Ocean City (22-8) advances to the Group 3 state semifinals at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Deptford High School, where the Red Raiders will face Central Jersey champion Westampton Tech, a 61-53 winner over Neptune.
You can listen and watch live today's CAL girls' and boys' basketball finals featuring the AC girls vs Mainland and the St. Augustine Prep boys vs Wildwood Catholic.
The Mustangs (18-5), the 2018 tournament champion, advance to Saturday’s noon final at Stockton University against Atlantic City, a 40-33 winner over No. 2 seed Ocean City in the other semifinal.
The upstart Mustangs, the No. 3 seed in the tournament, jumped out to a 17-9 lead after one quarter, but St. Augustine used a 22-0 run to an easy victory over Mainland.
The CAL boys' playoffs are down to the Final Four, with the No. 2 seeded St. Augustine Prep Hermits (20-4) trying to advance to the championship game by knocking off the fourth seeded Mainland Mustangs (18-6) at Absegami high school.
Mainland, the No. 3 seed in the tournament, takes on No. 2 St. Augustine Prep, a 78-57 winner over Pleasantville, in the semifinals on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Absegami High School.