 and 18-11 in the first three quarters.
“It was a great win for Cranford, a great performance,” Skrec said. “We didn’t want to stop shooting, but that’s what we did. We’re a pretty balanced team and have a lot of threats on the court.
“Today, we might have been looking to just one person often or stopped looking to score in general. That came back to haunt us a bit.”
“Cranford played a very strong game and had a very, very good fourth quarter. They made a lot of shots and we didn’t.
“We had too many empty possessions in the fourth quarter. Cranford had something to do with that and, unfortunately, so did we.”
Roselle Catholic did not make a field goal in the fourth quarter – which happened for the first time this year – and scored all five of its points on free throws by Skrec (2), Tobie (2) and Malone.
D’Antico, who will play soccer in college at Western Carolina and who helped lead the Cranford girls’ soccer team to this season’s UCT championship, finished with eight points and four rebounds.
“We knew that they were undefeated and that gave us motivation and everything we needed to come out here and play hard in order to beat them,” D’Antico said. “When they were holding the ball we had to find a way to get it and had to man mark them in order to get it back.
“It’s a really good feeling knowing that they were an undefeated team and we were capable of coming back from being down and beating them.”
Like with Roselle Catholic, Huber preaches defense first with her Cougars.
“What makes us a good team, from the beginning we do not back down,” Huber said. “We do not stop and we play with heart every second on the floor.
“We do have our lapses sometimes, like every team does, but they kept fighting and kept pressuring the ball and forced them to turn the ball over and then on offense we just did the right thing.
“We are more of a second half team. Against Roselle, we were down by 17 and then went on a 20-5 fourth quarter run and ended up losing by two (52-50).
“In the fourth quarter when the girls know that they are down, they also know that they have to really fight for it.”
NOTES: It seems like Roselle Catholic has Roselle’s number – 2-0 vs. the Rams this year, while Roselle has Cranford’s number – 2-0 vs. the Cougars last year and one win already this year, while Cranford has Roselle Catholic’s number to some extent – 2-1 vs. the Lions in conference play last year and this year so far.
Skrec first scored 31 in a game earler this year, which was Roselle Catholic’s 61-52 home win over Roselle Dec. 30 in the Roselle Catholic Holiday Tournament championship contest.
Skrec also scored a game-high 21 points to reach 1,000 on the nose in Roselle Catholic’s convincing 50-26 conference home triumph over Governor Livingston Thursday night.
“I give Webb credit for her play and Allison also made two clutch free throws at the end,” coach Skrec said. “Instead of becoming aggressive after the third quarter we became passive and we’re not usually like that.
“We have to tip our hat to Cranford.”
Cranford’s 44-33 win at Roselle Catholic last year saw the Cougars ahead for most of the game. Saturday’s 49-47 win at Roselle Catholic was the opposite, with the Cougars trailing for most of the contest.
“I thought we executed well at the end and we can take some positives from that,” coach Skrec said. “Meghan had a good look on her 3 (near the end) and that was a shot that she makes many times.”
Roselle Catholic will next battle North 2, Group 4 foe Piscataway Sunday at 4 p.m. at Kean University in Union and will then face non-league foe Summit Tuesday night at home at 7. The UCC-Watchung Division-leading Hilltoppers began the weekend at 7-0.
Cranford will next play at Watchung Division rival Linden Tuesday at 4 p.m. and then face UCC-Valley Division foe Brearley Thursday night at 7 in Kenilworth.
When Cranford beat Roselle Catholic last year it was the third of four consecutive road games for the Cougars. This year it was third of five straight.
Cranford has both of its losses by two points - games at Governor Livingston and Roselle - and now Roselle Catholic has its only loss by two points - at home to Cranford.

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE-MOUNTAIN DIVISION GAME
CRANFORD (7-2, 4-2) 11 9 11 18 - 49
ROSELLE CATHOLIC (8-1, 6-1) 14 10 18 5 - 47

CRANFORD (49): Jamie Webb 5-0-5-15, Jessica McCoy 3-0-5-11, Taylor D’Antico 0-2-2-8, Danielle Gross 1-0-0-2, Morgan Miller 2-1-1-8, Jenna Goeller 0-0-0-0, Sara Gugliuci 0-1-0-3, Kaitlin McGovern 0-0-1-1. Totals: 11-4-15-49.
Starters: Webb, McCoy, D’Antico, Miller, Gross.
ROSELLE CATHOLIC (47): Jenny Malone 0-0-1-1, Allison Skrec 6-0-19-31, Meghan Faughnan 0-1-0-3, Melissa Tobie 2-0-6-10, Anthonia Ajumobi 0-0-2-2, Betina Petit 0-0-0-0. Totals: 8-1-28-47.
Starters: Skrec, Malone, Faughnan, Tobie, Ajumobi.

Cranford Patch - VIDEO: Cranford Athletes Prep For Glory, Make Winning Last-Minute Decisions

Cranford Patch - VIDEO: Cranford Athletes Prep For Glory, Make Winning Last-Minute Decisions

Cranford 56, Brearley 18 (High school Girls Basketball scores and results) - NJ.com

Cranford 56, Brearley 18 (High school Girls Basketball scores and results) - NJ.com

Cranford 56, Brearley 18 (High school Girls Basketball scores and results)

The Star Ledger, January 21, 2010 9:07 p.m.

