Aaron Estrada (30 points) and Woodbury were too much for Point Beach in the fourth quarter as a championship season came to an end for the Garnet Gulls.
Mohamed Traore, Danny Frauenheim and Trevor Covey led Point Beach to a 53-47 overtime win over Burlington City to claim the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I title.
Point Beach and Burlington City return most of their rosters from last year's sectional quarterfinal showdown. Point Beach's group hopes to exact revenge and add a title to their list of accomplishments.
Danny Frauenheim passed Matt Farrell for the program's all-time assist record and after a 63-42 win over New Egypt, his team is one win away from a sectional championship.
Trevor Covey joined the 1,000-point club and combined with teammates Mohamed Traore and Danny Frauenheim to take down Colts Neck on the road and advance to the SCT quarterfinals.
POINT PLEASANT BEACH - During its four-game losing streak leading up to a Shore Conference Class B Central showdown with St. Rose on Wednesday, the Point Pleasant Beach boys basketball twice nearly rallied from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit to nearly pull out a win...
Five years ago, Point Beach boys basketball coach Nick Catania was trying to tell any college coach from a power conference who would listen that he had a point guard who would make their program very happy if they would just give him a chance...
MIDDLETOWN - A 35-point loss on opening night could be a demoralizing experience for any basketball team and for a few hours, at least, Point Pleasant Beach felt that way about their opening-night rout at the hands of Ranney.
Within 24 hours, however, the Garnet Gulls turned that loss from a demoralizing blow to their early-season psyche into motivation and it has helped fuel them ever since...
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Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase
Saturday, Jan. 7
At Collins Arena at Brookdale Community College
Game 5: No. 5 Point Beach vs. No. 6 Manasquan, 6:40 p.m.
The 2016-17 season could not have started much different for Point Pleasant Beach than it did for Manasquan – the two teams that will square off against one another in Tuesday’s Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase at Brookdale Community College...
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