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The West Caldwell Tech (West Caldwell, NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Newark Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 52-46.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newark Central	11	8	15	12	46
West Caldwell Tech	10	9	15	18	52

Final score provided by S. McCray.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Newark Central (24-25)

Newark Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	46	17	58	29	29
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	2	1	5	20	20
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	8	3	12	25	25
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	5	1	11	9	9
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	13	6	15	40	40
5	Jaiden Smart (Sr)	1	0	0
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	8	2	8	25	25
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	4	2	5	40	40
21	Y. Diggs-Saleem (Fr)	5	2	2	100	100

Newark Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	46	13	12	25	48	17	45	38
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	33
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	8	0	2	5	40	3	12	25
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	5	6	3	4	75	1	5	20
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	13	5	1	2	50	6	10	60
5	Jaiden Smart (Sr)	1	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	8	0	4	7	57	2	8	25
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	4	0	0	3	0	2	5	40
21	Y. Diggs-Saleem (Fr)	5	0	1	2	50	2	2	100

Newark Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	46	5	23	28	6	8	7	22	17
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	7	1
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	8	1	2	3	0	0	1	4	2
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	5	0	2	2	0	2	0	3	2
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	13	0	7	7	0	2	0	3	5
5	Jaiden Smart (Sr)	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	8	0	0	0	4	2	0	3	1
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	4	4	7	11	0	1	6	0	4
21	Y. Diggs-Saleem (Fr)	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2

Newark Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	TF
	Team Totals	0.27	0.36	0.47	0.41	1	0
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	0.29	0.14	1.00	0.00	1
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	0.00	0.67	1.00	0.00	0
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	0.00	0.67	0.40	0.00	0
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	1.33	0.67	2.00	0.00	0	0
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.25	1.50	0	0

West Caldwell Tech (24-25)

West Caldwell Tech has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - West Caldwell Tech nips Newark Central

January 11, 2025: West Caldwell, NJ 07006

In Saturday's non-league contest, the host West Caldwell Tech Eagles basketball team scored a close 52-46 triumph over the Newark Central Blue Devils.

The Eagles (4-4) will now prepare for their contest against Barringer (Newark, NJ). The Blue Bears go into the Super Essex - Independence contest with a 1-2 record.

In their next game, the Blue Devils battle the East Side Red Raiders (Newark, NJ) in a Super Essex - American contest, on Tuesday, January 14. Newark Central will attempt to better on its 0-7 season record. The Red Raiders go into the contest with a 3-3 record after their 78-50 league loss to St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, NJ).

Players of the Game

Newark Central (24-25)

Congratulations to #4 Malachi Thomas for being selected the Newark Central Basketball Player of the Game.

West Caldwell Tech (24-25)

West Caldwell Tech has not selected any Players of the Game.

NCHS @ WCTHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 11, 2025 @ 1p

The West Caldwell Tech (West Caldwell, NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Newark Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 52-46.

Rankings & Records

Newark Central (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
265	265	51

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-18	3-8	4-7	3-8	0-3	.280	.273	1,237	1,499

West Caldwell Tech (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
239	239	31

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
9-15	3-5	5-4	3-7	1-4	.375	.375	1,218	1,271

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Newark Central	11.9	12.0	12.0	13.0	6.0	9.0	49.5
West Caldwell Tech	12.0	11.5	19.0	19.0	-	-	50.8

Team Stat Comparison

Newark Central		West Caldwell Tech
49.1	Points Per Game	-
36.5	Rebounds Per Game	-
10.2	Assists Per Game	-
8.8	Steals Per Game	-
9.0	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Newark Central		West Caldwell Tech	National Avg.
#2 Drean Aikins13.2	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#2 Drean Aikins10.6	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#11 Chrishawn Gamble3.5	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#1 Ibrahim Shareef2.4	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#20 Yam'bya Ndaw7.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newark Central	0-5		West Caldwell Tech	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/9/25	Newark Central	Newark Tech	(L) 84-36	12/27/24	West Caldwell Tech	Newark Tech	(L) 66-41
2/14/25	Newark Tech	Newark Central	(L) 70-57	3/1/25	Newark Tech	West Caldwell Tech	(L) 69-50
2/3/25	Orange	Newark Central	(L) 61-43	1/4/25	Orange	West Caldwell Tech	(W) 64-52
2/8/25	Newark Central	Livingston	(L) 56-38	2/1/25	Livingston	West Caldwell Tech	(L) 59-46
				2/15/25	Livingston	West Caldwell Tech
2/21/25	Newark Central	North Star Academy	(L) 44-40	12/28/24	West Caldwell Tech	North Star Academy	(W) 67-64

Record Breakdown

Newark Central (24-25)		W West Caldwell Tech (24-25)
7-18	Overall	9-15
3-8	League	3-5
4-8	Non-League	5-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-5	Common Opponent	2-3
4-7	Home	5-4
3-8	Away	3-7
0-3	Neutral	1-4
0-0	Playoff	1-1
7-18	In-State	9-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0