EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School girls basketball team entered the postseason on a roll.
The Jaguars rode a five-game winning streak into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament.
East Orange Campus, seeded 10th, will visit No. 7 seed Parsippany Hills in the first round on Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. The winner will face either No. 2 seed Morristown or No. 15 seed Memorial, of West New York, in the quarterfinals on Feb. 28.
The top seed is West Orange.
The Jaguars improved to 12-7 with their fifth straight win after defeating American History 48-44 at EOCHS on Feb. 13.
Leading the Jaguars this season are senior guard Ariana McKinnon (400 points, 70 steals, 65 rebounds, 45 assists in 19 games this season); senior center Kerla Mahurin (188 points, 233 points, 99 blocks in 19 games); freshman Syreeta Flood (107 points, 49 rebounds, 21 steals in 17 games); and sophomore Mack Destinee (48 points in 13 games).
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