Ss. Neumann-Goretti High's
 Catholic League Winning Streak


John Davis (R), the only three-year starting senior on
Neumann-Goretti's 2012-13 squad, grabs a rebound in what
 turned out to be the streak's final win, 70-59 over Carroll.

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   Ss. Neumann-Goretti, coached by Carl Arrigale, broke the Catholic League record for consecutive wins, counting the regular season and playoffs, with 50, on 2/11/11 in a 77-74 success over visiting SJ Prep. Senior guard Lamin Fulton won the game with a last-second three-pointer. Roman Catholic had owned the record with 49 wins from 1989-92. N-G posted 16 regular season and three playoff wins in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons, and 13 regular season wins and three playoff wins in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons.
   The streak stood at 70 entering the 2012-13 season and was extended to 73 with wins over Conwell-Egan, Lansdale Catholic and Archbishop Carroll. It ended Jan. 6 with a 65-62 setback at La Salle. Amar Stukes (26) and Steve Smith (19, six treys) paced the Explorers. Ja'Quan Newton topped N-G with 18 points. Full boxscore at bottom of page.
   The scores and some tidbits are below . . .

2008-09 (19)
Starters
Tony Chennault, Danny Stewart
Scooter Gillette, Tyreek Duren
Mustafaa Jones
Regular Season
Dougherty 96 50
Conwell-Egan 93 52
West Catholic 71 54
Wood 60 46
Kennedy-Kenrick 64 36
McDevitt 76 41
Carroll 63 49
Lansdale 82 43
Dougherty 79 57
Conwell-Egan 80 52
West Catholic 74 61
Wood 71 51
Kennedy-Kenrick 76 41
McDevitt 62 42
Carroll 75 58
Lansdale 87 62
  Totals 1,209 795
Playoffs
Wood 64 46
North Catholic 77 62
Roman 86 53
  Totals 227 161
  Overall 1,436 956
2009-10 (19)
Starters
Tony Chennault, Tyreek Duren
Danny Stewart, Mustafaa Jones
Lamin Fulton
Regular Season
Kennedy-Kenrick 81 42
Lansdale 82 43
Conwell-Egan 82 63
West Catholic 104 53
Wood 86 75
McDevitt 77 41
Carroll 96 73
Lansdale 82 41
Dougherty 95 67
Kennedy-Kenrick 80 46
Conwell-Egan 99 57
West Catholic 93 61
Wood 81 51
McDevitt 100 54
Carroll 66 58
Dougherty 100 68
  Totals 1,404 893
Playoffs
Dougherty 89 58
SJ Prep 74 60
Carroll 75 69
  Totals 238 187
  Overall 1,642 1,080
2010-11 (16)
Starters
Lamin Fulton, Derrick Stewart,
John Davis, Billy Shank,
Ja'Quan Newton
Regular Season
La Salle 75 54
Conwell-Egan 90 58
Ryan 63 51
Carroll 74 68
Judge 67 60
McDevitt 67 44
Roman 70 62
O'Hara 83 52
West Catholic 79 66
Wood 92 51
Bonner 81 56
SJ Prep *77 74
Lansdale 71 49
  Totals 989 745
Playoffs    
Bonner 63 39
Roman 47 46
Carroll 59 55
  Totals 169 140
  Overall 1,158 885
*-record-setting win (No. 50)
2011-12 (16, 70 total)
Starters
Derrick Stewart, John Davis
Billy Shank, Ja'Quan Newton
Hanif Sutton
Regular Season
Conwell-Egan 87 36
La Salle 82 53
Ryan 65 42
Carroll 72 56
Judge 68 57
McDevitt 90 56

Roman (OT)          

61 57
West Catholic 100 65
O'Hara 65 46
Wood 64 34
Bonner 54 26
SJ Prep 66 53
Lansdale 78 35
  Totals 952 616
Playoffs    
O'Hara 77 51
Roman 73 56
SJ Prep (OT) 59 57
  Totals 209 164
  Overall 1,161 780
2012-13 (3, 73 total)
Starters
John Davis, Ja'Quan Newton
Hanif Sutton, Lamarr Kimble
Tony Toplyn
Regular Season
Conwell-Egan 90 39
Lansdale 78 52
Carroll 70 59
  Totals 238 170

Some tidbits . . .

Total points -- 5,635 for N-G (77.2), 3,851 for opponents (52.8)
Most points scored -- 104.
Most points allowed -- 75.
Games with 90-plus points -- 13.
Games with 80-plus points -- 30.
Wins by 10 points or fewer -- nine.
Wins by 20 points or more -- 45.

Statistics in Catholic League playoff games by the prominent players . . .

  Class G FG-ST F-FT R A S Pts 3's B
Andre "Scooter" Gillette 2009 3 16-22 0-3 17 1 3 32 0-0 6
Tony Chennault 2010 6 40-83 16-27 41 26 11 103 7-16 2
Danny Stewart 2010 6 27-53 24-38 64 6 8 78 0-0 10
Mustafaa Jones 2010 6 14-48 2-2 20 18 8 38 8-27 3
Tyreek Duren 2010 6 33-59 22-25 18 27 15 97 9-16 3
Lamin Fulton 2011 9 36-89 18-29 24 26 16 104 14-34 7
Derrick Stewart 2012 12 20-62 16-24 67 11 12 64 8-21 19
Billy Shank 2012 10 25-51 4-6 17 11 3 72 18-39 1
La'Quan Coaxum 2012 6 18-29 1-7 26 7 8 38 1-5 5
John Davis 2013 9 30-58 21-36 62 6 4 82 1-2 6
Hanif Sutton 2013 8 9-27 3-6 17 26 8 23 2-10 0
Ja'Quan Newton 2014 6 30-66 19-28 33 14 4 83 5-15 6

Boxscore of the game that ended the streak . . .
(Thanks to La Salle manager Dan Spinelli and N-G assistant John Mosco)

LA SALLE 65, NEUMANN-GORETTI 62

NEUMANN-GORETTI
  FG-ST F-FT R A S Pts 3's B
John Davis 5-10 1-5 9 0 2 11 0-1 0
Ja'Quan Newton 9-13 0-1 4 0 0 18 0-0 0
Hanif Sutton 1-3 0-0 1 2 1 3 1-1 0
Lamarr Kimble 4-9 4-5 4 2 1 13 1-3 0
Tony Toplyn 4-4 0-1 6 1 1 8 0-0 1
Jamal Custis 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 0-0 0
Troy Harper 3-8 0-0 1 0 1 7 1-4 0
  Totals 27-48 5-12 26 5 6 62 3-9 1
LA SALLE
  FG-ST F-FT R A S Pts 3's B
Amar Stukes 10-15 6-8 0 7 1 26 0-2 0
Steve Smith 6-10 1-2 4 0 1 19 6-10 0
Ryan Winslow 3-5 0-0 10 0 2 6 0-0 0
Alex Couci 5-5 0-0 4 1 1 10 0-0 0
Pat Cooney 0-3 0-0 1 2 0 0 0-3 0
Malik Janifer 2-6 0-2 1 0 1 4 0-0 0
Dave Krmpotich 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0-2 0
  Totals 26-44 7-10 21 10 6 65 6-17 0

Neumann-Goretti  16  18  13  15 -- 62
La Salle                 15   9  19  22 -- 65
  Turnovers: N-G 7, La Salle 8.
  Officials: Brian Smith, Kevin Clay, Tim Tirabasso.