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Verona Weequahic

Hillbillies

Indians

The Weequahic (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Verona (NJ) by a score of 50-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Verona	8	6	13	18	45
Weequahic	11	10	13	16	50

Final score provided by C. Alexander.

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Game Stats

Verona (24-25)

Verona has not entered stats for this game.

Weequahic (24-25)

Weequahic

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	15	44	34	41
0	Kevin Wigfall (Jr)	9	4	6	67	75
1	Shaun Hamilton (Sr)	4	1	5	20	20
3	Nahmir Whack (Sr)	6	2	2	100	150
5	Tasir Barnes (Sr)	17	4	11	36	45
11	James Porter (Jr)	9	3	11	27	32
13	Haleem Sharif (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
24	Deslie Ayerh (Sr)	1
25	Riyahd McDonald (Sr)	2	0	5	0	0

Weequahic

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	6	14	43	14	24	58	9	30	30
0	Kevin Wigfall (Jr)	9	1	1	100	0	2	0	3	5	60
1	Shaun Hamilton (Sr)	4	0	2	0	2	2	100	1	3	33
3	Nahmir Whack (Sr)	6	2	2	100
5	Tasir Barnes (Sr)	17	2	6	33	7	10	70	2	5	40
11	James Porter (Jr)	9	1	3	33	2	4	50	2	8	25
13	Haleem Sharif (Jr)	2							1	4	25
24	Deslie Ayerh (Sr)	1				1	2	50
25	Riyahd McDonald (Sr)	2				2	4	50	0	5	0

Weequahic

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	50	9	17	26	10	11	8
0	Kevin Wigfall (Jr)	9				1
1	Shaun Hamilton (Sr)	4	2	5	7	2	1	1
3	Nahmir Whack (Sr)	6		1	1	1	1	1
5	Tasir Barnes (Sr)	17		2	2	3	3
11	James Porter (Jr)	9	1	1	2	2	4	3
13	Haleem Sharif (Jr)	2	1	1	2		1	1
24	Deslie Ayerh (Sr)	1						1
25	Riyahd McDonald (Sr)	2	5	7	12	1	1	1

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Verona can't get by Weequahic

January 25, 2025: Newark, NJ 07112

Weequahic Indians (Newark, NJ) supporters left the game happy Saturday as they witnessed their basketball squad hold off the visiting Verona Hillbillies (Verona, NJ), 50-45 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Weequahic advances its record to 9-7 on the year. The Indians host DePaul Catholic (Wayne, NJ) to meet the Spartans in a non-league match on Sunday, January 26. The Spartans enter the match with a record of 8-8. DePaul Catholic lost 73-54 in their recent league match against Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ)

The Hillbillies now own a 8-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Glen Ridge for a non-league match on Tuesday, January 28. Verona will meet a Ridgers squad coming off a 54-49 non-league win over West Orange (West Orange, NJ). The Ridgers record now stands at 12-4.

Players of the Game

Verona (24-25)

Verona has not selected any Players of the Game.

Weequahic (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Tasir Barnes for being selected the Weequahic Basketball Player of the Game.

Verona @ Weequahic Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 25, 2025 @ 12p

The Weequahic (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Verona (NJ) by a score of 50-45.

Rankings & Records

Verona (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
126	126	6

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-7	4-2	4-2	3-3	3-2	.588	.667	776	760

Weequahic (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
237	237	46

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
14-13	9-3	8-4	3-7	3-2	.519	.750	1,422	1,480

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Verona	7.5	7.5	9.5	14.5	45.6
Weequahic	12.1	12.6	15.2	15.9	52.7

Team Stat Comparison

Verona		Weequahic
-	Points Per Game	49.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	30.3
-	Assists Per Game	8.5
-	Steals Per Game	11.4
-	Blocks Per Game	2.7

Team Leaders

Verona		Weequahic	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#11 James Porter11.5	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#25 Riyahd McDonald9.3	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#5 Tasir Barnes2.7	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#11 James Porter3.0	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#1 Shaun Hamilton1.0	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Verona	0-1		Weequahic	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/18/25	Verona	Cedar Grove	(L) 50-46	1/28/25	Weequahic	Cedar Grove	(L) 69-66
				2/21/25	Weequahic	Cedar Grove	(W) 57-40
				2/22/25	Cedar Grove	Weequahic
2/10/25	KIPP Newark Lab	Verona		1/16/25	KIPP Newark Lab	Weequahic	(W) 50-38
				2/13/25	KIPP Newark Lab	Weequahic

Record Breakdown

Verona (24-25)		Weequahic (24-25)
10-7	Overall	14-13
4-2	League	9-3
5-4	Non-League	1-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	2-1
4-2	Home	8-4
3-3	Away	3-7
3-2	Neutral	3-2
1-0	Playoff	0-1
10-7	In-State	14-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-2