Video: Early Contenders - Roselle Catholic
MaxPreps 2015-16 High School Basketball Early Contenders, Presented by Dick's Sporting Goods and Under Armour
Head coach: Dave Boff (218-103 career record)
2014-15 record: 28-4, NJSIAA state champions, No. 20 final national ranking
State association: New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
Enrollment: 400
Head coach Dave Boff and the 2015-16 Roselle Catholic basketball team
Photo by Richard Ta
Players to Watch
Matt Bullock (6-4, Sr., F) … Member of two state championship teams at Roselle
Peace Ilegomah (6-10, Sr., C) … Big man picking up steam with Division I schools
Nate Pierre-Louis (6-4, Jr., G) … Connecticut, Georgetown among suitors
Andre Rafus (6-7, Jr., G/F) … Connecticut, Georgetown and Missouri have offered
Nazreon Reid (6-9, So., F) … Top 10 prospect in 2018 class
Leondre Washington (5-10, Jr., G) … Averaged over 20 points per game at Teaneck last year
Guard/forward Andre Rafus
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Key Dates
Dec. 27-29 – Slam Dunk to the Beach
Feb. 12 – vs.
Montverde Academy (Fla.) at Metro Classic
Feb. 14 – vs.
Huntington St. Joseph Prep (Huntington, W.Va.) at Primetime Shootout
Guard Leondre Washington
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Lion Storylines
* What will life after Isaiah Briscoe look like for Roselle Catholic? The current Kentucky freshman point guard helped put Roselle Catholic on the national map and produced 20.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in 2014-15. He was a first team MaxPreps All-American and the NJ.com New Jersey Player of the Year.
* Not many coaches have had more success against Hall of Fame
St. Anthony (Jersey City) coach Bob Hurley than Boff. His Roselle teams have knocked Hurley and St. Anthony out of the postseason three years in a row and the Lions also notched a regular season win over the Friars in 2014-15.
* With big men like Chris Silva (now a freshman at South Carolina), Ganlandou Cisse (LIU Brooklyn) and Pierre Sarr (Monmouth) on the roster a year ago, Boff had the luxury of bringing freshman phenom Reid along slowly. Now a sophomore, Reid will be expected to take on a much more significant role for the Lions. Kansas, Maryland, Syracuse and Villanova are among the college powers to extend early offers.
View gallery of preseason Early Contenders photo shoot with Roselle Catholic
Forward Nazreon Reid
Photo by Richard Ta
