Rummel ends streak with 52-44 win over Brother Martin

METAIRIE – Scott Thompson was an outstanding head coach at Brother Martin, leading the Crusaders to a state championship in 2010.

Since becoming the head coach at Archbishop Rummel in 2018, Thompson had not beaten his former team.

In fact, Brother Martin had beaten Rummel 13 straight times and 33 of 34 times since 2007.

Those streaks are over.

The Raiders took the fight to the taller Crusaders, leading from start to finish in a 52-44 victory Tuesday night at Jim Robarts Court.

The game was in stark contrast to the first meeting on Jan. 13 at Brother Martin when the Crusaders smothered the Raiders 54-36.

“They’re all huge, they’re all big,” Thompson said. “We knew we needed an extraordinary effort to just be able to compete with a team of that caliber, that level of talent, that well coached. Our game plan was to operate as a team and to make them take tough shots. I thought our ball movement was excellent. I thought we did a good job with their size and got great minutes from guys off our bench.”

Rummel went on an 8-0 in the first quarter which propelled the Raiders to a 12-3 lead before Brother Martin closed the quarter on a 5-0 run to cut Rummel’s lead to 12-8 by the end of the quarter. Each team had seven turnovers in the quarter.

Rummel maintained its edge in the second quarter, building a seven-point lead before settling for a 25-19 lead at halftime in a half where the Raiders never trailed.

The Raiders continued to impress in the third quarter, going on a pair of 6-0 runs to take a 39-26 lead by the end of the quarter. Chance Joseph hit a pair of 3-pointers to close the period.

Rummel led 47-36 with 1:17 to play before Brother Martin made a run to cut the deficit to 48-44 with under a minute to play but Rummel made four free throws to put the game away.

Kendrick Joseph led Rummel with 12 points, four assists and two steals.

“I think we just brought more energy this time,” Joseph said. “Last time, we were sloppy. We just brought more energy. We were just lit the whole time. Our defense is the best thing we have. We have to carry that every game. It’s a big win. We have many more to come.”

Darrius Davis finished with eight points, seven rebounds and four steals ad Ja’Mard Jones had eight points and five rebounds for the Raiders.

Eli Pichon topped Brother Martin with 13 points while Troy Santa Marina had 10 points.

“I’m proud of our guys and our effort,” Thompson said. “I thought our defense was outstanding all night. We are still a young team. I love the energy we are playing with. I thought our effort forced things to go our way. It’s nice to get a win against them.”

Both teams return to district play Friday night.

The Raiders (19-9, 5-4) will play league-leading St. Augustine at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Academy. The Crusaders (19-11, 4-6) travel to Jesuit for a 7 p.m. contest.

FINAL
BM 8 11 7 18 — 44
RUM 12 13 14 13 — 52

Scoring:
RUM—Kendrick Joseph 12, Ja’Mard Jones 8, Darrius Davis 8, Chase Marino 7, Chance Joseph 7, TJ Duhe 6, Denim Smith 2, Evan Giarratano 2

BM—Eli Pichon 13, Troy Santa Marina 10, DJ Fowler 10, Ray Lotten 4, Nolan Huguet 3, Parker Dinsdale 2

Rebounds: RUM 22, BM 22

Turnovers: RUM 17, BM 19

Area Prep Basketball Results from Tuesday, Feb. 7

Boys
Archbishop Hannan 56, McDonogh (35) 25
Archbishop Rummel 52, Brother Martin 44
Belle Chasse 49, Helen Cox 46
Bonnabel 89, West Jefferson 57
Country Day 59, Hahnville 48
De La Salle 77, Kenner Discovery 35
Destrehan 47, Terrebonne 39
Donaldsonville 73, E.D. White Catholic 63
Doyle 73, Holden 67
East Feliciana 70, Loranger 54
Holy Cross 54, Jesuit 52
John F. Kennedy 73, Livingston Collegiate 37
Karr 56, St. Augustine 42
Landry 60, Archbishop Shaw 58
McMain 53, Willow School 39
Newman 69, Lutcher 52
Northshore 55, Covington 41
Patterson 64, St. James 45
Ponchatoula 72, St. Paul’s 58
Slidell 67, Fontainebleau 61
South Plaquemines 67, Thomas Jefferson 38
St. Charles Catholic 39, Episcopal 34
University Lab 57, Salmen 55
Warren Easton 59, John Curtis Christian 55

Girls
Albany 61, Bogalusa 40
Amite 55, St. Helena 41
Archbishop Hannan 68, St. Scholastica 63 (OT)
East St. John 59, Central Lafourche 51
E.D. White 51, Donaldsonville 44
Hahnville 55, East Jefferson 17
Holden 50, Doyle 40
John Curtis Christian 81, Salmen 49
John F. Kennedy 45, Livingston Collegiate 25
Lakeshore 58, Loranger 44
Maurepas 34, Christ Episcopal 23
Morris Jeff Community 28, Sarah T. Reed 15
Northshore 66, Covington 40
Phoenix 57, Lutheran 49
Ursuline Academy 41, Sophie B. Wright 15