CBA conceded two penalty kicks in the final five minutes but rallied to beat Jackson Memorial in penalty kicks on the road, advancing to the SCT semifinals.
Ranney's big three of Scottie Lewis, Bryan Antoine and Ahmadu Sarnor carried the Panthers past Manasquan for the program's second straight Shore Conference Tournament title.
No. 1 Ranney aims to make the SCT final the coronation most expected heading into the season, but an emerging Manasquan powerhouse has designs on spoiling the celebration Saturday night.
The Shore Conference Basketball Tournament ends on Saturday with the Boys and Girls Championship games at the OceanFirst Bank Center on the campus of Monmouth University.
Bryan Antoine led five Ranney players in double-figures with 20 points and the defending champs coasted past No. 4 Freehold Township and into the SCT title game at Monmouth for the second straight year.
The top four seeds in the Shore Conference Boys Basketball Tournament have advanced to tonight’s semifinals in Toms River with both games to be streamed live on shoresportsnetwork.com as well as our Facebook page.
The finals of the Shore Conference Basketball Tournament has in recent years been one of the toughest tickets to get and there’s no reason to expect anything different when the Shore’s best teams meet at Monmouth University’s OceanFirst Bank Center on Saturday night.
Leilani Correa did a lot of everything for Manchester Tuesday to help the Hawks upend St. Rose and reach the Shore Conference Tournament final for the first time ever.