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The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Irvington (NJ) by a score of 62-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Irvington	11	15	20	16	62
Newark Central	12	6	17	10	45

Final score provided by S. McCray.

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Game Stats

Irvington (24-25)

Irvington has not entered stats for this game.

Newark Central (24-25)

Newark Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	17	59	29	31
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	4	1	4	25	38
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	18	8	20	40	40
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	2	1	6	17	17
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	10	3	15	20	23
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	3	0	3	0	0
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	6	3	7	43	43
21	Y. Diggs-Saleem (Fr)	2	1	4	25	25

Newark Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	2	6	33	9	15	60	15	53	28
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	4	1	1	100	1	2	50	0	3	0
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	18	0	0	0	2	4	50	8	20	40
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	17
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	10	1	4	25	3	4	75	2	11	18
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	3	0	0	0	3	3	100	0	3	0
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	43
21	Y. Diggs-Saleem (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	33

Newark Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	18	23	41	7	4	18	30	10
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	18	7	9	16	1	0	1	6	2
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	0
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	10	2	5	7	3	1	1	5	1
10	T. Oghenebiko (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	3	0	3	3	1	0	0	6	1
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	6	6	4	10	1	0	16	3	2
21	Y. Diggs-Saleem (Fr)	2	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	2

Newark Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.23	0.13	0.40	1.80
1	Ibrahim Shareef (Fr)	0.00	0.33	1.00	0.00
2	Drean Aikins (Sr)	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.50
3	Deon Willis (Fr)	0.17	0.33	2.00	0.00
4	Malachi Thomas (Sr)	0.60	0.20	1.00	1.00
15	Tamir Davis Jr (Jr)	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00
20	Yam'bya Ndaw (Sr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	8.00

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Newark Central knocked off by Irvington

January 18, 2025: Newark, NJ 07103

In Saturday's league test, the Irvington Blue Knights (Irvington, NJ) basketball squad knocked off the host Newark Central Blue Devils (Newark, NJ), by a score of 62-45.

Next, the Blue Knights encounter the Montclair Mounties (Montclair, NJ) in a non-league test, on Tuesday, January 21. Irvington will attempt to improve on its 6-3 season record.

The Blue Devils (0-10) will now prepare for their test against Hoboken (Hoboken, NJ). The Redwings come into the non-league test with a 6-5 record. In their last test, Hoboken was knocked off by Dickinson (Jersey City, NJ), 64-52, in a non-league test.

Players of the Game

Irvington (24-25)

Irvington has not selected any Players of the Game.

Newark Central (24-25)

Congratulations to #20 Yam'bya Ndaw for being selected the Newark Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Irvington @ NCHS Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 18, 2025 @ 1p

The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Irvington (NJ) by a score of 62-45.

Rankings & Records

Irvington (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
97	97	25

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-12	4-6	8-2	7-6	1-4	.571	.400	1,660	1,555

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Irvington	12.8	15.6	16.8	19.0	6.0	-	59.3
Newark Central	11.9	12.0	12.0	13.0	6.0	9.0	49.5

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Head-to-Head

Irvington won on 1/18/2025

1/18 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Irvington 11 15 20 16 62
Newark Central 12 6 17 10 45

The Irvington (NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away conference game against Newark Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 62-45.
Box score
Irvington won on 1/30/2025

1/30 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Newark Central 8 12 15 23 58
Irvington 20 20 28 19 87

The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away tournament game against Irvington (NJ) by a score of 87-58.
Box score

1/30 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newark Central	8	12	15	23	58
Irvington	20	20	28	19	87

Team Stat Comparison

Irvington		Newark Central
-	Points Per Game	49.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	36.5
-	Assists Per Game	10.2
-	Steals Per Game	8.8
-	Blocks Per Game	9.0

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Irvington	5-4		Newark Central	1-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/19/24	Irvington	Caldwell	(L) 55-50	1/4/25	Newark Central	Caldwell	(L) 57-35
1/28/25	Caldwell	Irvington	(L) 68-64
1/4/25	Irvington	East Side	(W) 60-52	1/14/25	East Side	Newark Central	(L) 52-45
				2/11/25	Newark Central	East Side	(L) 60-38
1/8/25	Irvington	Columbia	(W) 51-48	12/20/24	Newark Central	Columbia	(L) 57-44
				1/29/25	Newark Central	Columbia	(W) 55-51
1/11/25	Irvington	Orange	(W) 77-62	2/3/25	Orange	Newark Central	(L) 61-43
1/16/25	North Star Academy	Irvington	(W) 59-42	2/21/25	Newark Central	North Star Academy	(L) 44-40
2/13/25	Irvington	North Star Academy	(W) 66-40
1/21/25	Irvington	Montclair	(L) 61-58	1/15/25	Montclair	Newark Central	(L) 68-48
2/18/25	Irvington	Montclair	(L) 54-51

Record Breakdown

Irvington (24-25)		Newark Central (24-25)
16-12	Overall	7-18
4-6	League	3-8
10-5	Non-League	4-8
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
5-4	Common Opponent	1-7
8-2	Home	4-7
7-6	Away	3-8
1-4	Neutral	0-3
1-1	Playoff	0-0
16-11	In-State	7-18
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0