Morgan Miller dropped in a game-high 16 points and Jessica McCoy chipped in with 13 to power Cranford in Kenilworth.

Cranford 56
Name                          2-pt.   3-pt.   FT   Total
Brianna Capece                  1       1      0       5
Taylor D'Antico                 1       1      0       5
Jenna  Goeller                  0       0      1       1
Danielle Gross                  1       0      0       2
Sara Gugliuci                   1       0      0       2
Nicole  Kleiman                 0       0      1       1
Jessica McCoy                   6       0      1      13
Kaitlin McGovern                1       0      0       2
Morgan  Miller                  5       2      0      16
Jackie Monteagudo               2       0      2       6
Jamie Webb                      1       0      1       3

       Totals:                        19       4      6  

Brearley 18
Name                          2-pt.   3-pt.   FT   Total
Bandera Alex                    0       0      0       0
Brittnee Carey                  0       0      0       0
Vienna Conde                    1       0      0       2
Danielle Devigili               0       0      0       0
Bri Dustin                      0       0      0       0
Samantha Hoag                   1       0      2       4
Nicole Laudati                  0       0      2       2
Nicole Laurino                  1       0      0       2
Amber Lueddeke                  0       0      0       0
Taylor Mezger                   2       0      0       4
Brittney Patterson              2       0      0       4
Nicole Restrepo                 0       0      0       0

       Totals:                         7       0      4  

Brearley (5-5)                 8    2   4    4   18
Cranford (8-2)                19   15   8   14   56

Cranford Patch - Cranford Nets Win in Overtime Against Linden

Cranford Patch - Cranford Nets Win in Overtime Against Linden

People are finally standing up to take notice of the Cranford girls' varsity basketball team, in big part due to their buzzer-beating upset of the top-ranked team in Union County, Roselle Catholic, this past Saturday.
That also means the Lady Cougars now have a target on their backs. Linden made sure the Cougars would have to earn their stripes against the Tigers, which Cranford did by defeating the home side by a final of 44-39 Tuesday afternoon.
Freshman Jessica McCoy had a team-high 12 points, including a big three-pointer in the extra frame, while Taylor D'Antico also nailed a key three spot which shut the home team down for the rest of the game.
"I asked them, 'do you girls want to win' and they all answered 'yes'," said head coach Jackie Huber. "I said that you have to go out there and you have to do what you can to make sure that we do win. That's hustling, defense, causing them to turn the ball over and protecting the ball on offense. And I reminded them that what separates us from being a good team to being a great team is that we don't back down and we don't give up."
It's been the same old story for the Cougars. Come out slow, give up the lead and then fight back. This time, Linden held a 12-6 lead after the first quarter, were up 18-15 at halftime and actually had a 12-point advantage in the second half before the blue-and-gold took their game up a notch.
"Sometimes it gets a little nerve-wracking," said Huber. "You know their potential and what they're able to accomplish. We're going to continue to work on setting the pace and the tone of the game from the beginning so we don't have to play the catch-up ball."
"We started off again really rough," said McCoy. "We came out and fought, we wanted to win."
As a freshman, McCoy has taken the rare step of making an impact despite this being her first year of varsity play. She's not afraid of the big shot. She craves it.
"Actually, I used to be kind of afraid to (take the big shot), but I've come into it now," said McCoy. "It feels good when you make the shot. It's definitely been a great experience. All the players are excited and intense. They really want you to do well. They help you to do well."
There are others who love to have the ball in key spots, including seniors Jamie Webb (nine points), Taylor D'Antico (10 points) and Morgan Miller (eight points), who continue to hit the crucial buckets when the chips are down.
"We're just a very hard working team," said D'Antico. "We'll do whatever we need to do in order to come back and win it."
Cranford improved their overall record to 8-2, jumping from eighth to fourth in the county rankings this week thanks to their big win over Roselle Catholic.
"Well that motivated us, we didn't think about that at all," said D'Antico. "It doesn't matter to us where we're placed in the county. No matter what, we just go out and try to win."
"At the rate that we're improving, we can go really far," said McCoy. "We just need to keep pushing each other and working hard."
The Cougars will tip off against Brearley on Thursday, another team who will no doubt be looking for the big upset.

Cranford 44, Linden 39 (High school Girls Basketball scores and results) - NJ.com

Cranford 44, Linden 39 (High school Girls Basketball scores and results) - NJ.com

Cranford 44, Linden 39 (High school Girls Basketball scores and results)

The Star Ledger, January 19, 2010 9:31 p.m.

Taylor D'Antico hit a 3-pointer and Morgan Miller connected on a conventional three-point play to pace Cranford in overtime as it earned a 44-39 victory over Linden yesterday in Linden.

Cranford, which oustcored Linden, 8-3, in overtime, trailed, 36-33, before Miller connected on a 3-pointer with 12 seconds remaining in the fourth to send the game to overtime. Jessic McCoy finished with a team-high 12 points for Cranford, which also received nine points from Jamie Webb. Ebony Jennings and Shannon Wheeler each had 13 points and eight rebounds for Linden.

