Cougars head into tomorrow night's showdown with Cherokee after winning last three

Tomorrow night, January 5th, the Cougars will travel to Marlton, NJ to take on the number one ranked team in South Jersey, Cherokee at 7 PM. It should be an interesting matchup, especially if the Cougars are able to keep the game close. It goes without saying that an upset would be huge, which would push their conference record to 1-1 and their overall record to 4-2. The Cougars are currently 3-2.

As for the past three games, sorry to all of the followers out there for the lack of updates. All of the contributors to the blog were away for the vacation.

During winter break, the Cougars earned three much needed wins against Gloucester Catholic, Williamstown, and Leap Academy, with scores of 48-39, 61-57, and 110-59 respectively.

Top performers for each game are below:

In the Gloucester Catholic game, Chris Santo ('11) had his usual high scoring game as he poured in a game high 19. Marc Schlessel ('12) hit two big threes en route to his 15 points, and guard Seth Friedman ('10) dished out six assists.

The Williamstown game was quite a thriller, as it went into overtime. The Cougars outscored the Braves 8-4 in the extra period, which earned them the win. The Cougars shot well from the line, going 16-20 as a team. Santo once again led all scorers with 22 points on 9-14 shooting for two point field goals. He also had 7 boards and 4 assists. Friedman also came up huge, going 4-7 from the three point line and had six assists.

In the final game of break, the Cougars game out on fire. Ten different players scored, with Santo leading the charge with 43 points. Starting guard Ben Gerstein ('10) had a huge offensive game scoring 20 points. Guard Sam Rose ('11) also made a significant contribution with 9 points off the bench.