The NVL boys tournament concludes Day 1 with a quarterfinal matchup between 18-0 and top-seed Sacred Heart and Wolcott. The Hearts won the only regular season meeting and would be overwhelming favorites to win this one:
Jan. 5
SACRED HEART 94, WOLCOTT 58
Sacred Heart (4-0): Charles Fisher 6 1 13, Raheem Solomon 5 0 12, J.T. Riddick 4 0 8, Tyrn Flowers 7 0 15, Mustapha Heron 12 0 26, Courie Stevenson 0 2 2, Legend Johnson 1 3 5, Reggie Ligon 0 0 0, Gianni Perotti 0 0 0, Brandon Austin 0 0 0, Ezra Alves 2 0 5, D.J. Douglass 2 1 5, Mechai Hayes 0 3 3. Totals: 39 10 94.
Wolcott (1-3): Bobby White 0 0 0, Ricky Rogers 1 1 3, Matt Finke 6 4 19, Justin Fernandes 0 2 2, Nate Murphy 0 0 0, Jack Rocco 3 0 7, Cole Phelps 0 0 0, Nate Filippone 6 0 15, Chris Maisto 0 0 0, Pat Drewry 1 0 2, Shamari Thomas 2 1 5, Ray Iorio 2 1 5. Totals: 21 9 58.
Sacred Heart 25 28 25 16—94
Wolcott 6 15 20 17—58
3-pointers: SH—Solomon 2, Heron 2, Flowers 1, Alves 1; W—Finke 3, Filippone 3, Rocco 1.
Here are the scoring stats for the teams;
Scoring stats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart | |||
| Player | G | Pts. | Avg. |
| Mustapha Heron | 20 | 577 | 28.9 |
| Tyrn Flowers | 20 | 382 | 19.1 |
| Raheem Solomon | 20 | 227 | 11.4 |
| Charles Fisher | 20 | 217 | 10.9 |
| J.T. Riddick | 16 | 124 | 7.8 |
| Courie Stevenson | 20 | 109 | 5.5 |
| Legend Johnson | 19 | 60 | 3.2 |
| Naz Ivester | 10 | 16 | 1.6 |
| DJ Douglas | 15 | 23 | 1.5 |
| Mike West | 14 | 21 | 1.5 |
| Gianni Perotti | 17 | 18 | 1.1 |
| Wolcott | |||
| Player | G | Pts. | Avg. |
| Shamari Thomas | 20 | 290 | 14.5 |
| Matthew Finke | 20 | 288 | 14.4 |
| Richard Rogers | 20 | 148 | 7.4 |
| Jack Rocco | 20 | 94 | 4.7 |
| Cole Phelps | 19 | 89 | 4.7 |
| Christopher Maisto | 20 | 78 | 3.9 |
| Nathan Filippone | 20 | 63 | 3.2 |
| Bobby White | 18 | 42 | 2.3 |
| Patrick Drewry | 16 | 36 | 2.3 |
| Nate Murphy | 15 | 28 | 1.9 |
| Justin Fernandez | 14 | 14 | 1.0 |
