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The Kensington (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Thomas A. Edison (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 53-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Thomas A. Edison	11	16	11	15	53
Kensington	8	16	14	13	51

Final score provided by S. Arbiter.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kensington (24-25)

Thomas A. Edison

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	18	50	36	42
0	Ahmir Ponder (Jr)	10	3	10	30	35
1	A. Rodriguez (Sr)	6	3	4	75	75
2	K. Vasquez-Hernandez (Sr)	3	1	4	25	25
10	Jakai Brown (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
11	Nehemiah Rosado (Sr)	3	1	13	8	8
15	J. Vazquez Jr. (Jr)	9	2	3	67	67
21	Ishmael Azzaam (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Quinzel Merritt (Sr)	14	5	12	42	58
50	Wilmer Basilio (Sr)	5	2	2	100	100

Kensington

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	51	23
0	Reid Smith (So)	4	2
2	Giovanny Soto (Sr)	1
3	Rob Smith (So)	16	7
4	Nasir Davis (Jr)	4	2
12	Nyree Ellis (Jr)	21	10
13	A. Paulino (So)	2	1
34	Semaj Murray (Jr)	3	1

Thomas A. Edison

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	6	12	50	11	21	52	12	38	32
0	Ahmir Ponder (Jr)	10	1	1	100	3	6	50	2	9	22
1	A. Rodriguez (Sr)	6							3	4	75
2	K. Vasquez-Hernandez (Sr)	3	0	1	0	1	4	25	1	3	33
10	Jakai Brown (Sr)	3	1	1	100
11	Nehemiah Rosado (Sr)	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	11	9
15	J. Vazquez Jr. (Jr)	9				5	7	71	2	3	67
21	Ishmael Azzaam (Jr)	0							0	1	0
23	Quinzel Merritt (Sr)	14	4	7	57				1	5	20
50	Wilmer Basilio (Sr)	5				1	2	50	2	2	100

Kensington

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	51	4	1	4	25	19
0	Reid Smith (So)	4					2
2	Giovanny Soto (Sr)	1		1	2	50
3	Rob Smith (So)	16	2	0	1	0	5
4	Nasir Davis (Jr)	4		0	1	0	2
12	Nyree Ellis (Jr)	21	1				9
13	A. Paulino (So)	2					1
34	Semaj Murray (Jr)	3	1

Thomas A. Edison

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	53	13	16	29	12	3	8
0	Ahmir Ponder (Jr)	10	1	1	2	3	1	3
1	A. Rodriguez (Sr)	6	3	1	4	2		1
2	K. Vasquez-Hernandez (Sr)	3		2	2	1		1
3	S. Schoolfield (So)			1	1	1
10	Jakai Brown (Sr)	3		1	1
11	Nehemiah Rosado (Sr)	3	2	4	6	4	2	2
15	J. Vazquez Jr. (Jr)	9	4	2	6			1
21	Ishmael Azzaam (Jr)	0	1		1	1
23	Quinzel Merritt (Sr)	14		4	4
50	Wilmer Basilio (Sr)	5	2		2

Kensington

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	51
0	Reid Smith (So)	4
2	Giovanny Soto (Sr)	1
3	Rob Smith (So)	16
4	Nasir Davis (Jr)	4
12	Nyree Ellis (Jr)	21
13	A. Paulino (So)	2
34	Semaj Murray (Jr)	3

Thomas A. Edison

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.50	0.38
0	Ahmir Ponder (Jr)	1.00	0.33
1	A. Rodriguez (Sr)	2.00
2	K. Vasquez-Hernandez (Sr)	1.00
11	Nehemiah Rosado (Sr)	2.00	1.00

Misc Totals

Kensington has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Thomas A. Edison nudges Kensington

January 24, 2025: Philadelphia, PA 19125

The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Thomas A. Edison Owls (Philadelphia, PA) and the host Kensington KENSINGTON TIGER (Philadelphia, PA), observed Thomas A. Edison's basketball team edge Kensington by a score of 53-51.

The Owls (9-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Olney (Philadelphia, PA). The Trojans come into the Philadelphia Public - National challenge with a 9-8 record. In their last challenge, Olney was tipped by Franklin Towne (Philadelphia, PA), 69-67, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the KENSINGTON TIGER encounter the Academy at Palumbo Griffin (Philadelphia, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Kensington will attempt to improve on its 10-6 season record. The Griffin come into the challenge with a 6-9 record after their 64-34 league win over Boys' Latin Charter (Philadelphia, PA).

TAEHS @ Kensington Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 24, 2025 @ 3:15p

Kensington Health Sciences Academy High School

The Kensington (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Thomas A. Edison (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 53-51.

Rankings & Records

Thomas A. Edison (24-25)

PA	Class
475	94

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-12	8-5	7-5	6-6	0-1	.520	.615	1,201	1,221

Kensington (24-25)

PA	Class
468	117

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-8	10-4	7-5	6-3	.619	.714	1,072	1,003

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Thomas A. Edison	11.7	10.3	10.9	13.4	6.5	48.0
Kensington	11.9	13.7	13.3	14.3	3.0	51.0

Team Stat Comparison

Thomas A. Edison		Kensington
48.0	Points Per Game	48.3
25.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.6	Assists Per Game	-
9.7	Steals Per Game	-
2.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Thomas A. Edison		Kensington	National Avg.
#23 Quinzel Merritt13.9	Points Per Game	#3 Rob Smith17.8	4.9
#1 Anthony Rodriguez6.2	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#11 Nehemiah Rosado5.6	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#11 Nehemiah Rosado2.9	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#24 Malcolm Miller1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thomas A. Edison	3-2		Kensington	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Nueva Esperanza	Thomas A. Edison	(W) 52-36	1/14/25	Nueva Esperanza	Kensington	(W) 59-45
12/12/24	Roxborough	Thomas A. Edison	(L) 57-43	12/16/24	Kensington	Roxborough	(L) 58-34
1/9/25	Hill Freedman World Academy	Thomas A. Edison	(L) 62-53	1/17/25	Hill Freedman World Academy	Kensington	(L) 52-46
1/21/25	Thomas A. Edison	Vaux Big Picture	(W) 57-42	1/13/25	Vaux Big Picture	Kensington	(W) 41-30
1/31/25	Masterman	Thomas A. Edison	(W) 72-37	12/3/24	Kensington	Masterman	(W) 61-41

Record Breakdown

Thomas A. Edison (24-25)		Kensington (24-25)
13-12	Overall	13-8
8-5	League	10-4
5-5	Non-League	3-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-2	Common Opponent	3-2
7-5	Home	7-5
6-6	Away	6-3
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-12	In-State	13-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0