The Trenton Boys basketball holds an annoying Altenown in the first round of the CVC tournament – the Trentonian

The Trenton-Dariel Young was not particularly pleased with how his basketball team of the Trenton Central boys went through his first round Colonial Valley conference tournament.

But there were a few things that brought a smile to the puppy’s face.

One was the effort of Juan Sanchez, who scored 26 points in the fourth place to win by 72-62 over the 13th Semen Almontene. Trenton (13-9) will host Ewing, a 64-59 winner over Princeton, in a quarterfinals on Thursday.

Downing the season with a low four points against North Brunswick, Sanchez missed badly at his first three shots, then continued to hit six straight-to-two-3-3-indicators to finish the first quarter with 14 points. His efforts helped Trenton to turn a deficit by 6-4 into a lead 21-8 by the end of a quarter, and the tornado kept a comfortable margin from that moment to push his winning series to four.

“He missed the first few, then he hesitated,” Young said. “I told him,” Just let him go. We need you to continue again. I am happy to see him put 26 on the dashboard tonight. It was great for him to continue his confidence. Each circle is getting tougher and tougher and we cannot do this without Juan Sanchez. “

They also cannot do it without their full court press, which works effectively to turn theft into points and to break down the game open.

“We turned it around it,” Sanchez said. “We realized that they couldn’t handle the pressure. We pressed them and it opened more. “

It didn’t open for everyone. Qadir Dixon ended with eight points and nine rebounds, but there was a series of double double games ending in nine. Dixon was an average of 27.8 points and 11.3 fights in the previous four games.

The way Young was looking at him, his senior had to be due to a match. And the fact that nine boards is out of the game shows how well he played.

“I will tell him,” It happens, don’t fight, “Young said. “He is the type of person who will win for having no good game. My big thing is to tell him, “You have to have one of these games. You had it and we won it, let’s really overcome it. “

The good news for TCHS is that other attackers have intensified. Sophomor Jharris Genao Ramos had 11 points and six rebounds; Caleb Smith blocks five shots, including four in the first quarter to set a tone; And Marqueze Dauling chips with eight points and three boards.

“I was a little nervous, for the first time it was for a tournament game,” said Genao Ramos. “(Big) We feel that we have to start score more. This is my first year to play with them and we start to feel comfortable with each other. “

Young knows that they will need more players to contribute forward and he was pleased to see others other than Sanchez, Dixon and Ivay Ingram who come.

“I am happy that the bench boys have intensified,” said the coach, whose team won six of their last seven. “We have to show that. Since Kadir did not score, it was an opportunity to get the big boys for a few minutes. “

Smith had only two points, but it was a dominant defense.

“He’s a good shot blocker, he matures, still learns,” Young said. “I try to make him build confidence. He is a hell blocker. I try to get him to clog this paint. With the defense we play, if we are winning, we have this person who can have this resistance, this is an A-Plus for us. “

The back deserves the same assessment as the point guard Thomas Munoz, harmed with 15 points, as he and Sanchez combined to shoot 17-for-28. Sanchez hit 11 out of 13 after his first three gaps.

“No one can stop it,” Genao Ramos said. “He is the best. He lifts us. “

Despite all the nice statistics, Young was flirty that his team left Alontown (5-14) to hang around. Redbirds did a good job, continuing to conduct their crime, came out in a few in the background, and put 26 points from the fourth quarter.

Tyler Puuszo had 15 of the bench while Kal Schelunberger, the son of former Notre Dam Schelunberger, had 13, Ethan Escu 11 and Matox Watson 10.

Although Altenown has been behind 21 and has never received the deficit under the double digits in the second half, Young believes that his team’s efforts can be better.

“(Almontene coach Walt Kelly) will hold these guys to play hard,” the coach said. “We had a better team, but tonight we went into too much pass. Time is a tournament. There is a certain way to look and win during this time of year. We didn’t have this tonight. I was not impressed with my boys. A better team would spray us tonight.

“I hope we got the bad. I don’t know if they are looking forward to the next game. I try to keep my boys in the game that is right there. Stay right now. Other games are coming, but first you have to go through this game. I was not pleased with the show … but I am happy to get the victory. “

Altennown (62)

Plass 4-0-9, Watson 4-0-10, Varricchio 1-0-2, Shelenberger 6-13, Eskow 4-3-11, Pusczko 6-15, R. Heissler 1-0-2 S

General: 26-5-62

Trenton (72)

Munoz 6-2-15, Sanchez 11-1-26, Dixon 3-2-8, Ingram 1-0-2, Genao Ramos 5-1-1, SMITH 0-2-2, TRANT 0-0-0, Douling 3-2-8, Hernandez 0-0-0.

Total: 29-10-72.

Altennown (5-14) 8 12 16 26-62

Trenton (13-9) 21 11 23 17-72

3-point goals: slap, watson 2, pusczko 2, Munoz, Sanchez 3

Originally Posted: February 4, 2025 at 8:50 pm Est