Cranford 44
Name                          2-pt.   3-pt.   FT   Total
Taylor D'Antico                 2       2      0      10
Jenna  Goeller                  0       0      0       0
Danielle Gross                  0       0      1       1
Sara Gugliuci                   1       0      0       2
Jessica McCoy                   4       1      1      12
Kaitlin McGovern                1       0      0       2
Morgan  Miller                  2       1      1       8
Jamie Webb                      0       2      3       9

       Totals:                        10       6      6  

Linden 39
Name                          2-pt.   3-pt.   FT   Total
Ayanna Barnes                   0       0      2       2
Deja Best                       0       0      0       0
Atiya Gleaton                   0       0      0       0
Destiny Jenkins                 0       0      0       0
Ebony Jennings                  6       0      1      13
Brielle Lewis                   0       0      1       1
Jada Lewis                      1       0      0       2
Tamara Todd                     3       0      2       8
Shannon Wheeler                 6       0      1      13

       Totals:                        16       0      7  

Linden (6-5)                  12   6   9    9   3   39
Cranford (8-2)                 6   9   9   12   8   44

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Cranford High School Girls Basketbaball continue winning ways

By Cranford Chronicle

January 16, 2010, 10:00AM

By David Lazarus
CRANFORD — The Cranford High School Girls Basketball team continues to use a mixture of veteran leadership and youthful exuberance to rack up victories. The Cougars enter their Saturday, Jan. 16 showdown at defending county champion Roselle Catholic with a 6-2 record, following a 46-40 victory at Westfield on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The victory came in the second of five straight away games, the first of which was a 51-50 loss at Roselle on Friday Jan. 8 that ended Cranford’s five-game winning streak and was their first loss with their full lineup intact.

Freshman Jessica McCoy and sophomore Morgan Miller each had 13 points as the Cougars pulled away to a 40-30 lead with a 21-9 showing in the third period. Senior Jamie Webb chipped in with nine points and eight rebounds.
“I am very pleased with the way Miller and McCoy have been playing. They work very hard. What I like about the two of them, is that no matter if their shots aren’t falling, you know they are going to hustle back on defense and contribute on the other end. When their shots are on, there is no stopping them,” said Coach Jackie Huber.
“I am extremely pleased by the way my team is playing and how they have come together as one. I look forward to see what the rest of the year brings,” added Huber.

The Roselle loss came on the second day of back-to-back games, the first of which was a
38-21 rout of Huber’s alma mater Union Catholic. The Cougars applied their stifling defense to come out winners in a case of pupil (Huber) beating teacher (Kathy Matthews).
“It is always a good game when we play UC. Everything I’ve learned about defense I learned from Coach Matthews,” said Huber.

Webb led the Cougars with 16 points, while Miller added 10 points, eight of them coming in the first quarter, which included a pair of three-pointers. Cranford led 11-3 after one quarter, and saw the margin reduced to 18-13 at the half. The Vikings cut the lead to one with four straight points to start the half but that would nearly be the end of their scoring for the night. The Cougars ratcheted up their defensive intensity and held the visitors scoreless the remainder of the period.
“We increased our defensive intensity in the second half to get control of the game,” said Huber.

The five-game winning streak finally ended the following night against Roselle as the Cougars nearly came all the way back from a 17-point third quarter deficit only to fall one point short. While Huber could have used the fatigue from three games in four days as an excuse, she instead found solace in the fourth quarter rally.
“Having three games in a week is never easy. Roselle is a very good, quick team and it took us a little while to get into our rhythm and tempo. Once we did we made a nice comeback. No one likes to lose, but I am very proud of my girls and the way they kept fighting. They very easily could have given up when we were down by 17 but as a team they came back in the fourth quarter and played with heart,” said Huber.
Miller led the team with a career-high 21 points, including 11 in the first half when Cranford trailed by only four at the half. Senior Danielle Gross and McCoy chipped in with 10 points each for the Cougars.

An article about RC, but with lots of info on Cranford and Union County at the bottom

The original article is posted here:
http://www.sidelinechatter.com/sport1.htm
But may disappear as it moves through the archives, so it is reposted in it's entirety here.

