Michigan State recruit with NBA roots quietly leading Bergen Catholic

Julius Avent scores in Bergen Catholic's record-setting Jamboree win Julius Avent scores during Bergen Catholic's record-setting 13th Bergen County Jamboree boys basketball title win over St. Mary. Michigan State-bound Julius Avent, is leading Bergen Catholic's state-title charge.His father, Anthony, played six years in the NBA after helping Seton Hall reach the 1989 NCAA final. Julius Avent goes about his business as quietly as any All-State boys basketball player and major recruit you can name in North Jersey over the past 25 years. Bergen Catholic needs one more win to repeat as a New Jersey state champion and veteran coach Billy Armstrong uses words like “fortunate”...