In the final game before playoff seeding, East beat Seneca locking up the number two spot throughout the playoffs resulting in all home games until the final round if they reach it.
The game started out close as the score was 3-2 Seneca through one minute of play, but after that East stopped slacking and went on a 16-5 run to end the quarter. Chris Santo ('11) only score two points in the quarter. The majority of the quarter points came from Dan Melleby ('11) and Jake Gurkin ('12) who each had seven.
The second quarter was even more pathetic than the first as East outscored Seneca 23-2 behing Santo's 13 points. Standing out in the half was Sam Rose ('11) dishing out seven assists in just 11 minutes, and Gurkin stealing the ball for his career high five times. Santo had yet to miss a shot going 6-6 from the field.
Seneca almost had as many fouls (8) as they did points (10) in the first half.
Opening up the third quarter East made two quick baskets to extend their dominant lead to 35. Seneca finally scored a point after being held scoreless for nine minutes by the Cougars' fantastic defensive playing. They went on to score four points in this quarter to East's 18 totaling the score after three quarters to 57-14.
At this point, legendary Coach John Valore took out all starters except for Santo. Gurkin had a career night leading East at this time with 18 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals. Marc Schlessel ('12) scored only eight points, but defensively he was unbeatable grabbing seven rebounds. Rose ended the game with 8 assists and Melleby added on 11 points along with five steals and four assists.
The bench players came in for the fourth quarter, showing East's great depth of a team behind seniors Edou Zaken, Justin De Jesus and Alex Kauth who scored 2, 2 and 3 respectively.
Santo added 11 points this quarter totaling 31 for the game without missing a two pointer. He also grabbed six rebounds, five steals and four assists.
Stats of the game:
Santo- 9-9 from two, 3-6 from three for 31 points
Schlessel- 8 points, 7 rebounds
Gurkin- 7-12 from the field with 18 points, 11 rebounds 7 steals and two blocks*
Rose- 8 assists
Zaken- 2 points 2 assits
Melleby- 11 points, three rebounds five steals and four assists
De Jesus- 2 points and three rebounds with one blocked shot
Kauth- 2 points
Spiegler- 3 points**
Davis- 1 assist
Player of the game: Jake Gurkin. He proved he is dominant in all aspects defensively grabbing his career high 7 steals. Gurkin is known for his blocking and rebounding ability but he showed he can simply do it all.
*-career high
**-Spiegler made his first shot in his two year career
Come see East play Lenape today February 8 at home as the winner will lock up the Olympic Conference.
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