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Central North Star Academy

Blue Devils

The North Star Academy (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 73-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	18	17	27	11	73
North Star Academy	7	8	20	16	51

Final score provided by S. McCray.

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Game Stats

Central (21-22)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	73	28	54	52	53
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	9	4	10	40	40
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	10	5	12	42	42
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Yasyn Cox (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	13	5	7	71	71
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	13	4	7	57	57
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	28	10	14	71	75
	Crishawn Gamble (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	73	1	8	13	16	24	67	27	46	59
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	9	0	2	0	1	2	50	4	8	50
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	9	56
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
23	Yasyn Cox (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	13	0	0	0	3	7	43	5	7	71
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	13	0	0	0	5	6	83	4	7	57
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	28	1	1	100	7	7	100	9	13	69
	Crishawn Gamble (Fr)	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	73	8	27	35	11	6	3	13	16
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	9	4	9	13	2	1	0	2	1
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	10	0	4	4	4	0	0	1	3
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2
23	Yasyn Cox (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	13	0	9	9	2	2	1	4	2
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	13	3	2	5	0	1	0	2	2
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	28	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2
	Ibrihima Diouf (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
	Manfing Kamara (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr
	Team Totals	0.85	0.46	0.38	0.19	2
3	Z. Singleton (Sr)	1.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0
11	Hazir Lee (Jr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
20	Zayon Mcrae (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	1
23	Al-Jaki Riveria (Sr)	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.50	0
24	TeSean Butler (Sr)	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	0
33	Jakai Irby (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.50	0
	Ibrihima Diouf (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0

North Star Academy (21-22)

North Star Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - North Star Academy ripped by Central

January 27, 2022: Newark, NJ 07102

In Thursday's non-league match, the visiting Central Blue Devils basketball team scored a decisive 73-51 triumph over the North Star Academy .

In their next game, the Blue Devils meet the Sinai Christian Academy Warriors (Linden, NJ) in a non-league match, on Sunday, January 30. Central will attempt to move on its 11-2 season record. The Warriors enter the match with a 7-4 record after their 82-71 non-league loss to Payne Tech (Newark, NJ).

With the defeat, North Star Academy moves to 6-7 on the year. The host Verona (Verona, NJ) to meet the Hillbillies in a Super Essex - Colonial match on Thursday, February 3. The Hillbillies enter the match with a record of 8-5.

Players of the Game

Central (21-22)

Congratulations to #33 Jakai Irby for being selected the Central Basketball Player of the Game.

North Star Academy (21-22)

North Star Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

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

North Star Academy (21-22)

NJ	Div.
188	56

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
10-13	4-2	2-3	1-1	7-9	.435	.667	1,248	1,328

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Central	15.9	16.0	16.7	18.3	16.0	67.1
North Star Academy	10.7	11.7	16.2	18.5	-	54.3

Head-to-Head

Central won on 1/27/2022

1/27 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Central 18 17 27 11 73
NSA 7 8 20 16 51

The Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against North Star Academy (Newark, NJ) by a score of 73-51.
Box score
Central won on 2/5/2022

2/5 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Central 21 13 19 14 67
NSA 11 10 12 16 49

The Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against North Star Academy (Newark, NJ) by a score of 67-49.
Box score

2/5	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	21	13	19	14	67
NSA	11	10	12	16	49

Team Stat Comparison

Central		North Star Academy
60.8	Points Per Game	-
31.0	Rebounds Per Game	-
11.5	Assists Per Game	-
8.4	Steals Per Game	-
3.5	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	3-0		North Star Academy	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
1/18/22	Irvington	Central	(W) 80-61	1/15/22	Irvington	North Star Academy	(L) 67-51
2/17/22	Central	Irvington	(W) 66-50
3/7/22	Central	Caldwell	(W) 59-55	12/21/21	Caldwell	North Star Academy	(L) 62-51
				1/25/22	Caldwell	North Star Academy	(L) 64-54

Record Breakdown

Central (21-22)		North Star Academy (21-22)
28-6	Overall	10-13
10-3	League	4-2
7-1	Non-League	6-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
3-0	Common Opponent	0-3
10-2	Home	2-3
7-2	Away	1-1
11-2	Neutral	7-9
6-1	Playoff	0-1
28-6	In-State	10-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0