CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders girls varsity basketball team returned to their home floor, looking for a rebound win after a crushing 38-37 loss to Jonathan Dayton HS in overtime. Standing in their way was the Union High School Farmers as the two teams duked it out on the court.
It got tricky for Johnson, who was called for six fouls in the opening eight minutes, leading Johnson to have to put other players on the floor to keep the key starters away from accumulating too many fouls.
Enter freshman Angela Aromando.
She saw extended minutes on the floor with foul counts high on certain players in the first half. She scored 12 points, including two three-pointers as the Crusaders defeated the Farmers 50-36 Thursday night in Clark.
Aromando, who sees most time on the floor on the junior varsity team, wasted no time after receiving the ball during her team’s possessions. She hit a key shot early in the second quarter and drained a deep three-pointer to help her team regain momentum after Union continued to play Johnson hard in the early stages of the game.
“Personally, it’s very exciting because we have a great coach,” Aromando said. “He teaches us to go from the [junior varsity] level. I’m a freshman and he gave me a really good transition from JV to varsity. I really had fun playing out there.”
Again, in the fourth quarter, with Union trimming Johnson’s lead to as much as 39-32, Aromando gave her team a spark when it was needed the most. She scored seven straight points for her team, following a basket from freshman Domenika Kosiek.
Two baskets and a three-pointer later from Aromando, Johnson’s lead grew to 48-34 with 2:12 left in the fourth quarter.
“She was feeling it,” Johnson head coach Joe Marino said about Aromando’s offensive performance on the night. “It was leaving [the ball] in her hands and we weren’t going to stop her from shooting. She was on the money.”
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