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Rooks Nets 23, Gill St. Bernard's Advances to Final

Knights hold off Bridgewater rally to reach Somerset County championship.

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The Gill Saint Bernard's girls basketball team advanced to the Somerset County Tournament championship with a 55-45 win over Bridgewater-Raritan Saturday.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL Gill Saint Bernard's (20-4) 19 13 10 13 55 Bridgewater (13-10) 12 8 9 16 45

IN SHORT

Gill St. Bernard's, ranked 15th by The Star-Ledger, was a tough mountain to climb for the Panthers.  Bridgewater fell behind early with the tough defense of the Knights and on strong performances by Taylor Rooks and Dominigue Vitalis. 

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Down by as many as 19 points, the Panthers came back strong in the fourth quarter. Aggressive defense and a solid shooting performance by Denisha Petty-Evans, scoring 11 of her team-high 21 points in the fourth quarter, the Panthers came back to within six points. But Rooks scored 10 of her game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter to help secure the win.

KNIGHT OF THE GAME

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Taylor Rooks - Rooks led all scorers with 23 points leading the team when Dominique Vitalis was forced to sit due to foul trouble.

KEY PERFORMANCES

Dominique Vitalis (Gill Saint Bernard's) - Working off of Rooks to control the inside was key to the results; Denisha Petty-Evans (Bridgewater) - Petty-Evans scored 21 points the losing effort.

COACH'S TAKE

"They got it down to six points and got a steal and had a chance to cut it to four, lucky for us we pulled it out. We were up 19 at one point and we had a chance to put them away.  I knew they were going to go on a run eventually and they saved the best for last, right to the end. Petty-Evans, she's a tough player. It was a nice game for us, especially after last year.  We had them in the same situation and they won, this year we go them." - Gills Saint Bernard's coach Aaron Gratch

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