JANUARY 18 - SPRINGFIELD, MA – Julius Avent recorded a team high, career-high 33 points to help BC defeat Central Catholic of Massachusetts 80-76 in overtime on Saturday as a part of the HoopHall Showcase.  It was Avent's second 30+ point output, one of just 12 such efforts since December 2014.  Julius had 18 second-half points and scored 5 of BC's 11 in overtime to help the Crusaders break a 69-point deadlock at the end of regulation.
     Alex Mazzella turned in 12 points with 8 important points in the second quarter to help keep the game within reach.  He knocked down a pair of clutch field goals, one in the fourth quarter and one in overtime.
     BC was in a 12-point hole at the end of the half with CC scoring 29 second-quarter points.  The BC defense clamped down in the third to close the lead to 3 in the third.  They went onto outscore their New England foe by 7 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
     Jaden Brown scored 11 of his 18 points in the second half, plus three in the extra period. 
     BC is now 12-2 overall on the season.  They travel to DePaul Catholic before returning home to host Paramus Catholic HS on Thursday.
 

TEAM	1	2	3	4	OT	FINAL
BC (12-2)	13	17	16	23	11	80
CC (MA) (8-3)	13	29	7	20	7	76

 

NAME	2PT	3PT	FTM	FTA	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
Brandon McMillan	2	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0
Sean Forbes	1	0	1	2	3	9	7	0	1
Jaden Brown	6	0	6	12	18	8	4	2	0
Alex Mazzella	3	2	0	1	12	1	1	0	2
Julius Avent	12	2	3	4	33	8	1	1	0
Shane Jacobs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Brown	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jahlil Owusu	3	0	0	0	6	1	3	1	1
Owen Wucherpfennig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kieran Quinn	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Totals:	27	5	20	21	80	33	16	4	5

CRUSADER HIGH SCORERS

POINTS	PLAYER	HAN	OPPONENT	DATE
40	George Dennerlein	A	North Rockland (NY)	2/15/75
38	Will Richardson	A	Paramus Catholic	2/15/22
37	Jim Moye	A	Ramapo (NY)	12/19/73
35	Zach Freemantle	N	Newark Eastside	3/15/19
35	Doug Edert	H	Bergen Tech	2/2/19
34	Will Richardson	A	Teaneck	1/25/22
34	Justin Salem	N	Mission Bay (CA)	12/29/14
34	Bob Hoehl	A	St. Cecilia	1/4/59
34	Mike Pedone	A	Montclair	1/14/89
33	Julius Avent	N	Central Catholic (MA)	1/18/26
33	Jim Ward	A	Essex Catholic	3/8/78
31	Zach Freemantle	H	Dwight Englewood	2/9/18
30	Julius Avent	A	Roselle Catholic	2/13/25
30	Declan Wucherpfennig	A	Ramapo	12/19/24
30	Will Richardson	N	St. Raymond's (NY)	1/1/20
30	Doug Edert	H	St. Joseph Regional	3/6/19
30	Justin Salem	A	Teaneck	1/8/15
30	Greg Martin	A	Hudson (FL)	12/28/83