Gameday Focus: Boy’s Basketball versus Burlington City

Gameday Focus: Boy’s Basketball versus Burlington City

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Coverage tonight features boy’s basketball against Burlington City at 5pm. Here is our preview of the game as the Pirates go for win number two.

When: Tuesday, December 20 at 5pm

Where: Cinnaminson High School

Pirates 1-1

Cinnaminson comes into tonight’s contest with a 1-1 record after an impressive 72-59 win over Pennsauken Tech last night.

Conor Bresnahan led the way with 30 points, while Craig Turner chipped in 20.

This is the third straight home game for the Pirates to open the season.

The Pirates had better ball movement and fewer turnovers Monday night compared to their season opener on Friday against Bordentown.

Cinnaminson has worked on its zone offense the past couple of days and it showed on Monday night as the Pirates were able to move the ball around much better.

Blue Devils 2-1

Burlington City comes into tonight’s contest with a 2-1 mark.

The Blue Devils two wins came against division opponents in Maple Shade (50-48) and Holy Cross (59-43).

Their lone loss came to Wildwood Catholic, 74-50, in the Ocean City PBA Tipoff Weekend Tournament.

The Blue Devils spread the ball around well and use their speed to break opposing defenses.

Head to Head

Cinnaminson and Burlington City split their two meetings last year as former division foes.

The Pirates won the first content 44-43 and dropped the second 60-58 in two tight games.

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Jim is the creator and editor of Cinn City Sports. He also created At the Dish, Life With Tony and Enzo and is the owner of JAVFreelancing. He coached baseball for five years, three at his former high school (Holy Cross in Delran, NJ) and two at prominent Division III program Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He has worked for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, NJ; Metro Networks in Bala Cynwyd, PA; and was the play-by-play announcer for the Camden Riversharks of the Independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for two seasons (2007-2008) on Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, the student-run radio station at Rowan University. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and minor in Journalism from Rowan University in 2008. While in school he was the Assistant Sports Director at WGLS for two years and the Sports Director for one year. He also covered the football, baseball, softball and both basketball teams for the school newspaper 'The Whit.' He is the former Sports Editor for the Cinnaminson and Moorestown Patch websites. Jim lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole, sons Tony and Enzo and dog Phoebe. He can be reached at jimvassallo@cinncitynews.com

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