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Central Simon Gratz

Lancers

Bulldogs

The Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Central (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 68-32.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	-	-	-	-	32
Simon Gratz	-	-	-	-	68

Final score provided by L. Stewart.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Simon Gratz (24-25)

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	32	12	41	29	32
0	Kareem James (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
1	C. Brown (Sr)	11	5	10	50	55
4	Y. Knight-Parker (Jr)	7	2	14	14	14
5	Carl Bien-Aime (Sr)	3	1	7	14	21
10	Tajay Lofton (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
12	Elijah Dow (Jr)	1
13	Aaron Pogarsky (So)	0	0	1	0	0
15	Israel Purnell (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
32	Andre Martinez (Sr)	6	2	3	67	67

Simon Gratz

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	68
2	Sihaaj Johnson (Sr)	20
22	Rashaan Murphy (Sr)	12
23	Semaj Bryant (Sr)	2
	Jadon Martin (So)	6
	Jamir Johnson (Jr)	2
	Nasir Mackely (Sr)	6
	Rakim Johnson (Fr)	20

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	32	2	11	18	6	13	46	10	30	33
0	Kareem James (Jr)	0							0	1	0
1	C. Brown (Sr)	11	1	2	50				4	8	50
4	Y. Knight-Parker (Jr)	7	0	5	0	3	5	60	2	9	22
5	Carl Bien-Aime (Sr)	3	1	4	25				0	3	0
10	Tajay Lofton (Sr)	4							2	4	50
12	Elijah Dow (Jr)	1				1	2	50
13	Aaron Pogarsky (So)	0							0	1	0
15	Israel Purnell (Fr)	0							0	1	0
32	Andre Martinez (Sr)	6				2	6	33	2	3	67

Simon Gratz

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	68
2	Sihaaj Johnson (Sr)	20
22	Rashaan Murphy (Sr)	12
23	Semaj Bryant (Sr)	2
	Jadon Martin (So)	6
	Jamir Johnson (Jr)	2
	Nasir Mackely (Sr)	6
	Rakim Johnson (Fr)	20

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	32	7	21	28	5	4	4
0	Kareem James (Jr)	0	1		1
1	C. Brown (Sr)	11	1	6	7	1
2	August Russell (Sr)			1	1
4	Y. Knight-Parker (Jr)	7	3	5	8	4	2	2
5	Carl Bien-Aime (Sr)	3		2	2			1
10	Tajay Lofton (Sr)	4					1
12	Elijah Dow (Jr)	1	1	3	4
32	Andre Martinez (Sr)	6	1	4	5		1	1

Simon Gratz

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts
	Team Totals	68
2	Sihaaj Johnson (Sr)	20
22	Rashaan Murphy (Sr)	12
23	Semaj Bryant (Sr)	2
	Jadon Martin (So)	6
	Jamir Johnson (Jr)	2
	Nasir Mackely (Sr)	6
	Rakim Johnson (Fr)	20

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Central trounced by Simon Gratz

January 9, 2025: Philadelphia, PA 19140

The Central Lancers basketball squad (Philadelphia, PA), was crushed 68-32 in Thursday's league battle with the host Simon Gratz Bulldogs (Philadelphia, PA)

With the victory, Simon Gratz advances its record to 11-3 on the year. The Bulldogs travel to String Theory (Philadelphia, PA) to meet the in a Philadelphia Public - Liberty battle on Tuesday, January 14. The enter the battle with a record of 1-11. String Theory lost 53-47 in their recent non-league battle against TECH Freire Charter (Philadelphia, PA)

The Lancers now own a 2-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Academy at Palumbo for a Philadelphia Public - Liberty battle on Tuesday, January 14.

Players of the Game

Central (24-25)

Central has not selected any Players of the Game.

Simon Gratz (24-25)

Congratulations to #2 Sihaaj Johnson for being selected the Simon Gratz Basketball Player of the Game.

Central @ Simon Gratz Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 3:15p

Gratz Simon High School

The Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, PA) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Central (Philadelphia, PA) by a score of 68-32.

Rankings & Records

Central (24-25)

PA	Class
580	126

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-15	2-9	3-6	1-9	1-0	.250	.182	864	1,072

Simon Gratz (24-25)

PA	Class
182	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-7	11-0	11-2	9-5	.741	1.000	1,528	1,343

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central	11.3	10.8	8.3	15.0	43.2
Simon Gratz	11.8	12.0	13.0	14.5	56.6

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Simon Gratz
42.1	Points Per Game	54.8
27.2	Rebounds Per Game	-
7.8	Assists Per Game	-
6.0	Steals Per Game	-
4.1	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Central		Simon Gratz	National Avg.
#4 Yamir Knight-Parker17.4	Points Per Game	#2 Sihaaj Johnson14.0	4.9
#1 Christopher Brown6.3	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#4 Yamir Knight-Parker2.6	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#4 Yamir Knight-Parker2.2	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#5 Carl Bien-Aime1.4	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	2-10		Simon Gratz	11-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Central	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	(L) 64-61	12/5/24	Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	Simon Gratz	(W) 74-43
12/5/24	Central	Northeast	(L) 66-39	12/12/24	Simon Gratz	Northeast	(W) 57-51
12/6/24	Paul Robeson	Central	(L) 71-32	1/23/25	Paul Robeson	Simon Gratz	(W) 63-57
12/19/24	Paul Robeson	Central	(L) 58-35
12/12/24	Central	Boys' Latin Charter	(W) 31-29	12/19/24	Simon Gratz	Boys' Latin Charter	(W) 54-45
12/17/24	Central	Frankford	(L) 52-51	12/10/24	Simon Gratz	Frankford	(W) 50-48
1/14/25	Academy at Palumbo	Central	(W) 50-48	12/17/24	Simon Gratz	Academy at Palumbo	(W) 36-33
1/16/25	Philadelphia Performing Arts	Central	(L) 44-42	1/14/25	Simon Gratz	Philadelphia Performing Arts	(W) 67-37
1/16/25	String Theory	Central	(L) 44-42	1/14/25	Simon Gratz	String Theory	(W) 67-37
1/21/25	Central	Benjamin Franklin	(L) 57-45	1/7/25	Benjamin Franklin	Simon Gratz	(W) 66-56
1/23/25	George Washington	Central	(L) 53-48	1/28/25	George Washington	Simon Gratz	(W) 47-45
1/28/25	John Bartram	Central	(L) 54-43	1/16/25	John Bartram	Simon Gratz	(W) 62-47

Record Breakdown

Central (24-25)		Simon Gratz (24-25)
5-15	Overall	20-7
2-9	League	11-0
2-5	Non-League	9-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-10	Common Opponent	11-0
3-6	Home	11-2
1-9	Away	9-5
1-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
5-15	In-State	20-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1