Dean Breirley scored 20 and Tom Killian scored 16 for Delbarton as the Green Wave defeated Roxbury, 74-57, in front of a packed house in Roxbury last night. Delbarton jumped out to an early first quarter lead and never looked back en route to the sixth straight win and a 7-0 conference record. Phil Desmond led Roxbury with 17 points.
Spurred by a few Killian lay-ups, a three from Breirley, and a jumper by Mitch Lawrence put the Green Wave up 9-0 within 2 minutes. A three from Mike Giordano and Desmond later in the quarter made the score 20-11 Delbarton after one. Giordano sunk two more from behind the arc in the second quarter but the Green Wave extended their lead at the break, 36-23.
Delbarton began to pull away in the third quarter. Receiving 10 from Breirley and 8 from Killian, Delbarotn extended their lead once more to 63-39 at the end of three. By the fourth quarter, the Roxbury bench had cleared. Juniors Nick Manzo and Ike Iloh led the Gaels on a run that cut the deficit in half to 12 points with 4 minutes to go. Delbarton was able to put the run down by going on a 6-0 spurt and the game ended with the score 74-57.
Delbarton (9-3) travels to Chatham on Saturday and Roxbury (8-4) hosts Par Hills Tuesday Night.