The Cliffside Park Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Morris Central Wolfpack at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cliffside Park will be strutting in after a win while West Morris Central will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, Cliffside Park had just enough and edged McNair Academic out 46-44. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Cliffside Park.
Cliffside Park's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jerelz Ortiz, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Ken Hunter, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, West Morris Central pushed their score all the way to 62 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Phillipsburg 68-62. While losing is never fun, West Morris Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while Phillipsburg is ranked 15th).
Cliffside Park has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-11 record this season. As for West Morris Central, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-12.
Cliffside Park took a serious blow against West Morris Central in their previous matchup back in March of 2020, falling 85-44. Thankfully for Cliffside Park, Christian Cevis (who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 assists) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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