Pat Lacey

After dropping three games to Wall last year - including a sectional championship game in overtime - Neptune finally paid its rival back with a hard-earned win on Wednesday.

Wall won't have a chance to capture a third straight NJSIAA sectional championship this year, but the Crimson Knights have the senior talent to make plenty of noise again in 2021.

For the second straight year, a historic season for Wall boys basketball ended at Brick Memorial in the Group III semifinal, this time to Timber Creek in overtime.

Wall erased a five-point deficit in the final 40 seconds of regulation and pulled out a 56-51 win over rival Neptune to win its second straight Central Group III championship.

A red-hot second half propelled Moorestown to its first group final since 1960 and ended Wall's deepest NJSIAA tournament run in 46 years.

Red Bank Catholic won a back-and-forth, double-overtime thriller over Wall to snap out of a slump and reach the program's first SCT quarterfinal in 25 years.

After two failed tries, the third time was the charm for Wall, which clinched the B North title Monday with a win over Colts Neck.