The Manasquan boys basketball team was in attendance on Saturday afternoon for the state championship, just days removed from a controversial semifinal loss in the state semifinals.<\/p>\n
The NJSIAA, the governing body for New Jersey high school sports, said this week that the wrong call was made in Camden’s (Camden, New Jersey) 46-45 win over Manasquan<\/a> (Manasquan, New Jersey) in the state semifinals. Despite this fact, Manasquan stood and respectfully applauded Camden’s win in the state tournament.<\/p>\n It was an impressive display of sportsmanship, even as Manasquan had to feel that they belonged on the court at Rutgers on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n On Tuesday night, Manasquan had an apparent game-winner waived off by the game officials, a decision that gave Camden the win in the state semifinals. Video replay confirmed the original call by the officiating crew that the putback from Griffin Linstra of\u00a0Manasquan<\/a> had beaten the buzzer.<\/p>\n The original call, that Linstra made the shot in time to beat Camden, should have stood, giving Manasquan the win.<\/p>\n Instead, inexplicably, the basket was overturned and Camden was heading to Jersey Mike’s Arena on the Rutgers campus for the state championship.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Manasquan boys basketball team was in the stands when Camden won the Group 2 state championship. The Warriors girls’ basketball team is playing for the Group 2 title right after the boys’ game.<\/p>\n Manasquan applauded the Panthers after beating Arts to win the state\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/R31MgZ6GAH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jersey Sports Zone (@JSZ_Sports) March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n