Wednesday, March 10, 2010

By Jack Cognetta
NJS.com Multimedia Coordinator

PALISADES PARK -- While most of North Jersey high school basketball players were either on the court playing in the state tournament or enjoying the offseason, the Palisades Park Tigers had some unfinished regular season business to take care of against Bogota. The two teams played their final regular season game on Tuesday night as a makeup, after the original game date was canceled because of the snowstorm a few weeks ago.

For Palisades Park, this makeup game meant more than just the end of its season as, with a win, it would clinch a share of the BCSL-Olympic Division title with Cresskill. The Tigers got off to a hot start and hit 14 three-pointers and beat Bogota 80-39. Senior Ive Pavin led all scorers with 28 points and 6 three-pointers, and Matt Tejada added 15 with 5 from downtown.

The win marks Palisades Park's second straight BCSL-Olympic crown. Hear all about it and watch Palisades Park basketball coach John Wiseman get showered by the water cooler on this NJS.com Multimedia Special. So go ahead and kick this thing up to full screen by clicking the little black box next to the volume control on the media player.

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