In the battle of Jacobs vs. Jacobs, Roselle Catholic High School graduate Kamille Jacobs (RC ’16) and The College of St. Elizabeth scored a 60-52 victory against Victoria Jacobs (RC ’18) on Nov. 17 in Hackettstown.
“It wasn’t just a regular game,” Victoria Jacobs said “I was more excited than usual, especially knowing I’d be playing head-to-head quite a bit against Kamille … I went out there thinking it was a big game because I was playing against my sister.”
Kamille Jacobs finished with 10 points, five rebounds, five steals, three blocked shots and two steals for the CSE Eagles, who evened their record at 1-1.
“It was really different; we never played against one another before,” Kamille Jacobs said. “We’ve always played on the same team.
“It was kind of like playing against a friend. I’d compare it to playing a high school game against one of my AAU teammates.”
“To be honest, there were times I was guarding (Kamille) when I had to try hard not to laugh,” Victoria said. “She made a few remarks that were really funny.”
Victoria Jacobs nearly posted a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds. She added one steal and one assists for the Cyclones, who trailed by 10 points at the half, but forged a tie with five minutes left in the non-conference contest.
With her team securing the victory, Kamille Jacobs might’ve scored the last laugh, but both of the Jacobs sisters walked away with highlights and memories of the sibling battle.
“I got a steal – I think I stole it as they tried to pass it to Kamille – and she was trailing me as I went to the basket,” Victoria said. “I stopped, pumped fake, Kamille flew by me and I made the layup.”
Kamille confirmed Victoria’s account of the play – “it was a really good jump stop,” she said -- but added: “Did she tell you about her shot I blocked?”
“We both played well, we both played hard and both of our teams did well,” Victoria said. “The game was really everything we could have asked for.”
“I think we’re in kind of similar situations,” Kamille said. “We can play different positions, we have a lot of responsibilities and both of our coaches are looking for us to be leaders.”
Family and friends of the Jacobs Sisters attended the non-conference contest, but “nobody wanted to pick sides,” Victoria said.
Kamille (College of St. Elizabeth) and Victoria (Centenary University) will play against each other twice next season (2019-20) when their teams play in the same conference.
The Jacobs Sisters were teammates on Roselle Catholic’s varsity team in 2015-16 – following a season as teammates on the RC JV – which reached the Union County Tournament championship game at Kean University. The Lions finished 16-9 in 2016.
Last season, Kamille played and started in 24 games for St. Elizabeth, averaging 10.1 points, six rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. She scored a career-high 21 points and tallied four steals in the Eagles’ 73-65 win over Cazenovia on January 13.
Victoria averaged eight points, five rebounds, two assists and one steal per game to help the Lions win the Union County Tournament.
Both Kamille and Victoria earned Union County Conference All-Watchung Division recognition following their senior seasons.
