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University Central

Phoenix

Blue Devils

The Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against University (Newark, NJ) by a score of 99-76.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University	15	14	29	18	76
Central	20	30	32	17	99

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Game Stats

University (21-22)

University has not entered stats for this game.

Central (21-22)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	99	40	74	54	58
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	12	5	14	36	39
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	20	8	13	62	65
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	20	9	14	64	71
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	13	5	7	71	86
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	15	6	14	43	43
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	5	1	3	33	33
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	14	6	8	75	75
	Ibrihima Diouf (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	99	6	20	30	13	16	81	34	54	63
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	12	1	6	17	1	3	33	4	8	50
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	20	1	4	25	3	4	75	7	9	78
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	20	2	5	40	0	0	0	7	9	78
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	13	2	3	67	1	1	100	3	4	75
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	15	0	0	0	3	3	100	6	14	43
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	5	0	0	0	3	3	100	1	3	33
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	14	0	1	0	2	2	100	6	7	86
	Ibrihima Diouf (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	99	17	28	45	18	8	3	13	23
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	12	0	3	3	4	1	0	1	4
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	20	3	9	12	3	2	0	2	2
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	20	4	3	7	2	3	2	2	5
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	13	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1
23	Yasyn Cox (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	15	4	2	6	4	1	0	0	3
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	1
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	14	3	6	9	2	0	0	4	5
	Manfing Kamara (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.39	0.62	0.35	0.13
1	Zahree Brown (Sr)	4.00	1.00	0.25	0.00
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	1.50	1.00	1.00	0.00
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	1.00	1.50	0.60	0.40
23	Yasyn Cox (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	4.00	1.00	0.33	0.00
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	3.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Central routs University

February 1, 2022: Newark, NJ 07103

In Tuesday's league outing, the Central Blue Devils (Newark, NJ) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting University Phoenix (Newark, NJ), by a margin of 99-76.

The Blue Devils (13-2) will now prepare for their outing against Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, NJ). The Pirates go into the Super Essex - American outing with a 12-3 record. In their last outing, Seton Hall Prep smashed Immaculate Conception (Montclair, NJ), 67-54, in a league outing.

The Phoenix now own a 4-6 record. They play next when they host Newark Academy for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 3. University will clash with a Minutemen squad coming off a 57-51 non-league loss to Barringer (Newark, NJ). The Minutemen record now stands at 6-8.

Players of the Game

University (21-22)

University has not selected any Players of the Game.

Central (21-22)

Congratulations to #3 Za’morian Singleton for being selected the Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

University (21-22)

NJ	Div.
86	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-10	3-6	6-4	4-5	2-1	.545	.333	1,356	1,301

Central (21-22)

NJ	Div.
19	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
28-6	9-3	10-2	7-2	11-2	.824	.750	2,281	1,942

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
University	13.6	15.6	17.0	15.6	-	61.6
Central	15.9	16.0	16.7	18.3	16.0	67.1

Head-to-Head

Central won on 1/4/2022

1/4 @ 4p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Central 13 13 19 12 57
University 11 16 15 14 56

The Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against University (Newark, NJ) by a score of 57-56.
Box score
Central won on 2/1/2022

2/1 @ 7a Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

University 15 14 29 18 76
Central 20 30 32 17 99

The University (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 99-76.
Box score
Central won on 2/12/2022

2/12 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

University 14 8 18 15 55
Central 13 19 8 17 57

The University (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away tournament game against Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 57-55.
Box score
Central won on 2/26/2022

2/26 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

University 14 19 16 19 68
Central 14 21 18 19 72

The University (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away conference tournament game against Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 72-68.
Box score

1/4 @ 4p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	13	13	19	12	57
University	11	16	15	14	56

2/12 @ 1p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University	14	8	18	15	55
Central	13	19	8	17	57

2/26 @ 1p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
University	14	19	16	19	68
Central	14	21	18	19	72

Team Stat Comparison

University		Central
-	Points Per Game	60.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.0
-	Assists Per Game	11.5
-	Steals Per Game	8.4
-	Blocks Per Game	3.5

Team Leaders

University		Central	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#33 Jakai Irby15.9	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Za’morian Singleton9.6	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Hazir Lee3.0	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#11 Hazir Lee2.6	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#33 Jakai Irby1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
University	6-5		Central	11-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/6/22	Irvington	University	(W) 66-60	1/18/22	Irvington	Central	(W) 80-61
				2/17/22	Central	Irvington	(W) 66-50
1/11/22	University	Columbia	(L) 83-65	12/17/21	Columbia	Central	(W) 72-63
2/5/22	University	Columbia	(W) 58-55	1/20/22	Central	Columbia	(W) 64-50
2/8/22	Columbia	University	(L) 61-42
1/13/22	East Side	University	(L) 69-68	12/21/21	Central	East Side	(W) 77-71
2/10/22	University	East Side	(W) 67-60	1/25/22	East Side	Central	(W) 82-67
2/21/22	University	East Side	(W) 67-55
1/20/22	University	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 86-44	1/6/22	Seton Hall Prep	Central	(L) 52-50
				2/3/22	Central	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 63-57
				2/19/22	Central	Seton Hall Prep	(L) 60-55
1/22/22	University	Barringer	(W) 72-51	2/13/22	Barringer	Central	(W) 70-45
1/25/22	Immaculate Conception	University	(W) 53-50	1/11/22	Central	Immaculate Conception	(L) 59-47
				2/8/22	Immaculate Conception	Central	(W) 76-66
				2/15/22	Immaculate Conception	Central	(W) 68-56
3/5/22	West Side	University	(L) 53-42	1/22/22	West Side	Central	(W) 60-54
				2/21/22	West Side	Central	(W) 72-65

Record Breakdown

University (21-22)		Central (21-22)
12-10	Overall	28-6
5-7	League	10-3
1-0	Non-League	7-1
0-4	Head to Head	4-0
6-5	Common Opponent	11-4
6-4	Home	10-2
4-5	Away	7-2
2-1	Neutral	11-2
3-1	Playoff	6-1
12-10	In-State	28-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0