Congratulations to Jay Jones โ24 and Ryan Altman โ25 on winning the Ivy League championship with Penn and advancing to March Madness!
They will play Illinois in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night at 9:25pm
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RYAN ALTMAN led Rivers to a pair of ISL titles and three straight NEPSAC Class B championships. He was last year's ISL MVP and DPOTY.
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Ryan Altman used to spend every Tuesday doing an activity with his grandmother. In 2015, he lost her to pancreatic cancer.
Ten years later, on another Tuesday, he continued to honor her the best way he knew how.
On another special night @ASFL_Shoot4Cure: basketballjournal.com/2025/0โฆ
Stars from around New England competed in the A Shot For Life All-Star Games on Tuesday as they raised money for cancer research.
It was another night of meaningful basketball at Rivers.
โThis game means everything to me.โ
Story from @steve_hewitt: basketballjournal.com/2025/0โฆ
Nuggets in here:
- Ryan Altman honoring his grandmother
- Tess Baacke honoring her mother
- Quinn Costello's rapid rise - 13 offers heading into the spring and now 38
- Elyse Ngenda and Olivia Fleming trading buckets
- 10 stars from the night
- Why the cause means so much
.@Ryan3Altman on honoring his grandmother: "Anytime I can combine my two favorite things, basketball and raising money for cancer, nothing can beat it ... Iโm always thinking of her, especially when I put on this jersey." @GlobeSchools@Slo_24@ASFL_Shoot4Cure
.@Slo_24: "@JayxJones5 and @Ryan3Altman, theyโve been so committed to it. Their college stuff is already figured out. Theyโre not going to get a recruiting bump from this. They donโt have to be here. Theyโre really good people." @ASFL_Shoot4Cure@GlobeSchools
Boys' game thoughts:
- @Ryan3Altman sees everything at once and dictates the action.
- @Z_baum25 is active around the rim.
- @quinncostello3 is smooth and moves well for his size.
- @LanghamIsaiah's versatility as a dunker is impressive.
- @Jperri1211 can really shoot it.
๐๏ธ NEW HoopWise Podcast! ๐๏ธ
Ryan Altman and Jay Jones join the show to reflect on their careers with Rivers and the Middlesex Magic, their lifelong friendship and look ahead to playing together at Penn!
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๐ง LISTEN: podbean.com/ew/pb-buf58-1917โฆ
Wasnโt able to be there this weekend, and when people ask me how, I know they havenโt met @jwerrick beforeโฆ3-0 on the weekend of all 15 points with a new group figuring it out together. Me and the boys are beyond lucky!
Good weekend getting our new group going - best part was having Jay Jones โ24, Ryan Altman โ25, and Andrew Alekseyenko โ25 on the sidelines helping the crew figure it out. Lucky to have guys that love paying it back