Randolph used an 11-2 spurt in the final two and a half minutes to break a 46 all tie to defeat Roxbury, 57-48, in an NJAC-American matchup Tuesday night in Randolph. An enormous crowd from each school was on hand to watch Kyle Aiken score 18 points &Mike Grillo score 12 on their senior night. Michael Giordano, who sank four 3s, and Angelo Mangiro led the Gaels with 12 apiece. Phil Desmond also added 11 for Roxbury.

The Rams came out hitting on all cylinders to start this game, quickly jumping out 9-3 before you could blink. A pair of Colin McMahon jumpers in the final minute made the score 19-9 Rams after a quarter. Roxbury's offense woke up in the second, receiving 6 from Desmond. A Mangiro layup with 3 minutes remaining in the half put the Gaels up 30-28. A Desmond left wing jumper as time expired put the Gaels up 32-28 at the half.

Midway through the third quarter, Roxbury held a 40-36 lead. Desmond had a breakaway to the hoop after a steal but was rejected by Aiken going up to the basket. Not only did Aiken keep the ball in play, he went coast to coast until finding a wide open Kevin Farrell on the block to make it 40-38. Randolph regained the lead after three quarters of play, 42-41. A Mangiro layup with two & a half minutes to go evened the game at 46. On the ensuing possession, Randolph's Tunde Agunbiade hit a foul liner jumper to put the Rams up 2. After a Farrell free throw and a missed 3 pointer by Roxbury, Aiken flew up the court once m  ...Read More

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.
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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.

Roxbury needed and received a Phil Desmond 3-pointer in the corner with 4.7 seconds left to force overtime, as the Gaels beat West Morris 50-44 last night in Long Valley. A very low scoring game, the points were tied at 40 going into the OT. Desmond finished with 13, Angelo Mangiro and Shaun O' Donnell had 12. Tom Cabarle led West Morris with 17 points.

The Highlanders got off to a good start, quickly went on a 7-0 run to start the game, with a pair of fadeaways from Zach Nolan. Roxbury was able to come right back though and led 14-11 after a quarter of play. Cabarle was on fire in the second, sinking 4 jumpers, including 2 trifectas, to put West Morris up 6 with 3 minutes remaining in the half. Roxbury was able to cut it to 24-22 at the break.

West Morris was able to go back up six at the end of three, 35-29, thanks to 7 points from Ed McCracken. It was more of the same in the fourth until the final two minutes. Trailing 38-34 with 45 seconds left, Mangiro kicked out to Mike Giordano, who hit a 3 in the far corner making it a one point game. After the foul, James D' Angelo connected on two foul shots putting West Morris back up by 3.

Desmond then received the inbound in the near corner, had two defenders on him, was fouled, and still was able to drain the three to tie the game. Desmond hit the front iron on the free throw, so we were going to overtime tied at 40. A Mangiro lay up and a Giordano 3 to start the OT sealed the win for the Gaels, w  ...Read More

Football season is not over yet! At least not to Roxbury and Montville's basketball teams. This game had 7 technical fouls, 2 ejections, and numerous stoppages of play by the officials as Roxbury battled it out to a 68-50 win in the first NJAC Basketball game ever played in Montville.

Roxbury received 22 points from Phil Desmond, 19 from Shaun O'Donnell, and 15 from Angelo Mangiro. Montville received 23 points from outstanding freshman Jon Schreer, playing in his first high school basketball game.

The Gaels jumped ahead early with Mangiro scoring the first 7 points of the season, including his 3rd career 3-pointer from the top of the key for the 6’4”, 300 pounder. Montville closed to 17-14 to end the quarter, thanks to a pair of 3’s by Schreer. After Mustang guard Brian Keene sunk a top of the key 3 to make it 20-20, Roxbury went on an 11-3 run to close the half making it 31-23 Gaels at the break.

The third quarter was wild to say the least. O'Donnell scored 8 points to widen the lead at 44-29 with 4 minutes to go. As Desmond went to set a screen for PG Kevin Bischoff, Keene rammed into his chest knocking Desmond down. The official immediately tossed Keane from the game. He finished with 11 points.

After a few more technicals were given out to each team, the next ejection occurred when a Montville player apparently has a scuffle with a Roxbury player. Roxbury would run out the clock to end the game at 68-50.

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