TRIBUTE TO THE CLASS OF 2023: Quanirah Montague, Atlantic City basketball

Posted by Dave O'Sullivan | Oct 2, 2023

Throughout her career, Quanirah Montague was a problem for opposing high school basketball teams. She always had the height and therefore was a defensive presence from the jump, but as she developed into a more well-rounded basketball player, she was a force to be reckoned with.
Teams had to figure out not only a way to stop her on offense, but how to get shots up around the 6-foot-4, rangy, athletic defender. On defense, she finished her career with 229 blocked shots to go along with 176 steals and 840 rebounds.
Offensively, she really came into her own as a senior and posted nearly 500 points, averaging better than 17 points per game. She finished with an even 1,000 points in a career that had nearly an entire season cut out due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the best post players South Jersey has ever seen, she committed to Mississippi State.

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Dave O'Sullivan

Sully, as he’s known throughout South Jersey, began his newspaper career in 1995 and has worked for some of New Jersey’s top papers, including The Asbury Park Press and Press of Atlantic City, as a writer and editor. He’s earned several New Jersey Press Association awards and continues to produce high quality reporting, writing and photography. A native of Ocean County, Sully played high school baseball at Lacey Township High and college baseball at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina. After a successful 15-year career in the newspaper business, Sully launched Glory Days Magazine in 2013 and for nearly a decade has been bringing fans outstanding and insightful coverage of high school sports throughout South Jersey.