The Cresskill Cougars and the Cliffside Park Raiders will round out the year against one another at at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Saturday, Cresskill made easy work of Emerson and carried off a 63-39 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cougars have posted against the Cavaliers since January 13, 2020.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Cliffside Park's strategy against Bergenfield on Saturday. Cliffside Park blew past Bergenfield 68-42. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Raiders had established a 22 point advantage.
Cliffside Park's win came from a few key players Cresskill will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Thomas Calabrese, who posted 27 points in addition to seven assists and six boards. Those seven assists gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamil Gonzalez, who went 6 of 10 on his way to 21 points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Cresskill's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Cliffside Park, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
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