Kentucky-bound point guard Isaiah Briscoe and his Roselle (N.J.) Catholic teammates are headed to the New Jersey Tournament of Champions final after an obliteration of Paulsboro in the semifinals on Saturday.
Briscoe went for 18 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds as the top-seeded Lions destroyed No. 5 Paulsboro, 103-34, at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River, N.J.
Matt Bullock added 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals South Carolina-bound forward Chris Silva scored 11 points and freshman big man Naz Reid 10 for RC (27-4), which will meet Pope John in Monday’s championship game at Sun National Bank Center in Trenton.
Pope John beat Newark Tech, 78-59, behind 11 points and 10 rebounds from Syracuse signee Moustapha Diagne.
RC’s 103 points set a tournament record, according to NJ Advance Media. They owned the previous record of 98 points set in last year’s quarterfinal win over Newark Tech.
Briscoe previously guaranteed his team would win the TOC title.
“We going to win, we going to win it,” Briscoe said after going for 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists as Roselle Catholic held off Naismith Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley and St. Anthony for the Non-Public B state title.
Current Kentucky freshman Karl-Anthony Towns, whom many believe should be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, won the TOC a year ago when St. Joe’s-Metuchen beat Newark East Side in the final.
If Roselle Catholic wins this year, it will mark the second straight season a Kentucky pledge has won New Jersey’s ultimate team prize.
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