Payback is sweet.
During the football season it was Nottingham running back Kendrick Williams who led his team to a victory over PHS. However, last night Princeton running back and starting guard Josh Gordon turned the tables. It is the 5'9" Williams who also makes the Nottingham basketball team go but last night he was held scoreless in the first half on his way to scoring only six points for the game as PHS continued its strong early season play with a 37 point rout of the visiting Northstars.
Nottingham was coming off a 2 point win against North Brunswick, the team that PHS plays on Saturday. PHS was coming off a win against Hopewell Valley, but it was Nottingham who left defeated.
PHS's defensive pressure was on display for all 32 minutes. The Little Tigers held Nottingham to only 16 first half points. But what made this game such an outstanding show of force was the fact that the only thing stronger than the defense, was the offense.
At the end of the first quarter, PHS led 20-11, at the end of the second quarter 36-16, and at the end of the third quarter expanded the lead to 62-26.
PHS was able to exploit the youth, inexperience and height advantage it had over Nottingham. The Northstars had match up problems from the opening tip-off with AJ Dowers at 6' 8'' and Skye Ettin at 6' 4" and a starting lineup with four starters six feet tall and under.
DeQuan Holman led the scoring with 18 points and kept up his tremendous defense with 6 steals. AJ Dowers, continuing his dominating streak scored 16 points and had 5 rebounds and Skye Ettin scored 11 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.
Although the foul shooting still needs some work, it appears as though PHS is right where it wants to be heading into a tough out of conference road game against North Brunswick on Saturday January 10 at 2:00.
Extra Notes: Steven Fuchs provided a spark coming off the bench and in the process scored his first points of the season. Everyone on the varsity team has now scored this season.
By Jamie Peretzman
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