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| Monroe’s Jeff Early |
Quick update from the BxNN sports desk (which is shockingly close to the BxNN crime desk):
Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams from Monroe College – strong junior college programs that routinely graduate players to bigger basketball programs – took care of business last weekend and will be playing for births into the national junior college tournament this weekend.
Both teams will be tested on the road. The Lady Mustangs travel to Scranton, PA to take on Lackawana College, while the male ‘Stangs, led by guard Jeff Early (pictured), will be in Maryland taking on a Hagerstown Community College team that defeated them earlier this year in double overtime.
Apparently, you can follow the games live on CyberSports USA. (UPDATE: The men’s game, which starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, will also be streamed live on the website for Hagerstown radio station 1240 AM WJEJ. Click on the link on upper left-hand side of the home page.)
After a week off, the PSAL high school playoffs resumed last night. The Bronx fared decently.
Walton, which we wrote about last Friday, saw its championship dreams die after enduring a tough 60-64 loss to fifth-seeded High School for Graphic Arts Communication in Manhattan.
Meanwhile, DeWitt Clinton, Evander Childs, South Bronx and Alfred E. Smith all moved into the round of 16. Clinton and South Bronx face off at the Mott Haven Campus gym tomorrow night. Evander has the pleasure of meeting top-seeded Midwood on Midwood’s home court, while Smith draws Brooklyn Collegiate at home.
In tonight’s action, third-seeded Christopher Columbus hosts Manhattan’s High School for Environmental Studies and Bronx Science stays home for its match against New Dorp High School. Both games start at 5 p.m. If both win, as expected, the Bronx will have six spots in the Sweet 16.