CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders boys varsity basketball team returns to their home floor to take on Oratory Prep HS on Tuesday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m.
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The game will start after the girls home opener.
Warmups underway for the boys.
Starters for Oratory Prep: Peter Byrne, Casey McKee, Declan McKee, Chris Morrison, Tommy Conniff
Starters for Johnson: Brandon Hund, Eric Bretz, Marcos Castro, Tino Puentes, Matt O’Connor
We are officially underway.
Oratory Prep with an 11-9 lead with 1:02 left in the first quarter.
Johnson and Oratory Prep are tied 11-11 after the first quarter.
Johnson leads 16-11 with 4:04 left in the second quarter.
27-21 Oratory Prep at halftime. A few technical fouls called on Johnson didn’t help the matter any.
Second half underway.
Close game. Johnson leads 28-27 with 4:33 left in the second quarter.
Oratory Prep grabs the lead, 31-28 with 1:12 left in the third quarter.
Oratory Prep leads 37-28 after the third quarter. A 7-0 Johnson run is followed up by a 10-0 Oratory Prep run.
Early foul trouble appears to have caught up with Johnson in that quarter. Key players couldn’t go at it with a risk of fouling out.
A 6-0 run to open up the fourth quarter and it’s now 37-34 Oratory Prep with 5:58 left.
Oratory Prep with a 41-39 lead with 3:12 left.
Johnson now ahead 49-45 with 0:28 left. Big stops and big scores.
Final: Johnson defeats Oratory Prep 50-45