New Ro Tops Iona Prep in Inter-City Rivalry

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Antoine Mason went to the bench with 2:13 left in the third quarter and his New Rochelle team leading Iona Prep by nine points. For the first time all afternoon, the momentum felt like it was shifting.

“Antoine said to me, ‘Hey P.J., you’ve got to take this game right now,’” Huguenots forward P.J. Torres said. “That’s what I did.”

Torres’ terrific second-half in Mason’s absence carried ...