Thursday, December 27, 2007

By Jack Cognetta
NJS.com Multimedia Reporter

OAKLAND -- Merry Christmas... two words you hear during the holiday season. For Queen of Peace, their favorite two words are Bilal Dixon. The big fella led all scorers with 25 points and led the Golden Griffins to 73-51 rout of Ramapo in the first round of the Indian Hills Holiday Basketball Festival on Wednesday at Indian Hills High School.

Queen of Peace also got clutch guard play from Dwayne Moffatt. He added 15 points in the win.

Ramapo was outplayed, but was able to stay relatively close thanks to solid shooting from junior Eric Halejian, who finished with a team-high 15 points. Peter Garrambone chipped in with 10 for the Green Raiders.

Next up for Queen of Peace is St. Joseph Regional, a four-peat champion of the Indian Hills tournament, in the semifinal round on Friday.

Hear all about it in this special NJS.com Audio Report!