Ridgewood Boys Basketball : The Maroons win the All Groups Boys Basketball Tournament title with an 85-70 victory over Cresskill
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2013
BY GREG MATTURA
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
MONTVALE – Mentally, Ridgewood may have popped the celebratory cork a tad early.
The Maroons won the All Groups Boys Basketball Tournament title with an 85-70 victory over Cresskill on Monday night at Pascack Hills that was made possible by a magnificent first quarter.
Ridgewood (3-1) was near perfect in the opening eight minutes and built a 30-4 lead, only to watch as Cresskill (2-2) began fighting back late in the second quarter and came as close as 75-64 midway through the fourth.
“I think we were too confident,” Ridgewood senior guard Tim Nolan said. “We were overconfident, definitely, because we saw we were up so much, so I guess we pulled back a little bit. We just have to get used to keep going and keep attacking and keep pressuring even more.”
Congratulations to Coach Troy and the boys! If you have nothing to do on a Friday night go check out the Maroons. They play hard and with a lot of enthusiasm not like the NBA and admission is free.