Roselle Catholic Girls Bounce Back
In Knocking Off 5th-Ranked Piscataway 

...THIS WEEK IN UNION COUNTY GIRLS' BASKETBALL

By JR Parachini
For sidelinechatter.com

Cranford beats state-ranked Roselle Catholic 49-47 at the buzzer Saturday at Roselle Catholic, outscoring the undefeated Lions 18-5 in the fourth quarter after losing the first three periods.
"We were calm, cool and collected even though we were down by 11 going into the fourth quarter," said Cranford senior Jamie Webb, who wears No. 15 and paced the Cougars with a 15-point effort after making the game-winning basket on a lefty layup at the buzzer after receiving a nice pass from freshman standout Jessica McCoy.
"We seem to play better in the second half and our girls know that if they are down they have to focus," Cranford third-year head coach Jackie Huber said.
Roselle Catholic then faced higher state-ranked North 2, Group 4 power Piscataway Sunday in the "She Got Next" Invitational at Kean University in Union and not only won 55-42, but outscored the 9-2 Chiefs in all four quarters.
Roselle Catholic was ranked No. 13 in the state by The Star-Ledger and Piscataway No. 5.
The Lions, who improved to 9-1, received a game-high 29 points from senior standout Allison Skrec, who also grabbed seven rebounds, dished out two assists and came up with one steal.
"It was probably the highest-rated/ranked team an RC girls' baskeball squad has ever beaten," 14th-year RC head coach Joe Skrec said.
Piscataway cut the lead to seven in the fourth quarter, but didn't get closer than that. Roselle Catholic made 21-of-27 free throw attempts - including 11-of-14 in the fourth quarter - after making 27-of-39 against Cranford.
Skrec, who scored 11 in the third quarter and six in the fourth, made seven of her first eight field goal attempts.
Jenny Malone, Melissa Tobie and Anthonia Ajumobi all sank three of four free throws in the fourth quarter, helping stave off the Chiefs.
Senior forward Meghan Faughnan grabbed a team-high nine rebounds for the Lions.
"Malone's defense on Piscataway point guard Raven Gerald was outstanding," coach Skrec said. "Tobie had a strong, all-around game."
Gerald, who will continue playing at Division 1 University of Maryland-Baltimore County, was held to four points, all in the fourth quarter.
Although the Lions fell for the first time in Union County Conference-Mountain Division play Saturday after a 6-0 start in league competition, Roselle Catholic will gladly trade a non-league victory over a high-profile team such as Piscataway for a tough loss to Cranford, which is a team the Lions will face again on the road - Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
"Fortunately, we have a very experienced team and a mature team, including our younger players," coach Skrec said. "One of our goals is to try to get better, even just a little bit better, every day, whether it's in practice or in a game."
Roselle Catholic, coming off a 22-4 season and now 31-5 in its last 36 games, proved right away that it has bounce back ability.
"We played a box-and-1 for most of the game, if not all," coach Skrec continued. "Malone just did a wonderful job on Gerald."
Sophomore standout Danaejah Grant paced Piscataway with a 20-point performance.
"She's already a big-time Division 1 prospect," Skrec said. "We tried to take away the head, sort of speak.
"Gerald is a good point guard, not spectacular, but smooth and she gets others involved. Malone didn't allow her to do that and received tremendous help from all of her teammates.
"Gerald couldn't get into any kind of rhthym, which was the key to the game. We've seen Piscataway turn teams over tremendously. We got the game to a speed and pace that was comfortable for us on offense and we shot the ball pretty well.
"I give our girls a lot of credit, because there were a lot of long faces after the Cranford game. They saw the Cranford girls jubilant and I reminded them that this has to be fun.
"We were sort of the hunter and playing a team that many people thought was better than us. I give our girls a lot of credit after the Cranford loss. They showed a lot of resiliency."
Picking a Top 10 this week was not easy by any means because - once again, which is great - teams are beating other teams all over the place. That's the mystery of Union County girls' basketball, which makes it such an interesting area of roundball to attempt to keep track of.
Here is my Top 10 for this week, with key results following each team:
1-Roselle Catholic (9-1) - lost at home to Cranford 49-47 at buzzer
2-Summit (8-0) - first time 8-0 since starting 1997-1998 season 10-0
3-Roselle (8-2, 6 in a row) - playing at Kean University Monday
4-Cranford (7-2, 2 in a row) - lost at GL 37-35 and at Roselle 52-50, won at RC 49-47
5-New Providence (7-0) - won at Dayton 36-32, won at Union 29-28
6-Dayton (8-1, 8 in a row) - won at Union 50-45
7-Linden (6-4) - beat Plainfield 36-33 at home, lost at Union 39-33
8-Union (5-6) - beat Linden 39-33 at home, lost 5 games by 6 points or less
9-Plainfield (4-5, 2 in a row) - lost at Linden 36-33
10-Governor Livingston (5-5) - beat Cranford 37-35 at home
Next 2: Hillside (3-5) - beat GL 41-34 at home. Johnson (4-4) - won at Hillside 44-31.
Rest: Westfield (3-6), Scotch Plains (2-7), Oak Knoll (6-3), Rahway (2-5), Brearley (5-3),
Mother Seton (4-6), Union Catholic (4-4), Benedictine Academy (5-4), Kent Place (2-5),
Elizabeth (0-8), Roselle Park (0-8), St. Mary's (1-5), St. Patrick (0-4).
So far we've seen Roselle Catholic beat Roselle twice (regular season and holiday tournament play), while Roselle has defeated Cranford and Cranford has beaten Roselle Catholic.
Then we've seen Dayton and New Providence defeat Union, yet Union defeated Linden.
Governor Livingston has defeated Cranford and lost to Hillside, Roselle and Roselle Catholic.
Hillside defeated GL, yet lost to Johnson, which lost to GL.
On and on we go.
As of today - Monday, Jan. 18 - Summit and New Providence are the only undefeated Union County teams remaining and that may not last much longer since both are playing at Roselle Catholic this week.
New Providence was the last Union County team to lose last year, going 19-0 before falling to Roselle in first round Union County Tournament play. The Pioneers finished 21-4, also losing to GL in overtime and Roselle in regular season play and to Bloomfield Tech in a North 2, Group 1 semifinal.
New Providence hosts Dayton Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in a big UCC-Valley Division contest.
Summit begins the week leading the UCC's Watchung Division.
Roselle Catholic and Roselle both start the week with just one loss in the Mountain Division standings - RC to Cranford and Roselle to RC.
Things didn't go Union's way in a tough 29-28 home loss to New Providence Wednesday, but the Farmers - sparked by the play of senior point guard Kyarah Foushee - showed comeback ability by handing Linden its first conference loss 24 hours later in a 39-33 home triumph. Foushee scored six points in the fourth quarter when Union outscored Linden 16-10 after the game was deadlocked 23-23 after three quarters.
"We played hard against New Providence and just came up short," Union head coach Justin Meyer said. "Tomorrow (meaning last Thursday against Linden) we have to try a little harder."
Union did just that in beating arch rival Linden. The Tigers will host Union in conference play on Feb. 6 at 1 p.m., which is the state playoff cutoff date.
Like Roselle Catholic against Piscataway and Union vs. Linden, Linden showed great bounce-back ability by beating Woodbridge 42-37 at home Saturday. The Tigers outscored their Middlesex County opponent 12-6 in the fourth quarter.
Roselle Catholic and Linden wins over tough Middlesex County foes over the weekend proved big for Union County's rising reputation.
SOME GAMES OF NOTE THIS WEEK:
Monday, Jan. 18
Roselle playing Manhattan Center at Kean University, Union, 6 p.m.
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Tuesday, Jan. 19
Union at Union Catholic, 4 p.m.
Cranford at Linden, 4 p.m.
Summit at Roselle Catholic, 7 p.m.
 
