JANUARY 4 – ORADELL, NJ – An improved DePaul Catholic Spartans basketball team visited Hoehl Gymnasium on Tuesday night to open league play. They were welcomed by a team determined to get Sunday night’s result erased from memory as the Crusaders powered their way to a 95-53 victory in the first League Game of the 2021-22 Season.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOT |
| DePaul Catholic | 22 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 53 |
| Bergen Catholic | 26 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 95 |
Will Richardson and Terry Copeland each led BC in the first half with 12 points and Julian Brown pitched in nine as the Crusaders built a 49-32 lead. Copeland was especially dangerous on the defensive boards, pulling down six rebounds and converting half of them into fast-break, full-court assists. Richardson would go on to finish with 14 on the night and Copeland and Brown, twelve apiece, but Freshman, David Munro finished the evening as the game-high scorer with 18 point, following a strong presence in the second half.
| PLAYER | 2PT | 3PT | FT | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK |
| Brandon Benjamin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Espinosa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Copeland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Will Richardson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler McQuaid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Brown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Elijah Flournoy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Munro | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Spencer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Scrivanich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Sargenti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gianluca Phelan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Brown | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wohlrab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BC also got very strong play out of Elijah Flournoy (8 points, 2 rebounds), Anthony Brown (8 points, 1 rebound) and Joe Scrivanich (9 points, 1 block) as well as Brandon Benjamin who dumped in six points, a pair of rebounds and an assist.
The Crusaders are now 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big North Conference, United Division.
