Third on high school basketball's career wins list, Bob Hurley enters his 44th season with the Friars.
Video: Early Contenders - St. Anthony
MaxPreps 2015-16 High School Basketball Early Contenders, Presented by Dick's Sporting Goods and Under Armour
Head coach: Bob Hurley (1,130-119 career record)
2014-15 record: 28-2
State association: New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association
Enrollment: 250
2015-16 St. Anthony basketball team
Photo by Richard Ta
Players to Watch
Kaleb Bishop (6-7, Sr., G/F) … Committed to Fairleigh Dickinson
R.J. Cole (5-8, Jr., G) … Transfer from Newark Tech
Shyquan Gibbs (6-0, Sr., G) … Committed to New Jersey Institute of Technology
Asante Gist (5-11, 170, Sr., G) … Offers from Rutgers, Seton Hall
Daniel Mading (6-9, Jr., F) … Played last year at The Rock School in Gainesville, Fla.
Jagan Mosely (6-3, Sr., G) … Committed to Georgetown
Oscar Okeke (6-10, Jr., C) … Native of Nigeria
Guard Jagan Mosely
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Key Dates
Dec. 18 –
Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.) Sol at Hoophall West
Dec. 19 –
Shadow Mountain (Phoenix) at Hoophall West
Dec. 27-29 – Skyline Classic
Jan. 16 – vs.
The Patrick School (Elizabeth, N.J.) at Dan Finn Classic
Jan. 18 – vs.
Bentonville (Ark.) at Spalding Hoophall Classic
Guard/forward Kaleb Bishop
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Friar Storylines
* Hurley — also the school president — has been at it for over 40 years at St. Anthony. He's piled up 1,130 career wins, which is good for third on the all-time list (as compiled by the NFHS Record Book). Only Robert Hughes of Fort Worth, Texas with 1,333 wins and Morgan Wootten of
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) with 1,274 wins have more. Recent comments by Hurley suggest he has no plans of stepping aside any time soon.
* Strong guard play has been a trademark of great St. Anthony teams under Hurley. While it may not quite be the Jio Fontan-Mike Rosario-Tyshawn Taylor-Travon Woodall backcourt for the 2007-08 national championship team, Georgetown commitment Mosely leads a deep group of perimeter players.
* Mading, who will be joined by freshman brother Marial at St. Anthony this year, is a certified basketball traveler. Born in Sudan, he moved with his family to Perth, Australia in 2002. Last year he made the jump to the United States and played for The Rock in Florida before winding up in the Garden State for the 2015-16 season.
View gallery of preseason Early Contenders photo shoot with St. Anthony
Head coach Bobby Hurley has been coaching for over 40 years at St. Anthony and is one of the nation's winningest all-time high school basketball coaches.
Photo by Richard Ta