Thursday, Jan. 21
Westfield at Union, 4 p.m.
New Providence at Roselle Catholic, 4 p.m.
Roselle at Oak Knoll, 4 p.m.
 
Friday, Jan. 22
Hillside at Roselle, 4 p.m.
Johnson at Union Catholic, 7 p.m.
Also . . .
Roselle Catholic started out 9-0 last year and then lost at home to Cranford 44-33 in conference play after beating the Cougars 39-31 in Cranford four games earlier. That was the lowest offensive output by the Lions at that time in the season, with Cranford in front the whole game. Despite the league setback, Roselle Catholic went on to capture the last Mountain Valley Conference-Mountain Division title.
In last year's Union County Tournament quarterfinals at Rahway, Roselle Catholic came back to edge Cranford 36-35, scoring eight of the game's final nine points after Cranford led 34-28 with two minutes to go. Roselle Catholic went on to capture its second UCT title and first since 2003.
Roselle Catholic started out 8-0 this year and then lost at home to Cranford 49-47 Saturday on a Jamie Webb buzzer-beating layup. That was the second-lowest offensive output by the Lions at this time of the season, with Cranford coming back from an 11-point deficit to start the fourth quarter (42-31) and outscoring Roselle Catholic 18-5 in the final period after being outscored in each of the first three quarters. Cranford will host Roselle Catholic in conference play Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
Two years ago in the season-opener for both, Cranford won at Roselle Catholic 41-38 in overtime, so Cranford has handed Roselle Catholic its first loss of the season three years in a row now - with all three games being played at the Lions Den at RC in Roselle.
Roselle Catholic senior Allison Skrec scored a game-high 21 points to help lead the Lions to a convincing 50-26 conference home win over GL Thursday, reaching 1,000 career points on the nose. She then got to 60 points the quickest over the weekend, scoring a game-high 31 points in her team's setback to Cranford and a game-high 29 in her team's triumph over Piscataway.
"As long as we win, that's all that matters and is what's most important to me," Skrec said.
According to www.summitsports.org, Summit senior sharpshooter Emily Cristaldi, who will continue playing at Division 3 Muhlenberg, has 778 career points after netting a game-high 21 in her team's 40-33 non-league win at GL Saturday.
UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT TO BE SEEDED FEB. 10
The Union County Tournament will be seeded Feb. 10 and will conclude at Roselle Catholic with the semifinals Feb. 22 and the final Feb. 26.
Preliminary round games will take place the first weekend after the Feb. 10 seeding meeting, with the eight first round games set for Feb. 15. The quarterfinals will take place Feb. 18.

Roselle Catholic standout Allison Skrec (21) reaches high for ball against Cranford on Saturday.

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Winter 2009-10 Girls Basketball Standings for North Jersey, Section 2 - Group 3

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Girls Basketball Standings
Winter 2009-10 Girls Basketball Standings for North Jersey, Section 2 - Group 3
Team	Conf.	Record
West Morris	0 - 0 - 0	8 - 2 - 0
Voorhees	0 - 0 - 0	8 - 2 - 0
Somerville	0 - 0 - 0	7 - 2 - 0
Cranford	0 - 0 - 0	7 - 2 - 0
Warren Hills	0 - 0 - 0	7 - 4 - 0
Mendham	0 - 0 - 0	5 - 3 - 0
Millburn	0 - 0 - 0	4 - 4 - 0
Belleville	0 - 0 - 0	4 - 6 - 0
Colonia	0 - 0 - 0	4 - 7 - 0
Irvington	0 - 0 - 0	3 - 3 - 0
Newark East Side	0 - 0 - 0	3 - 6 - 0
West Side	0 - 0 - 0	3 - 7 - 0
South Plainfield	0 - 0 - 0	3 - 7 - 0
New Brunswick	0 - 0 - 0	2 - 4 - 0
Rahway	0 - 0 - 0	2 - 5 - 0
Nutley	0 - 0 - 0	2 - 6 - 0
Scotch Plains	0 - 0 - 0	2 - 7 - 0
Iselin Kennedy	0 - 0 - 0	2 - 9 - 0
Morristown	0 - 0 - 0	1 - 8 - 0
Carteret	0 - 0 - 0	1 - 9 - 0
Ferris	0 - 0 - 0	0 - 11 - 0
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County Rankings as of 01/18/10

