After being down 24-11 at one point, Roxbury went on a 44-21 run to close out the game as the Gaels defaeted West Morris 55-45 at home in a non-conference game last night. 10 different players scored for Roxbury, led by Phil Desmond with 14. James D'Angelo sunk four 3s as he led all scorers with 27 points for West Morris. This was the second time the teams met this season, the first being on January 5th, a 50-44 win for the Gaels.

The first quarter was all Wolfpack. D'Angelo had sunk a pair of 3s in the first 3 minutes and the score was 8-1 West Morris right out of the gate. Roxbury struggled mightily from the field in the opening quarter, with the only field goal being a Ryan Kelley trifecta.with 45 seconds left. A D'Angelo steal led to a lay-up at the buzzer making the score 17-6 West Morris at the end of one. A Tom Cabarle jumper would expand the Wolfpack to 13 in the second, but Roxbury went on an 11-0 run capped of by a Angelo Mangiro 3 point play to bring the score back to 24-22. The Pack would lead 26-22 at the break.

With 4 minutes remaining in the third, Roxbury's Michael Giordano gave Roxbury its first lead at 30-29 after sinking a 3 in the corner. The teams traded buckets for the rest of the quarter as the Gaels led 40-36 going into the 4th quarter. A 7-0 run by Roxbury to start the 4th pretty much capped the game. Another Giordano rainmaker made it 47-36 with 6 minutes remaining. West Morris would draw no closer than 6 the rest of the way.

Roxbury (14-7) travels to rival Randolph Tuesday night, where a large crowd is expected, in a NJAC-American contest & West Morris (13-10) hosts Mount Olive Tuesday night.