CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders girls varsity basketball team return home to take on North Hunterdon HS in the first round of the Fifth Annual Crusader Christmas Tournament on Thursday, December 27 at 2:30 p.m.
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North Hunterdon-Johnson is just about more than an hour away from the start of gametime.
Checking in from Arthur L. Johnson High School, on site for the game.
Starters for North Hunterdon: Kirsten Newsome, Maria Newsome, Nikki Alexatos, Sam VanBelle, Alexa Vasile
Starters for Johnson: Bailey Rosenmeier, Cecilia Puentes, Lily Gull, Ally Bowen, Domenika Kosiek
We are officially underway.
North Hunterdon out to a 7-4 lead with 6:12 left in the first quarter.
Fast-paced start here, as North Hunterdon leads 17-16 with 1:10 left in the first quarter.
End 1: Johnson leads North Hunterdon 18-17
Johnson holds a 29-25 lead with 2:32 left in the second quarter. Fast-paced action again from the first quarter.
North Hunterdon battles back to take a 34-33 lead at halftime. Lions got some more shots in there.
For Johnson, Domenika Kosiek leads the way with nine points. Ally Bowen has eight points. Bailey Rosenmeier, Cecilia Puentes and Chelsea Kessock each have four points.
For North Hunterdon, Nikki Alesatos has 17 points.
Second half underway.
North Hunterdon appears to have taken offensive momentum here. Ahead 44-38 with 1:03 left in the third quarter.
44-40 North Hunterdon through three quarters.
North Hunterdon leads 48-45 with 6:13 left in the fourth quarter.
Lions stretch it to 51-45 with 6:05 left in the fourth quarter.
North Hunterdon leads 53-50 with 4:10 left in the fourth quarter. Johnson battling right back in a good one.
56-51 North Hunterdon with 2:34 left in the fourth quarter.
56-53 North Hunterdon with 1:28 left in the fourth quarter.
North Hunterdon holds on to win 60-55.
Johnson will play Rahway in consolation match tomorrow 1:00 PM. North Hunterdon will play South Plainfield in championship game tomorrow 2:30 PM.