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UNION
1-Roselle Catholic (9-1)
2-Roselle (8-2)
3-Summit (8-0)
4-Cranford (7-2)
5-Linden (6-4)
6-Plainfield (4-5)
7-New Providence (7-0)
8-Dayton (8-1)
9-Union (5-6)
10-Gov. Livingston (5-5)

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This week in Union County girls basketball

CHRIS ORLANDO, January 18, 2010 6:18 p.m.

PLAYER TO WATCH
The play of Gabby Clauer has been a bright spot this season for Roselle Park (1-8).Clauer, a senior guard, has scored 180 points in nine games, good for an average of exactly 20.0 ppg. She has gone over 30 points twice this season, including a 30-point effort in Roselle Park's 59-44 victory over Manville on Jan. 11. Clauer had a season-high 32 points one game earlier in a 56-50 loss at Hillside on Jan. 8.
Roselle Park plays host to Rahway (2-5) Tuesday night at 7.
TEAM TO WATCH
Cranford (7-2) posted its most impressive decision of the season when it defeated then-undefeated Roselle Catholic, 49-47, on Jamie Webb's buzzer-beater Saturday in Roselle.
Webb, a senior guard, had a team-high 15 points in the victory and now leads the squad in offense with an 11.6 ppg. scoring average. Jackie Huber, last year's Union County Coach of the Year, also has received solid efforts this winter from seniors Danielle Gross (7.1 ppg.) and Taylor D'Antico (4.5 ppg.), freshman Jessica McCoy (8.4 ppg.) and sophomore Morgan Miller (11.1 ppg.).
Cranford faces another big test Tuesday when it plays at Linden (6-4) at 4 p.m.
GAMES TO WATCH
Roselle Catholic (9-1), which defeated No. 15 Piscataway, 55-42, on Sunday, should have its hands full when it will likely face Union County's two final unbeaten squads this week.
Summit (8-0), led by last week's state top performer in girls basketball, Emily Cristaldi (20.9 ppg.), visits Roselle Catholic tonight at 7.
On Thursday at 4 p.m., Roselle Catholic will play host to New Providence, which takes a 7-0 mark into today's game against St. Mary (1-4) of Elizabeth. Junior forward Kaitlyn Cresencia (10.4 ppg.) leads New Providence's balanced offense.
Roselle Catholic is steered by last year's Union County Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Allison Skrec, who is averaging 21.3 points per game.

Webb’s Buzzer-Beater Difference In Propelling Cranford Past R.C.

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Cranford's Jamie Webb (15), who had a big game, is under pressure as she attempts to get off shot against Roselle Catholic during exciting action as the Cougars (7-2) knocked off the previously-undfeated Roselle Catholic (8-1) Lions by a 49-47 score in a thrilling Saturday afternoon Union County Conference, Mountain Division game in Roselle. (Photos by Sean Buldiger For information on ordering photos, e-mail Sean at seanbuldiger@gmail.com)

Cranford's girls hoopsters are a happy bunch as they storm the court with coach Jackie Huber after thrilling, last-second 49-47 victory over Roselle Catholic on Saturday afternoon.

Cranford's Jamie Webb (15) looks to put up shot under pressure of Roselle Catholic defense.

Cranford girls gather to hug Jamie Webb after she hit buzzer-beating layup to give Cougars a huge Union County Conference, Mountain Division 49-47 victory at Roselle Catholic on Saturday as Cougars also handed the state-ranked Lions first loss of the 2009-2010 girls hoops season.

Roselle Catholic's outstanding Allison Skrec (21), who poured in a game-high 31 points, looks to go baseline against Cranford during big Union County Conference, Mountain Division contest.

Webb’s Buzzer-Beater Difference
In Propelling Cranford Past R.C.
By JR Parachini
For sidelinechatter.com

