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The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Livingston (NJ) by a score of 38-34.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Livingston	12	6	13	3	34
Newark Central	11	9	11	7	38

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Livingston (23-24)

Livingston has not entered stats for this game.

Newark Central (23-24)

Newark Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	38	13	40	33	41
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	1	0	0
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	6	2	7	29	36
5	Jaiden Smart (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	11	3	7	43	64
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	8	3	5	60	80
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	8	3	14	21	25
23	Raquan Fox (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0

Newark Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	38	7	23	30	5	10	50	6	17	35
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	6	1	3	33	1	2	50	1	4	25
5	Jaiden Smart (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	11	3	7	43	2	4	50	0	0	0
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	1	100
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	8	1	8	13	1	2	50	2	6	33
23	Raquan Fox (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Newark Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	38	5	16	21	8	4	2	10	16
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	4	3	2	5	1	1	2	0	1
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	6	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	4
5	Jaiden Smart (Jr)	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	2	3
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	11	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	3
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	8	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	0
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	8	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	4
23	Raquan Fox (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Newark Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	TF
	Team Totals	0.80	0.40	0.25	0.13	0
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	0
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.25	0.00	0
5	Jaiden Smart (Jr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	0.67	0.33	0.33	0.00	0
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Central edges Livingston

January 25, 2024: Newark, NJ 07103

The Central Blue Devils (Newark, NJ) basketball nipped the visiting Livingston Lancers (Livingston, NJ), 38-34 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Blue Devils (7-9) will now prepare for their match against Payne Tech (Newark, NJ). The Lions enter the non-league match with a 9-6 record. In their last match, Payne Tech was nipped by St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, NJ), 76-38, in a league match.

With the defeat, Livingston moves to 8-10 on the year. The Lancers travel to Nutley (Nutley, NJ) to meet the Maroon Raiders in a Super Essex - Independence match on Monday, January 29. The Maroon Raiders enter the match with a record of 5-10. Nutley won 41-35 in their recent non-league match against Golda Och Academy (West Orange, NJ)

Livingston @ NCHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 25, 2024 @ 4p

The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home tournament game against Livingston (NJ) by a score of 38-34.

Rankings & Records

Livingston (23-24)

NJ	Div.
202	56

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-15	5-3	6-5	4-7	2-3	.444	.625	1,270	1,251

Newark Central (23-24)

NJ	Div.
179	30

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-17	4-8	9-6	0-7	1-4	.370	.333	1,550	1,753

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Livingston	12.0	10.0	13.0	7.0	-	47.0
Newark Central	12.1	12.8	15.9	16.2	9.0	57.4

Team Stat Comparison

Livingston		Newark Central
-	Points Per Game	55.4
-	Rebounds Per Game	22.9
-	Assists Per Game	9.3
-	Steals Per Game	6.0
-	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Livingston		Newark Central	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#10 Malik Bass13.0	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Drean Aikins5.3	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#10 Malik Bass3.6	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#1 Michael Anderson1.9	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#3 Armon Mancebo0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Livingston	1-2		Newark Central	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/19/23	Science Park	Livingston	(W) 48-32	12/27/23	Science Park	Newark Central	(L) 69-66
1/23/24	Livingston	Science Park	(L) 41-38
2/5/24	Livingston	East Orange Campus	(L) 72-42	1/4/24	East Orange Campus	Newark Central	(L) 59-29
				2/1/24	East Orange Campus	Newark Central	(L) 62-52

Record Breakdown

Livingston (23-24)		Newark Central (23-24)
12-15	Overall	10-17
5-3	League	4-8
7-10	Non-League	4-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-2	Common Opponent	0-3
6-5	Home	9-6
4-7	Away	0-7
2-3	Neutral	1-4
0-1	Playoff	0-1
12-15	In-State	8-16
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1