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North Star Academy Payne Tech

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The Payne Tech (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against North Star Academy (Newark, NJ) by a score of 56-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Star Academy	-	-	-	-	50
Payne Tech	-	-	-	-	56

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

North Star Academy (24-25)

North Star Academy

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	108	38	15	45	33	34
3	M. Uzzell lll (Sr)	33	7	3	9	33	33
6	David Adelufosi (Sr)	8	2	1	1	100	100
21	E. Yirenkyi (So)	11	4	2	4	50	50
23	J. Mayers ii (Sr)	23	7	1	7	14	14
30	Tajee Carter (Jr)	33	18	8	24	33	35

North Star Academy

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	108	38	1	14	7	7	12	58	14	31	45
3	M. Uzzell lll (Sr)	33	7	0	3	0	1	1	100	3	6	50
6	David Adelufosi (Sr)	8	2				0	1	0	1	1	100
21	E. Yirenkyi (So)	11	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	67
23	J. Mayers ii (Sr)	23	7	0	3	0	5	6	83	1	4	25
30	Tajee Carter (Jr)	33	18	1	7	14	1	3	33	7	17	41

North Star Academy

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	108	38	4	11	15	5	8	8	8	10
3	M. Uzzell lll (Sr)	33	7		5	5	2	2		1	4
6	David Adelufosi (Sr)	8	2	2		2		1	7	1
21	E. Yirenkyi (So)	11	4	1	1	2	1	1
23	J. Mayers ii (Sr)	23	7		1	1		3	1	5	5
30	Tajee Carter (Jr)	33	18	1	4	5	2	1		1	1

North Star Academy

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.63	1.00	0.80	0.80	4
3	M. Uzzell lll (Sr)	2.00	2.00	0.50
6	David Adelufosi (Sr)		1.00
21	E. Yirenkyi (So)					1
23	J. Mayers ii (Sr)		0.60	0.60	0.20	2
30	Tajee Carter (Jr)	2.00	1.00	1.00		1

Payne Tech (24-25)

Payne Tech has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

New Jersey High School Basketball - Payne Tech nudges North Star Academy

December 27, 2024: Newark, NJ 07107

The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Payne Tech Lions (Newark, NJ) and the visiting North Star Academy (Newark, NJ), observed Payne Tech's basketball team edge North Star Academy by a score of 56-50.

The Lions (3-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Newark Tech (Newark, NJ). The Terries come into the Super Essex - Liberty challenge with a 3-1 record. In their last challenge, Newark Tech was tipped by Hudson Catholic (Jersey City, NJ), 64-51, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the encounter the West Caldwell Tech Eagles (West Caldwell, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 28. North Star Academy will attempt to improve on its 2-4 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 1-2 record after their 57-54 league loss to Nutley (Nutley, NJ).

Players of the Game

North Star Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #30 Tajee Carter for being selected the North Star Academy Basketball Player of the Game.

Payne Tech (24-25)

Payne Tech has not selected any Players of the Game.

NSA @ Payne Tech Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 27, 2024 @ 11:30a

The Payne Tech (Newark, NJ) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against North Star Academy (Newark, NJ) by a score of 56-50.

Rankings & Records

North Star Academy (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
243	243	61

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
5-14	2-9	2-4	3-8	0-2	.263	.182	1,017	1,136

Payne Tech (24-25)

NJ	Section	Div.
31	31	3

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
21-8	6-3	10-3	7-1	4-4	.724	.667	1,943	1,668

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
North Star Academy	11.8	11.4	13.1	14.8	3.0	53.5
Payne Tech	16.3	18.8	17.5	17.3	-	67.0

Team Stat Comparison

North Star Academy		Payne Tech
55.5	Points Per Game	-
26.0	Rebounds Per Game	-
8.3	Assists Per Game	-
9.4	Steals Per Game	-
7.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

North Star Academy		Payne Tech	National Avg.
#23 Johnny Mayers ii19.6	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#3 Moses Uzzell lll7.1	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#30 Tajee Carter3.0	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#3 Moses Uzzell lll2.8	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#6 David Adelufosi5.3	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Star Academy	1-3		Payne Tech	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/17/24	Montclair	North Star Academy	(L) 67-58	1/5/25	Montclair	Payne Tech	(W) 44-41
1/23/25	North Star Academy	Montclair	(L) 67-53
1/3/25	North Star Academy	Science Park	(W) 45-37	1/16/25	Science Park	Payne Tech	(W) 83-56
1/18/25	North Star Academy	Newark Tech	(L) 69-57	12/28/24	Newark Tech	Payne Tech	(L) 56-55
1/30/25	North Star Academy	East Orange Campus		12/19/24	Payne Tech	East Orange Campus	(W) 55-51
				1/28/25	East Orange Campus	Payne Tech	(W) 61-58
				2/8/25	East Orange Campus	Payne Tech	(W) 86-68

Record Breakdown

North Star Academy (24-25)		Payne Tech (24-25)
5-14	Overall	21-8
2-9	League	9-3
3-4	Non-League	10-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	5-1
2-4	Home	10-3
3-8	Away	7-1
0-2	Neutral	4-4
0-0	Playoff	2-1
5-14	In-State	21-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0