ROSELLE – Jamie Webb began the fourth quarter driving to the lane for two and ended the period doing the same.
What made the second of those layups special was that it went in right at the buzzer to propel the Cougars past undefeated and state-ranked Roselle Catholic 49-47 Saturday afternoon in a thrilling Union County Conference-Mountain Division girls’ basketball contest at Roselle Catholic’s Lions Den.
Cranford came to Roselle Catholic and handed the Lions their first loss after an 8-0 start, limiting the Lions to their second-lowest offensive output of the season. Last year the Cougars defeated a 9-0 Lion squad here at Roselle Catholic 44-33, holding the home team to its lowest output of the season up to that point.
It was déjà vu all over again.
“We always give them their first loss and we even did so two years ago,” said the right-handed No. 15 Webb, the senior finishing with 15 points after banking in a lefty layup from the left side off a pass from freshman Jessica McCoy for the winning points. “We seemed all calm, cool and collected when they were up by 11, but we just came into the fourth quarter and we know that’s our best quarter.”
Cranford won its second straight to improve to 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the UCC’s Mountain Division. Roselle Catholic fell to 8-1 overall and is now 6-1 in the Mountain Division.
After Roselle Catholic senior Allison Skrec scored the final two points of a career-tying 31 with her 18th and 19th free throws in 23 attempts – the Lions made 27 of 39 for 72 percent, but made only nine field goals off six assists – Cranford came down with the ball with nine seconds left.
“I didn’t want to call a timeout there because I didn’t want to disrupt our rhythm,” third-year Cranford head coach Jackie Huber said.
Freshman Jessica McCoy, with the ball past half court, got it to Webb at the left side of the lane. Webb took the pass, dribbled and then put it up right away, the ball hitting squarely inside the box on the glass and falling in – “Hoosiers” style.
“I was thinking that it had to go in,” said Webb, who is clearly Cranford’s go-to player and was her team’s leading scorer Saturday.
One day McCoy, who also had three steals in the fourth quarter and totaled three blocks and five rebounds, may become that player. She stepped up big-time for a freshman on the court of a team that had not lost yet, is the defending Union County Tournament champion, returns four starters and is ranked among the elite teams in the state.
Roselle Catholic finished 22-4 last year, winning its second UCT crown, while Cranford went 18-11, won three straight road playoff games and did quite well to reach the Central Jersey, Group 2 championship game.
“I was so tired because I’ve been sick for our last three games and have had to come out a lot,” Webb said. “I really wanted to win it right there and it felt really good.”
There was just enough space for Webb to drive and put the ball up once she received the game-winning assist from McCoy. Webb disclosed that it was her first buzzer-beater basket – a sports moment she will remember for a long time.
“I always feel lucky going with my left hand, even though I’m right-handed,” Webb said. “I feel more confident with my left hand, so I just went to the left.”
Roselle Catholic led by four or five points for most of the way until going on the game’s first real run at the end of the third quarter, finishing the period 7-0 to take its biggest lead at 42-31.
Cranford scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 42-36 after Webb’s layup and a lefty layup and free throw by sophomore Morgan Miller.
In between Webb’s basket and the points by Miller, Roselle Catholic took a minute off the clock by completing 16 straight passes before McCoy came up with a big steal.
“I don’t think we slowed it down in the sense of we thought the game was over or we had enough points,” Roselle Catholic 14 th-year head coach Joe Skrec said. “We slowed it down first and they came out of their zone. Maybe we should have attacked the zone a bit.”
The Cougars continued to chip away at the lead and pulled to within four at 45-41 on two McCoy free throws.
Roselle Catholic junior forward Melissa Tobie then missed two free throws after she was fouled by Webb, which was her fourth with 2:54 remaining.
After a Cranford turnover, Tobie missed a layup that was rebounded by Webb, who also finished with nine boards and one steal.
Then Cranford senior Taylor D’Antico came up big, nailing her second 3-point basket of the game – this one from the right side - to make it 45-44. At that point, Roselle Catholic took a timeout with 2:13 left.
A heads-up play by Morgan, with her assisting a Roselle Catholic player in touching the ball and turning it over – RC’s fifth turnover of the fourth quarter – gave Cranford back the ball with 1:51 left.
Webb was then fouled by Tobie, which was her fourth. Tobie played aggressive for the Lions and finished with 10 points.
Webb made her first free throw to tie the game for only the second of three times and first time since 2-2, making the score 45-45. She then made her second to give Cranford only its second lead at 46-45 and first since a 2-0 advantage when McCoy began the game with a layup on the left side of the basket.
Roselle Catholic quickly committed its sixth turnover on a backcourt violation with 1:39 to go. At that point, Cranford was 5-for-5 from the free throw line in the fourth and Roselle Catholic only 3-for-8.
Now on a 15-3 run after trailing by 11 at 42-31 when the fourth quarter commenced, Cranford passed the ball around 15 times before the 16 th went out of bounds for a critical turnover.
Roselle Catholic senior point guard Jenny Malone then passed to senior shooter Meghan Faughnan, who had an outstanding look for a 3-pointer on the left side of the basket. Faughnan let go and it looked like the shot might go in.
