The St. Joseph Wildcats will take on Pennsauken Tech in a tournament on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
If Pennsauken Tech heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when St. Joseph took over last week. The stars were shining brightly for St. Joseph in a 65-48 victory over Pleasantville on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pennsauken Tech). They came out on top against Camden County Vo-Tech by a score of 63-56 on Saturday.
St. Joseph better focus on containing Omari Spencer and Tyrone Baker as the pair were huge in Pennsauken Tech's win. Spencer went 6 of 14 on his way to 19 points along with five assists and five boards, while Baker went 9 of 19 en route to 28 points. With that strong performance, Spencer is now averaging an impressive 15.5 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavier Melendez, who posted six points and three steals.
Pennsauken Tech was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
St. Joseph pushed their record up to 3-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Pennsauken Tech, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-1.
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