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The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home tournament game against Science Park (Newark, NJ) by a score of 69-66.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Science Park	20	18	9	22	69
Newark Central	27	11	18	10	66

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Game Stats

Science Park (23-24)

Science Park has not entered stats for this game.

Newark Central (23-24)

Newark Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	66	27	58	47	51
1	M. Anderson (Sr)	21	9	20	45	48
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	7	3	9	33	33
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	7	3	6	50	58
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	6	3	5	60	60
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	10	4	5	80	90
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	13	4	12	33	42

Newark Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	66	5	14	36	7	13	54	22	44	50
1	M. Anderson (Sr)	21	1	3	33	2	4	50	8	17	47
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	7	0	0	0	1	4	25	3	9	33
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	3	67
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	10	1	2	50	1	2	50	3	3	100
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	13	2	4	50	3	3	100	2	8	25

Newark Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	66	12	10	22	10	12	1	17	19
1	M. Anderson (Sr)	21	3	0	3	3	5	0	2	5
2	Drean Aikins (Jr)	7	4	2	6	0	0	0	1	2
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	7	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	3
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	6	2	5	7	2	1	0	6	3
5	Jaiden Smart (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	10	1	0	1	2	2	0	4	3
11	Crishawn Gamble (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	13	1	0	1	3	4	0	2	0

Newark Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	TF
	Team Totals	0.59	0.71	0.63	0.05	0
1	M. Anderson (Sr)	1.50	2.50	1.00	0.00	0
3	Armon Mancebo (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33
4	Malachi Thomas (Jr)	0.33	0.17	0.33	0.00	0
10	Malik Bass (Sr)	0.50	0.50	0.67	0.00	0
13	Mejwad Dixon (So)	1.50	2.00	4.00	0.00	0

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Science Park nips Central

December 27, 2023: Newark, NJ 07103

Science Park Chargers (Newark, NJ) backers were in high spirits Wednesday as they witnessed their basketball squad tip the host Central Blue Devils (Newark, NJ), 69-66 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Science Park upgrades its record to 4-2 on the season. The Chargers travel to Shabazz (Newark, NJ) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league bout on Thursday, December 28. The Bulldogs go into the bout with a record of 4-2. Shabazz won 51-49 in their recent non-league bout against East Side (Newark, NJ)

Next up, the Blue Devils play the East Orange Campus Jaguars (East Orange, NJ) in a Super Essex - American bout, on Thursday, January 4. Central will attempt to upgrade on its 6-1 season record.

Players of the Game

Science Park (23-24)

Science Park has not selected any Players of the Game.

Newark Central (23-24)

Congratulations to #1 Michael Anderson for being selected the Newark Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Science Park @ NCHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 27, 2023 @ 3p

Newark Xmas Tournament

The Newark Central (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home tournament game against Science Park (Newark, NJ) by a score of 69-66.

Rankings & Records

Science Park (23-24)

NJ	Div.
130	21

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
19-9	6-4	9-1	8-4	2-4	.679	.600	1,377	1,328

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
Science Park	16.0	16.0	12.0	18.0	-	49.2
Newark Central	12.1	12.8	15.9	16.2	9.0	57.4

Team Stat Comparison

Science Park		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

Science Park		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.
Science Park	1-4		Newark Central	1-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/19/23	Science Park	Livingston	(L) 48-32	1/25/24	Livingston	Newark Central	(W) 38-34
1/23/24	Livingston	Science Park	(W) 41-38
12/30/23	Arts	Science Park	(L) 67-49	1/9/24	Arts	Newark Central	(L) 55-38
				2/6/24	Newark Central	Arts	(L) 71-52
1/6/24	Science Park	Newark Collegiate Academy	(L) 63-38	2/21/24	Newark Central	Newark Collegiate Academy	(L) 90-64
2/13/24	Science Park	East Orange Campus		1/4/24	East Orange Campus	Newark Central	(L) 59-29
2/14/24	East Orange Campus	Science Park	(L) 67-32	2/1/24	East Orange Campus	Newark Central	(L) 62-52

Record Breakdown

Science Park (23-24)		Newark Central (23-24)
19-9	Overall	10-17
6-4	League	4-8
11-4	Non-League	4-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-4	Common Opponent	1-5
9-1	Home	9-6
8-4	Away	0-7
2-4	Neutral	1-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
19-9	In-State	8-16
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1