However, it bounced off the rim, with Miller grabbing the huge rebound and immediately getting fouled by Skrec - her third – with just 19 seconds remaining.
Faughnan made only one shot, which was her first 3-point attempt that gave Roselle Catholic a 7-2 lead in the first quarter. Averaging more than 10 points, she was held to a season-low three points.
Miller made her first free throw to increase Cranford’s lead to 47-45, but missed her second, with Faughnan coming down with the rebound.
Once Roselle Catholic got the ball past half court, coach Skrec called his last timeout with just 12 seconds remaining.
Malone then got the ball to Tobie, who drove to the right side of the basket. Tobie then passed to Skrec, who tried to score underneath from the left side, but was fouled by Cranford senior Danielle Gross.
Skrec then made both of her free throws to tie the game at 47-47.
Then McCoy got the ball to Webb and Cranford was able to come away with one of its biggest wins in some time.
Cranford outscored Roselle Catholic 18-5 on its home court in the crucial fourth quarter after being outscored 14-11, 10-9 and 18-11 in the first three quarters.
“It was a great win for Cranford, a great performance,” Skrec said. “We didn’t want to stop shooting, but that’s what we did. We’re a pretty balanced team and have a lot of threats on the court.
“Today, we might have been looking to just one person often or stopped looking to score in general. That came back to haunt us a bit.”
“ Cranford played a very strong game and had a very, very good fourth quarter. They made a lot of shots and we didn’t.
“We had too many empty possessions in the fourth quarter. Cranford had something to do with that and, unfortunately, so did we.”
Roselle Catholic did not make a field goal in the fourth quarter – which happened for the first time this year – and scored all five of its points on free throws by Skrec (2), Tobie (2) and Malone.
D’Antico, who will play soccer in college at Western Carolina and who helped lead the Cranford girls’ soccer team to this season’s UCT championship, finished with eight points and four rebounds.
“We knew that they were undefeated and that gave us motivation and everything we needed to come out here and play hard in order to beat them,” D’Antico said. “When they were holding the ball we had to find a way to get it and had to man mark them in order to get it back.
“It’s a really good feeling knowing that they were an undefeated team and we were capable of coming back from being down and beating them.”
Like with Roselle Catholic, Huber preaches defense first with her Cougars.
“What makes us a good team, from the beginning we do not back down,” Huber said. “We do not stop and we play with heart every second on the floor.
“We do have our lapses sometimes, like every team does, but they kept fighting and kept pressuring the ball and forced them to turn the ball over and then on offense we just did the right thing.
“We are more of a second half team. Against Roselle, we were down by 17 and then went on a 20-5 fourth quarter run and ended up losing by two (52-50).
“In the fourth quarter when the girls know that they are down, they also know that they have to really fight for it.”
NOTES: It seems like Roselle Catholic has Roselle’s number – 2-0 vs. the Rams this year, while Roselle has Cranford’s number – 2-0 vs. the Cougars last year and one win already this year, while Cranford has Roselle Catholic’s number to some extent – 2-1 vs. the Lions in conference play last year and this year so far.
Skrec first scored 31 in a game earler this year, which was Roselle Catholic’s 61-52 home win over Roselle Dec. 30 in the Roselle Catholic Holiday Tournament championship contest.
Skrec also scored a game-high 21 points to reach 1,000 on the nose in Roselle Catholic’s convincing 50-26 conference home triumph over Governor Livingston Thursday night.
“I give Webb credit for her play and Allison also made two clutch free throws at the end,” coach Skrec said. “Instead of becoming aggressive after the third quarter we became passive and we’re not usually like that.
“We have to tip our hat to Cranford.”
Cranford ’s 44-33 win at Roselle Catholic last year saw the Cougars ahead for most of the game. Saturday’s 49-47 win at Roselle Catholic was the opposite, with the Cougars trailing for most of the contest.
“I thought we executed well at the end and we can take some positives from that,” coach Skrec said. “Meghan had a good look on her 3 (near the end) and that was a shot that she makes many times.”
Roselle Catholic will next battle North 2, Group 4 foe Piscataway Sunday at 4 p.m. at Kean University in Union and will then face non-league foe Summit Tuesday night at home at 7. The UCC-Watchung Division-leading Hilltoppers began the weekend at 7-0.
Cranford will next play at Watchung Division rival Linden Tuesday at 4 p.m. and then face UCC-Valley Division foe Brearley Thursday night at 7 in Kenilworth.
When Cranford beat Roselle Catholic last year it was the third of four consecutive road games for the Cougars. This year it was third of five straight.
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE-MOUNTAIN DIVISION GAME
CRANFORD (7-2, 4-2) 11 9 11 18 - 49
ROSELLE CATHOLIC (8-1, 6-1) 14 10 18 5 - 47
 
CRANFORD (49): Jamie Webb 5-0-5-15, Jessica McCoy 3-0-5-11, Taylor D’Antico 0-2-2-8, Danielle Gross 1-0-0-2, Morgan Miller 2-1-1-8, Jenna Goeller 0-0-0-0, Sara Gugliuci 0-1-0-3, Kaitlin McGovern 0-0-1-1. Totals: 11-4-15-49.
Starters: Webb, McCoy, D’Antico, Miller, Gross.
ROSELLE CATHOLIC (47): Jenny Malone 0-0-1-1, Allison Skrec 6-0-19-31, Meghan Faughnan 0-1-0-3, Melissa Tobie 2-0-6-10, Anthonia Ajumobi 0-0-2-2, Betina Petit 0-0-0-0. Totals: 8-1-28-47.
Starters: Skrec, Malone, Faughnan, Tobie, Ajumobi.

Cranford's Jamie Webb (15) releases shot against Roselle Catholic during Saturday's contest.

Cranford Coach Jackie Huber patrols the Cougars' sideline during Saturday's big game at R.C.

Roselle Catholic's veteran coach Joe Skrec, arms folded, observes the action courtside.